2018 North Alabama Lions football team

American college football season

2018 North Alabama Lions football

Conference| Independent
Record| 7–3
Head coach|

* Chris Willis (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Ryan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Steadman Campbell (1st season)
Home stadium| Braly Municipal Stadium

Seasons

<- 2017

2019 ->

2018 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
North Alabama |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
Hampton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  |
North Dakota |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 1 |  6:00 p.m. |  at Southern Utah |

* Eccles Coliseum
* Cedar City, UT

|  Pluto TV | W 34–30|  8,912
September 8 |  6:00 .m. |  at Alabama A&M |

* Louis Crews Stadium
* Huntsville, AL

|  | W 25–20|  15,100
September 15 |  2:30 p.m. |  at No. 1 North Dakota State |

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND

|  ESPN+ | L 7–38|  18,557
September 22 |  6:00 p.m. |  Azusa Pacific |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  Lion Vision | W 37–35|  5,314
September 29 |  5:00 p.m. |  at Campbell |

* Barker–Lane Stadium
* Buies Creek, NC

|  ESPN+ | L 7–30|  6,352
October 6 |  6:00 p.m. |  West Florida |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  Lion Vision | L 19–24|  6,811
October 13 |  6:00 p.m. |  Mississippi College |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  Lion Vision | W 34–17|  9,230
October 20 |  2:00 p.m. |  at Jackson State |

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
* Jackson, MS

|  Livestream | W 24–7|  19,750
November 3 |  1:30 p.m. |  Shorter |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  Lion Vision | W 41–14|  6,289
November 10 |  1:30 p.m. |  North Greenville |

* Braly Municipal Stadium
* Florence, AL

|  Lion Vision | W 31–28|  6,130

* Homecoming
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

* Source:[1]

## Game summaries

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### At Southern Utah

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Lions | 3  | 10  | 7  | 14 | 34
Thunderbirds  | 0  | 16  | 7  | 7 | 30

See also: 2018 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

### At Alabama A&M

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Lions | 8  | 10  | 0  | 7 | 25
Bulldogs  | 7  | 10  | 3  | 0 | 20

See also: 2018 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

### At North Dakota State

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Lions  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7
No. 1 Bison | 7  | 10  | 7  | 14 | 38

See also: 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team

### Azusa Pacific

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Cougars  | 6  | 0  | 14  | 15 | 35
Lions | 3  | 6  | 10  | 18 | 37

### At Campbell

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Lions  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 7
Fighting Camels | 23  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 30

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

### West Florida

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Argonauts | 3  | 7  | 7  | 7 | 24
Lions  | 7  | 3  | 3  | 6 | 19

See also: 2018 West Florida Argonauts football team

### Mississippi College

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Choctaws  | 7  | 7  | 3  | 0 | 17
Lions | 21  | 10  | 0  | 3 | 34

See also: 2018 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

### At Jackson State

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Lions | 7  | 7  | 10  | 0 | 24
Tigers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7

See also: 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team

### Shorter

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Hawks  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 14
Lions | 14  | 14  | 10  | 3 | 41

See also: 2018 Shorter Hawks football team

### North Greenville

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Crusaders  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 14 | 28
Lions | 5  | 7  | 9  | 10 | 31

See also: 2018 North Greenville Crusaders football team

## Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
STATS FCS| —| RV| RV| RV| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —|
Coaches| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —|

## References

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1. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". roarlions.com. University of North Alabama. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

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