2018 Elon Phoenix football team

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2018 Elon Phoenix football
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Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 19
FCS Coaches No. 19
Record 6–5 (4–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Drew Folmar (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Tony Trisciani (2nd season)
Home stadium Rhodes Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
No. 4 Maine $^   7 1         10 4  
No. 9 James Madison ^   6 2         9 4  
No. 16 Stony Brook ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 20 Towson ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 24 Delaware ^   5 3         7 5  
No. 19 Elon ^   4 3         6 5  
Rhode Island   4 4         6 5  
William & Mary   3 4         4 6  
New Hampshire   3 5         4 7  
Villanova   2 6         5 6  
Richmond   2 6         4 7  
Albany   1 7         3 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Wofford in the first round.

On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James Madison.[1] He finished at Elon with a two-year record of 14–9.

Preseason

CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 James Madison 241 (21)
2 New Hampshire 206 (2)
3 Delaware 182
4 Stony Brook 169
5 Elon 168 (1)
6 Villanova 164
7 Richmond 127
8 Maine 81
9 Albany 78
10 Towson 74
11 William & Mary 55
12 Rhode Island 39

Preseason All-CAA Team

The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[3] Warren Messer LB SR

Schedule

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Game summaries

At South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Phoenix 0 0 7 7 14
Bulls 7 17 7 3 34

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Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Paladins 0 0 0 7 7
No. 15 Phoenix 14 14 10 7 45

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At Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Phoenix 3 7 21 0 31
Buccaneers 13 6 3 0 22

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New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 6 0 0 9
No. 11 Phoenix 7 17 3 3 30

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At James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 17 27
No. 2 Dukes 3 6 3 12 24

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At Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Phoenix 7 3 6 0 16
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 7 7 14 28

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Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 7 7 7 7 28
No. 11 Phoenix 14 7 14 3 38

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Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 0 0 14 21
No. 8 Phoenix 0 21 0 3 24

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Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Tigers 7 7 10 17 41
No. 7 Phoenix 0 3 7 0 10

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At Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Phoenix 0 10 10 6 26
No. 16 Black Bears 0 13 14 0 27

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FCS Playoffs

At Wofford–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Phoenix 0 7 0 0 7
No. 13 Terriers 3 3 10 3 19

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 12 15 14 12 11 10 5 11 8 8 7 14 17 19 
Coaches 13 15 14 12 9 9 6 11 6 6 5 12 17 19 
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Players drafted into the NFL

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Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
6 193 Olisaemeka Udoh OT Minnesota Vikings

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