2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Steve Campbell. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.

2018 South Alabama Jaguars football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	West Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Steve Campbell (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Kenny Edenfield (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg Stewart (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Ladd–Peebles 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]	Jamarius Way	WR	JR
Ray Guy Award[2]	Corliss Waitman	P	JR
Wuerffel Trophy[3]	T.J. Brunson	LB	JR

Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Jaguars predicted to finish in third place in the West Division.^[4]

West Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Arkansas State	49 (9)
2	Louisiana–Monroe	37
3	South Alabama	26 (1)
4	Louisiana	25
5	Texas State	13

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Jaguars had five players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.^[5]

Offense 1st team Jamarius Way – WR

Defense 2nd team Tyree Turner – DL Bull Barge – LB

Special teams 1st team Gavin Patterson – K Corliss Waitman – P

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	L 26–30	13,457
September 8	7:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State*	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FSN	L 13–55	53,923
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Texas State	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 41–31	16,051
September 22	7:00 p.m.	at Memphis*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ESPN3	L 35–52	27,765
September 29	2:30 p.m.	at Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN+	L 7–52	25,862
October 6	2:30 p.m.	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	L 13–48	17,622
October 13	4:00 p.m.	Alabama State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 45–7	16,231
October 23	7:00 p.m.	Troy	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (Battle for the Belt)	ESPN2	L 17–38	25,878
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	L 14–38	20,671
November 10	4:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	L 10–38	14,096
November 17	4:00 p.m.	at Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 38–48	15,168
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	W 31–28	10,670
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Louisiana Tech

See also: 2018 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	13	3	7	30
Jaguars	0	7	6	13	26

Game information

First quarter LT - Jaqwis Dancy 8-yard TD run, Bailey Hale kick good, 8:41 (LT 7-0) Second quarter LT - Dancy 1-yard TD run, Hale kick no good, 13:18 (LT 13-0) USA - Kawaan Baker 28-yard TD run, Gavin Patterson kick good, 7:54 (LT 13-7) LT - Bobby Holly 1-yard TD pass from J'Mar Smith, Hale kick good, 0:34 (LT 20-7) Third quarter LT - Hale 23-yard field goal, 11:42 (LT 23-7) USA - Baker 3-yard TD pass from Cole Garvin, two-point conversion attempt no good, 6:59 (LT 23-13) Fourth quarter USA - Maurice Mayo 5-yard TD run, Patterson kick good, 8:18 (LT 23-20) LT - Adrian Hardy 8-yard TD pass from Smith, Hale kick good, 2:19 (LT 30-20) USA - Baker 4-yard TD run, Patterson kick no good, 1:11 (LT 30-26) Top passers LT - J'Mar Smith - 19/29, 209 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT USA - Cole Garvin - 7/16, 47 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers LT - Jaqwis Dancy - 15 carries, 144 yards, 2 TD USA - Evan Orth - 2 carries, 74 yards Top receivers LT - Adrian Hardy - 3 receptions, 73 yards, TD USA - Jamarius Way - 2 receptions, 31 yards

Louisiana Tech at South Alabama – Game summary

at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL

• Date: September 1
• Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 13,457
• Referee: Steve LaMantia
• TV: ESPN+

At Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	6	0	0	13
Cowboys	14	17	10	14	55

See also: 2018 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	17	7	7	0	31
Jaguars	3	13	7	18	41

See also: 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team

At Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	14	6	8	35
Tigers	7	14	10	21	52

See also: 2018 Memphis Tigers football team

At Appalachian State

See also: 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	0	0	0	7
Mountaineers	21	21	3	7	52

