2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record7–5 (5–2 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAllen Suber (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorCharles Jones
Home stadiumDaytona Stadium
2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 North Carolina A&T $  6 –1   9 –2  
Bethune–Cookman  5 –2   7 –5  
Florida A&M  5 –2   6 –5  
South Carolina State  4 –3   5 –6  
Howard  4 –3   4 –6  
North Carolina Central  3 –4   5 –6  
Morgan State  3 –4   4 –7  
Norfolk State  2 –5   4 –7  
Delaware State  2 –5   3 –8  
Savannah State  1 –6   2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at the newly renamed Daytona Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–5, 5–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Wildcats were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team
1North Carolina A&T
2Howard
3North Carolina Central
4Bethune–Cookman
5Florida A&M
6Norfolk State
7South Carolina State
8Savannah State
9Morgan State
10Delaware State

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Wildcats had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. at Tennessee State*
ESPN+ L 3–34 14,069
September 8 4:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg*
ESPN3 W 79–16 4,662
September 15 6:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic*
Stadium L 28–49 19,017
September 22 4:30 p.m. vs. Howard
ESPN3 L 35–41 19,172
September 29 6:00 p.m. at Savannah State
ESPN3 W 35–20 5,018
October 6 4:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State*
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
 ESPN3 W 41–27 10,278
October 13 2:00 p.m. at South Carolina State
W 28–26 12,213
October 20 4:00 p.m. No. 19 North Carolina A&T
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
 L 10–35 6,225
October 27[lower-alpha 1] 12:00 p.m. at Nebraska*
BTN L 9–45 88,735
November 3 4:00 p.m. at Morgan State
W 30–28 2,008
November 8 7:00 p.m. North Carolina Central
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
 ESPNU W 28–25 2OT 3,145
November 17 2:00 p.m. vs. Florida A&M
ESPN Classic W 33–19 52,142
Source: Schedule
  1. ↑ Nebraska finalized an agreement to play Bethune–Cookman on October 27 at Memorial Stadium to fill an opening on their schedule and will replace the Cornhuskers’ September 1 game against Akron.[3]

Game summaries

At Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Tigers 14 7 3 10 34

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 9 7 0 16
Wildcats 30 28 21 0 79

At Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 14 7 7 28
Owls 29 7 7 6 49

vs Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 14 14 13 0 41
Wildcats 14 14 0 7 35

At Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 14 0 35
Tigers 7 7 0 6 20

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 7 7 6 7 27
Wildcats 0 28 6 7 41

At South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 15 0 3 28
Bulldogs 0 13 7 6 26

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Aggies 13 13 2 7 35
Wildcats 3 0 7 0 10

At Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 0 0 6 9
Cornhuskers 28 10 0 7 45

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 9 7 7 7 30
Bears 0 8 7 13 28

North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Eagles 6 10 0 630 25
Wildcats 2 6 7 733 28

vs Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 12 14 33
Rattlers 3 10 6 0 19

References

  1. ↑ "North Carolina A&T State Picked To Win 2018 MEAC Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "NCAT's Raynard, NCCU's Reynolds Headline 2018 All-MEAC Preseason Football Team". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Nebraska Announces Addition to 2018 Football Schedule". Nebraska Athletics Official Website. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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