# 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

The 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mike Minter and played their home games at Barker–Lane Stadium. They were first-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.

## Preseason
### Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Fighting Camels were predicted to finish in fifth place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 107 (17) |
| 2 | Monmouth | 82 (1) |
| 3 | Charleston Southern | 75 |
| 4 | Gardner–Webb | 52 |
| 5 | Campbell | 36 |
| 6 | Presbyterian | 26 |

### Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Fighting Camels having one player selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.

### Award watch lists

| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Walter Payton Award | Daniel Smith | QB | So |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Chowan* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN+ | W 49–26 | 5,624 |
| September 8 | 12:30 p.m. | at Georgetown* | Cooper FieldWashington, D.C. | PL Net | W 13–8 | 1,837 |
| September 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN3 | L 21–58 | 2,047 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Shaw* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN+ | W 42–0 | 4,857 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | North Alabama* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN+ | W 30–7 | 6,352 |
| October 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Wagner* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN+ | W 49–3 | 5,465 |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | L 21–38 | 3,124 |
| October 27 | 4:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN3 | L 7–35 | 6,712 |
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Kennesaw State | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN+ | L 0–49 | 6,012 |
| November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 34–6 | 2,234 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, North Carolina | ESPN+ | L 7–12 | 4,348 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* ↑ The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

## Game summaries
### Chowan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| Fighting Camels | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 49 |

### At Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Camels | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Hoyas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |

### Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 58 |
| Fighting Camels | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### Shaw

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fighting Camels | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 42 |

### North Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Fighting Camels | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 |

### Wagner

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fighting Camels | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 49 |

### At Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Camels | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Hawks | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Fighting Camels | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Camels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 2 Owls | 0 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 49 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Camels | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| Blue Hose | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Fighting Camels | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |