# 2018 Hampton Pirates football team

The 2018 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Robert Prunty and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They competed as an FCS independent.
On November 16, 2017, the school announced they would become a full member of the Big South Conference in 2018. Due to scheduling reasons, they were to remain in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for football in 2018. However, the MEAC refused to allow Hampton to remain in the conference, with no MEAC schools agreeing to play them, forcing the Pirates to become an FCS independent for 2018 before joining the Big South in 2019.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Shaw | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 38–10 | 7,123 |
| September 8 | 3:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | L 28–56 | 3,092 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee State | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | Cancelled | |
| September 22 | 5:00p.m. | at No. 25 Northern Iowa | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA | ESPN3 | L 0–44 | 9,116 |
| September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 14–48 | 5,124 |
| October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Lane | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 41–8 | 5,123 |
| October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 24–23 | 2,108 |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 51–28 | 8,750 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at SUNY Maritime | Reinhart FieldBronx, NY | | W 51–10 | 468 |
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Mississippi Valley State | Rice–Totten StadiumItta Bena, MS | | W 54–39 | 1,408 |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | St. Andrews | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 44–17 | 6,514 |
| Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* ↑ The Tennessee State game was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### Shaw

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Pirates | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### At Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Hawks | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 56 |

### At Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 25 Panthers | 10 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 44 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Lane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dragons | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Pirates | 17 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 41 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Blue Hose | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |

### Virginia–Lynchburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dragons | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Pirates | 20 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 51 |

### At SUNY Maritime

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 21 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 51 |
| Privateers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### At Mississippi Valley State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pirates | 28 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 54 |
| Delta Devils | 7 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 39 |

### St. Andrews

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Knights | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Pirates | 14 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 44 |