2018 West Georgia Wolves football team

2018 West Georgia Wolves football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record10–2 (7–1 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Gregg (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorDustin Landry (1st season)
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Valdosta State $^   8 – 0     14 – 0  
No. 16 West Georgia ^   7 – 1     10 – 2  
Florida Tech ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
West Alabama ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
West Florida   4 – 4     6 – 5  
North Greenville   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Delta State   2 – 6     2 – 8  
Mississippi College   1 – 6     3 – 7  
Shorter   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2018 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

Schedule

West Georgia 2018 football schedule consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes Florida Tech, West Alabama, Delta State, and North Greenville, and will travel to Mississippi College, and Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida.[1]

The Wolves will host two of the three non-conference games against Catawba from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) and Limestone also from SAC and will travel to Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:00 p.m.Catawba*No. 19
W 34-33,200
September 82:00 p.m.Limestone*No. 13
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 42-142,900
September 157:00 p.m.at Albany State*No. 10
W 45-215,000
September 222:00 p.m.Florida TechNo. 8
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 30-212,524
September 291:00 p.m.at ShorterNo. 6
W 58-271,345
October 62:00 p.m.North GreenvilleNo. 5
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
ESPN3W 31-71,788
October 137:00 p.m.at No. 10 West FloridaNo. 4
ESPN3W 27-76,838
October 202:00 p.m.West AlabamaNo. 3
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 27-253,687
October 274:00 p.m.at Mississippi CollegeNo. 3
W 36-216,872
November 32:00 p.m.Delta StateNo. 3
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 29-173,281
November 107:00 p.m.at No. 5 Valdosta StateNo. 3
ESPN3L 31-4710,558
November 1712:00 p.m.WingateNo. 10
L 31-411,702
Schedule Source:[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA191310865443331016

Game summaries

Catawba

1 2 3 4 Total
Indians 3 0 0 0 3
Wolves 0 7 6 21 34

Limestone

1 2 3 4 Total
Saints 7 0 7 0 14
Wolves 21 7 14 0 42

At Albany State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 7 10 21 7 45
Rams 7 14 0 0 21

Florida Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 7 7 0 21
Wolves 7 0 10 13 30

At Shorter

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 14 24 13 7 58
Hawks 0 14 7 6 27

North Greenville

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 0 7 7
Wolves 7 17 7 0 31

At West Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 3 10 7 7 27
Argonauts 0 7 0 0 7

West Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 6 12 25
Wolves 7 7 3 10 27

At Mississippi College

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 7 10 7 12 36
Choctaws 0 14 7 0 21

Delta State

1 2 3 4 Total
Statesmen 7 10 0 0 17
Wolves 3 9 10 7 29

At Valdosta State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 7 14 7 3 31
Blazers 10 24 3 10 47

Wingate

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 10 7 14 41
Wolves 7 10 14 0 31

References

  1. ^ "UWG Announces 2018 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. February 12, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "GSC Announces 2018 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "West Georgia 2018 Football Schedule". University of Georgia Department of Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2018.