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2018 Elon Phoenix football
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–19 vs. Wofford
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 17
2018 record6–5 (4–3 CAA)
Head coachCurt Cignetti (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorDrew Folmar (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Trisciani (2nd season)
Home stadiumRhodes Stadium
(Capacity: 11,250)
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 CAA football standings
v · d · e 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 FCS 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.

Previous season[]

The Phoenix finished the 2017 season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Furman in the first round.

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.

Offense

CJ Toogood – OL

Defense

Warren Messer – LB

Award watch lists[]

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

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.at South Florida*No. 12ESPN3L 14–3431,217
September 86:00 p.m.No. 25 Furman*No. 15
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
CBSI Digital/CBS SportsLiveW 45–78,058
September 156:00 p.m.at William & MaryNo. 14 Canceled[lower-alpha 1]
September 226:00 p.m.at Charleston Southern*No. 12
  • Buccaneer Field
  • North Charleston, SC
ESPN+W 31–222,465
September 291:30 p.m.New HampshireNo. 11
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAW 30–910,856
October 61:30 p.m.at No. 2 James MadisonNo. 10
MASN/SNYW 27–2425,484
October 133:30 p.m.at DelawareNo. 5NBCS PHILL 16–2819,209
October 201:30 p.m.RichmondNo. 11
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
FCS/FSGOW 38–285,982
November 31:30 p.m.Rhode IslanddaggerNo. 8
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAW 24–2110,513
November 1012:00 p.m.No. 20 TowsonNo. 7
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAL 10–415,927
November 1712:00 p.m.at No. 16 MaineNo. 14
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCSL 26–276,584
November 242:00 p.m.at No. 13 Wofford*No. 17
ESPN3L 7–192,157
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source:[1]

Game summaries[]

at South Florida[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2007 L, 13–28


Furman[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2017 FCS Playoffs L, 27–28


at Charleston Southern[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2017 W, 19–17


New Hampshire[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 L, 6–16


at James Madison[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 L, 3–31


at Delaware[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2015 L, 10–14


Richmond[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–7 2017 W, 36–33


Rhode Island[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2017 W, 35–34


Towson[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2017 W, 33–302OT


at Maine[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2015 W, 27–22


FCS Playoffs[]

at Wofford–First Round[]

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




Overall record Last meeting Result
11–26 2013 L, 27–31


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  
Coaches 13 15 14 12 9 9 6 11 6 6 5 12 17


Players drafted into the NFL[]

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

References[]

  1. "2018 Football Schedule". Elon University Department of Athletics. https://www.elonphoenix.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=472&path=football. Retrieved May 5, 2018.

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