Game information

First quarter APP – Zac Thomas, 54-yard TD run, (Chandler Staton kick), 13:11 (APP 0–7) USA - Kawaan Baker, 2-yard TD run, (Gavin Patterson kick), 6:12 (TIE 7–7) APP – Jalin Moore, 7-yard TD run, (Chandler Staton kick), 5:37 (APP 7–14) APP – Zac Thomas, 7-yard TD run, (Chandler Staton kick), 3:10 (APP 7–21) Second quarter APP - Corey Sutton, 2-yard TD pass from Zac Thomas, (Chandler Staton kick), 12:22 (APP 7–28) APP – Jalin Moore, 2-yard TD run, (Chandler Staton kick), 4:45 (APP 7–35) APP – Marcus Williams, 27-yard TD pass from Zac Thomas, (Chandler Staton kick), 2:41 (APP 7–42) Third quarter APP – Chandler Staton, 23-yard field goal, 0:46 (APP 7–45) Fourth quarter APP – Collin Reed, 3-yard TD pass from Peyton Derrick, (Chandler Staton kick), 3:04 (APP 7–52) Top passers USA – Evan Orth – 20/33, 225 yards, INT APP – Zac Thomas – 8/18, 146 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Top rushers USA – Tra Minter – 9 carries, 44 yards APP – Jalin Moore – 19 carries, 123 yards, 2 TD Top receivers USA – Kawaan Baker – 4 receptions, 89 yards APP – Thomas Hennigan – 4 receptions, 65 yards APP – Corey Sutton – 2 receptions, 46 yards, TD Top defenders USA – Nigel Lawrence – 7 tackles APP – Akeem Davis-Gaither – 8 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss (TFL) APP – Tae Hayes – 4 tackles, interception

South Alabama at Appalachian State – Game summary

at Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, North Carolina

• Date: September 29
• Game time: 2:35 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 25,862
• Referee: Kyle Olson
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Harrison Battle, Pierre Banks

At Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	6	0	7	13
Eagles	7	10	10	21	48

See also: 2018 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Alabama State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	7	0	0	7
Jaguars	7	21	10	7	45

See also: 2018 Alabama State Hornets football team

Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	16	15	0	17	48
Jaguars	7	10	0	0	17

See also: 2018 Troy Trojans football team and Battle for the Belt

At Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	7	0	7	14
Red Wolves	0	14	14	10	38

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	10	14	14	0	38
Jaguars	7	3	0	0	10

Game information

First quarter USA - Jordan McCray 34-yard TD pass from Cephus Johnson, Gavin Patterson kick good, 10:58 (USA 7-0) ULM - Craig Ford 21-yard field goal, 7:27 (USA 7-3) ULM - Caleb Evans 4-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 0:36 (ULM 10-7) Second quarter USA - Gavin Patterson 31-yard field goal, 9:34 (TIE 10-10) ULM - Jonathan Hodoh 29-yard TD pass from Evans, Ford kick good, 6:24 (ULM 17-10) ULM - D'Marius Gillespie 5-yard TD pass from Evans, Ford kick good, 0:22 (ULM 24-10) Third quarter ULM - Marcus Green 10-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 12:34 (ULM 31-10) ULM - Evans 15-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 5:50 (ULM 38-10) Leading Passers ULM - Caleb Evans - 27/32, 367 yards, 2 TD USA - Cole Garvin - 13/19, 95 yards Leading Rushers ULM - Marcus Green - 2 carries, 68 yards, TD USA - Tra Minter - 12 carries, 61 yards Leading Receivers ULM - D'Marcus Gillespie - 7 receptions, 159 yards, TD USA - Jordan McCray - 3 receptions, 45 yards, TD

Week Eleven: Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks at South Alabama Jaguars – Game summary

at Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL

• Date: November 10
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: 74° · Sunny · SW – 11 mph.
• Game attendance: 14,096
• Referee: Jason Autrey
• TV: ESPN+

At Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	17	7	14	38
Ragin' Cajuns	10	14	17	7	48

See also: 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

Coastal Carolina

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

See also: 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

References

1. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
2. "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
3. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
4. "Mountaineers, Red Wolves Selected as Division Favorites in 2018 Sun Belt Football Coaches' Preseason Poll".
5. "Sun Belt Announces 2018 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams".
6. "2018 South Alabama Jaguars Football Schedule". USAJaguars.com. Retrieved April 27, 2018.