American college football season
2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Ranking |
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STATS | No. 24 |
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FCS Coaches | No. 23 |
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Record | 7–5 (5–3 CAA) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Sean Devine (2nd season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Chris Cosh (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Delaware Stadium |
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The 2018 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Danny Rocco, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the CAA. Delaware received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, the Fightin' Blue Hens they lost in the first round to James Madison. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.
Preseason
CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in third 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
The Fightin' Blue Hens had five players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense Kani Kane – RB Charles Scarff – TE Mario Farinella – OL | Defense Tony Reeder – LB Nasir Adderley – S |
Award watch lists
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 15 | | CBSI Digital, CBS SportsLive | L 19–21 | 17,945 |
September 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Lafayette* | | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| MASN | W 37–0 | 12,781 |
September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Cornell* | | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| BHAA | W 27–10 | 14,511 |
September 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State* | | | ESPN+ | L 10–38 | 18,883 |
October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | | NBCS WA | W 43–28 | 8,217 |
October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 5 Elon | | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| NBCS PHIL | W 28–16 | 19,209 |
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at New Hampshire | No. 24 | | CBSI Digital, CBS SportsLive | W 38–14 | 11,992 |
October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Towson | No. 21 | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| FCS, FSGO | W 40–36 | 14,593 |
November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | at Albany | No. 13 | | UAlbany Live Events[4] | W 21–16 | 3,182 |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Stony Brook | No. 11 | | CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLive | L 3–17 | 6,667 |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Villanova | No. 17 | | NBCS PHIL | L 21–42 | 18,752 |
November 24 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 6 James Madison* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 6–20 | 7,297 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Coaching staff
Name | Position | Year | Alma mater |
Danny Rocco | Head coach | 2nd | Wake Forest (1984) |
Matt Simon | Offensive coordinator/running backs | 2nd | Eastern New Mexico (1976) |
Chris Cosh | Defensive coordinator/defensive backs | 2nd | Virginia Tech (1984) |
Erik Campbell | Passing game coordinator/wide receivers | 2nd | Michigan (1988) |
Bill Polin | Recruiting coordinator/offensive line | 2nd | Colby (2000) |
Manny Rojas | Inside Linebackers/co-special teams coordinator | 2nd | Liberty (2007) |
Clint Sintim | Outside Linebackers/co-special teams coordinator | 2nd | Virginia (2009) |
Alex Wood | Quarterbacks | 1st | Iowa (1978) |
Kevin Reihner | Offensive Assistant/tight ends | 1st | Stanford (2015) |
Levern Belin | Defensive line | 2nd | Wake Forest (1991) |
Nick Rapone | Cornerbacks | 8th | Virginia Tech (1978) |
Greg Meyer | Recruiting Assistant/offensive Quality Control | 1st | Buffalo State (2009) |
Jalen Kindle | Defensive assistant | 1st | Delaware (2017) |
Chris Stewart | Strength and conditioning | 2nd | Western Carolina (1998) |
Carl Kotz | Director of football operations | 2nd | Clemson (2003) |
Felicia Bergman | Director of Football Advising | 2nd | Colorado State (2009) |
Tony Palmieri | Video coordinator | 2nd | North Florida (2009) |
Jude Moser | Administrative Assistant | 9th | University of Delaware (1984) |
Game summaries
Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
No. 15 Blue Hens | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
This marks the first time Delaware opens with a conference game since 2007 (49–31 win at William & Mary).
Lafayette
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blue Hens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Big Red | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Blue Hens | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
At North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Hens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
No. 1 Bison | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
At Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Hens | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
Spiders | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 5 Phoenix | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
Blue Hens | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
At New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 24 Blue Hens | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Towson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 10 Tigers | 5 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 36 |
No. 21 Blue Hens | 0 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 40 |
At Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 13 Blue Hens | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
Great Danes | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Blue Hens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
No. 12 Seawolves | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
No. 17 Blue Hens | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
At James Madison–NCAA Division I First Round
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 21 Blue Hens | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
No. 6 Dukes | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 15 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 24 |
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Coaches | 16 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 23 |
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Players drafted into the NFL
References
- ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 24, 2018). "James Madison Favored To Win Fourth Straight CAA Football Title In 2018". CAA Sports. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced" (Press release). NCAA. August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "Nine added to Buck Buchanan Award Watch List". STATS. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Upcoming Live Events". The Official Athletics Site of the University of Albany. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Delaware Blue Hens Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Delaware Blue Hens. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
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