2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 26th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey Monmouth finished the season 8–3 overall and 4–1 in Big South play to place second.

2018 Monmouth Hawks football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record8–3 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Morris (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Bobik (25th season)
Home stadiumKessler Field
(capacity: 3,200)
2018 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Kennesaw State $^  5 0   11 2  
Monmouth  4 1   8 3  
Charleston Southern  3 2   5 6  
Gardner–Webb  2 3   3 8  
Campbell  1 4   6 5  
Presbyterian  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Kennesaw State107 (17)
2Monmouth82 (1)
3Charleston Southern75
4Gardner–Webb52
5Campbell36
6Presbyterian26

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Hawks having six players at seven positions selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:30 p.m. at Eastern Michigan* ESPN+ L 17–51 14,357
September 8 3:00 p.m. Hampton* ESPN+ W 56–28 3,092
September 15 6:00 p.m. at Lafayette* Stadium W 24–20 4,325
September 22 4:30 p.m. at Princeton* ESPN+ L 9–51 11,068
September 29 1:00 p.m. Wagner*
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN+ W 54–47 3,971
October 13 1:00 p.m. Bucknell*
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN+ W 36–19 2,452
October 20 1:00 p.m. Campbelldagger
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3 W 38–21 3,124
October 27 2:30 p.m. at Presbyterian ESPN+ W 24–14 2,638
November 3 1:00 p.m. Charleston Southern
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3 W 37–3 4,492
November 10 12:00 p.m. No. 2 Kennesaw State
  • Kessler Stadium
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3 L 14–51 2,332
November 17 1:30 p.m. at Gardner–Webb ESPN+ W 56–42 2,350
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Game summaries

At Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 3 7 7 17
Eagles 13 17 14 7 51

Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 14 0 7 7 28
Hawks 7 21 21 7 56

At Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 6 9 6 3 24
Leopards 13 7 0 0 20

At Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 9 0 0 0 9
Tigers 14 16 14 0 44

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 21 12 7 7 47
Hawks 8 21 3 22 54

Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 6 7 6 19
Hawks 0 9 7 20 36

Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Camels 7 7 7 0 21
Hawks 10 7 14 7 38

At Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 3 0 7 14 24
Blue Hose 0 0 7 7 14

Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 3 0 3
Hawks 7 17 3 10 37

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Owls 7 10 14 20 51
Hawks 7 7 0 0 14

At Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 21 7 21 7 56
Runnin' Bulldogs 7 14 7 14 42

References

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