2018 Savannah State Tigers football team


The 2018 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Erik Raeburn and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 2–8, 1–6 in MEAC play to finish in last place.
This season marked the Tigers' final season playing in Division I as they rejoined Division II after the season.
On December 9, head coach Erik Raeburn was fired. He finished as Savannah State with a three-year record of 8–23.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason

MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Tigers were picked to finish in eighth place.

Preseason All-MEAC Teams

The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.
Offense
3rd team
Paris Baker – TE
Defense
1st team
Stefen Banks – DL
3rd team
Brandon Carswell – DL
Special teams
2nd team
Giovanni Lugo – K
3rd team
JaMichael Baldwin – RS

Schedule

Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs Howard will be considered a non-conference game and will have no effect on the MEAC standings.

Game summaries

at UAB

at Miami (FL)

at Florida A&M

Bethune–Cookman

Charleston Southern

Morgan State

Norfolk State

at Delaware State

North Carolina A&T

at South Carolina State