# 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Dewayne Alexander, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10 overall with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

## Preseason
### OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in last place. On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Golden Eagles also predicted to finish in last place.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 134 (14) |
| 2 | Austin Peay | 114 (1) |
| 3 | UT Martin | 96 |
| 4 | Tennessee State | 91 |
| 5 | Eastern Illinois | 83 |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky | 64 |
| 7 | Murray State | 39 |
| 8 | Southeast Missouri State | 35 |
| 9 | Tennessee Tech | 19 |
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Jacksonville State | 126 (14) |
| 2 | Austin Peay | 112 (4) |
| 3 | UT Martin | 95 |
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 73 |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky | 69 |
| 6 | Tennessee State | 64 |
| 7 | Southeast Missouri State | 62 |
| 8 | Murray State | 24 |
| 9 | Tennessee Tech | 23 |

### Preseason All-OVC team

The Golden Eagles had two players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 10–34 | 9,020 |
| September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Kennesaw State* | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | ESPNU | L 10–49 | 4,118 |
| September 13 | 7:00 p.m. | at Utah State* | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | MW Net | L 12–73 | 15,011 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Jacksonville State | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 20–48 | 17,403 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | ESPN+ | L 38–52 | 7,184 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | ESPN+ | L 38–70 | 4,404 |
| October 20 | 4:30 p.m. | at Tennessee State | Nissan StadiumNashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 14–41 | 17,283 |
| October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 10–41 | 7,236 |
| November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Murray State | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | ESPN+ | W 27–24 | 8,788 |
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at UT Martin | Graham StadiumMartin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN+ | L 13–38 | 2,736 |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | ESPN+ | L 6–37 | 4,559 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Mocs | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 34 |

### Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Owls | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### At Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Aggies | 17 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 73 |

### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| No. 10 Gamecocks | 10 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 48 |

### Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 7 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 52 |
| Golden Eagles | 10 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 38 |

### Southeast Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 21 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 70 |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### At Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Tigers | 17 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 41 |

### At Austin Peay

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Governors | 6 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 41 |

### Murray State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Racers | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Golden Eagles | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 |

### At UT Martin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Skyhawks | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |

### Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |