2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University s a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Joe Moglia in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing fourth in the Sun Belt's East Division. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Joe Moglia (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Up-tempo spread
Defensive coordinator	Marvin Sanders (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Appalachian State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	2
Troy x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Georgia Southern		6	–	2					10	–	3
Coastal Carolina		2	–	6					5	–	7
Georgia State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Louisiana xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
Arkansas State x		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana–Monroe		4	–	4					6	–	6
South Alabama		2	–	6					3	–	9
Texas State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Appalachian State 30, Louisiana 19
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1]	Malcolm Williams	WR	SR

Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.^[2]

East Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Appalachian State	46 (6)
2	Troy	44 (4)
3	Georgia State	26
4	Georgia Southern	22
5	Coastal Carolina	12

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.^[3]

Defense 2nd team Silas Kelly – LB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN	L 15–49	75,126
September 8	7:00 p.m.	UAB*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	W 47–24	9,776
September 12[lower-alpha 1]	2:00 p.m.	at Campbell*	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN3	W 58–21	2,047
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN+	W 30–28	17,125
September 29	3:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN+	L 21–45	23,810
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 20–45	11,506
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at UMass*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 24–13	11,134
October 27	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia State	Georgia State Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN+	W 37–34	15,648
November 3	5:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 7–23	13,004
November 10	5:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 16–44	8,141
November 17	5:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 17–41	9,886
November 23	3:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	L 28–31	10,670
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

^[4][5]

1. The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

At South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	3	3	9	15
Gamecocks	14	14	14	7	49

See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blazers	14	10	0	0	24
Chanticleers	7	13	7	20	47

See also: 2018 UAB Blazers football team

At Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	7	17	21	13	58
Fighting Camels	14	7	0	0	21

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

At Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	3	13	7	7	30
Ragin' Cajuns	7	0	14	7	28

See also: 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

At Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	14	7	0	21
Trojans	21	3	14	7	45

See also: 2018 Troy Trojans football team

Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	14	10	7	14	45
Chanticleers	3	10	7	0	20

Game information

First quarter ULM - Austin Vaughn 4-yard TD run, Craig Ford kick good, 12:48 (ULM 7-0) ULM - Derrick Gore 10-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 8:35 (ULM 14-0) CCU - Massimo Biscardi 29-yard field goal, 1:07 (ULM 14-3) Second quarter CCU - Malcolm Williams 4-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 9:10 (ULM 14-10) ULM - Marcus Green 37-yard TD pass from Caleb Evans, Ford kick good, 7:38 (ULM 21-10) ULM - Ford 20-yard field goal, 0:50 (ULM 24-10) CCU - Biscardi 40-yard field goal, 0:02 (ULM 24-13) Third quarter CCU - Marcus Outlaw 6-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 6:56 (ULM 24-20) ULM - Evans 1-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 3:45 (ULM 31-20) Fourth quarter ULM - Evans 20-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 4:07 (ULM 38-20) ULM - Gore 46-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 0:31 (ULM 45-20) Leading Passers ULM - Caleb Evans - 16/22, 224 yards, TD CCU - Bryce Carpenter - 9/19, 133 yards, INT Leading Rushers ULM - Derrick Gore - 16 carries, 147 yards, 2 TD CCU - Marcus Outlaw - 15 carries, 104 yards, TD Leading Receivers ULM - Marcus Green - 5 receptions, 111 yards, TD CCU - Malcolm Williams - 4 receptions, 87 yards

Week Seven: Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers – Game summary

at Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC

• Date: October 13
• Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 76° · Sunny; clear skies · SSE – 2 mph.
• Game attendance: 11,506
• Referee: Jeremy Parker
• TV: ESPN+

At UMass

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	3	0	14	7	24
Minutemen	3	3	7	0	13

See also: 2018 UMass Minutemen football team

At Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	17	3	7	10	37
Panthers	7	6	21	0	34

See also: 2018 Georgia State Panthers football team

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	7	0	9	23
Chanticleers	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	14	13	14	3	44
Chanticleers	0	6	7	3	16

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	10	21	7	41
Chanticleers	7	3	0	7	17

See also: 2018 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

At South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	7	7	14	28
Jaguars	10	14	7	0	31

See also: 2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team

References

1. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
2. "Mountaineers, Red Wolves Selected as Division Favorites in 2018 Sun Belt Football Coaches' Preseason Poll".
3. "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".
4. "Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
5. "2018 Football Schedule". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2024.