American college football season
The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso , the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York .
Preseason [ edit ] CAA Poll [ edit ] In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]
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 [ edit ] The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Special teams
Donovan McDonald – PR
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 3:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh * ACCN Extra L 7–3334,486 September 8 1:00 p.m. at Rhode Island FCS , FSGO L 26–456,520 September 15 7:00 p.m. Morgan State * UAlbany Live Events[2] W 30–276,503 September 22 7:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[2] W 35–283,840 October 6 3:30 p.m. at William & Mary Cox Yurview L 22–257,530 October 13 7:00 p.m. Richmond Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[2] L 24–274,059 October 20 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Towson Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[2] L 28–567,029 October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 24 Maine FCS L 9–289,248 November 3 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Delaware Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY UAlbany Live Events[2] L 16–213,182 November 10 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire NBCS BOS L 10–245,571 November 17 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Stony Brook Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY (rivalry ) FCS, FSGO W 25–232,483 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Pittsburgh [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 7 0 0 0 7 Panthers 19 14 0 0 33
At Rhode Island [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 7 0 0 19 26 Rams 14 17 14 0 45
Morgan State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 13 7 7 27 Great Danes 3 14 3 10 30
Saint Francis (PA) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Red Flash 7 7 14 0 28 Great Danes 7 13 8 7 35
At William & Mary [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 0 13 0 9 22 Tribe 7 3 0 15 25
Richmond [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spiders 7 10 7 3 27 Great Danes 7 7 7 3 24
1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Tigers 10 28 11 7 56 Great Danes 7 14 0 7 28
At Maine [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 0 0 3 6 9 No. 24 Black Bears 14 7 0 7 28
Delaware [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 12 3 6 21 Great Danes 0 3 7 6 16
At New Hampshire [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Great Danes 3 0 0 7 10 Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24
Stony Brook [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Seawolves 3 7 7 6 23 Great Danes 10 0 0 15 25
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons