# 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 26th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey Monmouth finished the season 8–3 overall and 4–1 in Big South play to place second.

## Preseason
### Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second 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 Hawks having six players at seven positions selected along with two more on the honorable mention list.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:30 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan* | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI | ESPN+ | L 17–51 | 14,357 |
| September 8 | 3:00 p.m. | Hampton* | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | W 56–28 | 3,092 |
| September 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lafayette* | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA | Stadium | W 24–20 | 4,325 |
| September 22 | 4:30 p.m. | at Princeton* | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPN+ | L 9–51 | 11,068 |
| September 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Wagner* | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | W 54–47 | 3,971 |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Bucknell* | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | W 36–19 | 2,452 |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Campbell | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 38–21 | 3,124 |
| October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 24–14 | 2,638 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 37–3 | 4,492 |
| November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 2 Kennesaw State | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | L 14–51 | 2,332 |
| November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | ESPN+ | W 56–42 | 2,350 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Eagles | 13 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 51 |

### Hampton

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

### At Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| Leopards | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

### At Princeton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tigers | 14 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 44 |

### Wagner

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Seahawks | 21 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 47 |
| Hawks | 8 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 54 |

### Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| Hawks | 0 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 36 |

### Campbell

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

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Hawks | 7 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 37 |

### Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Owls | 7 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
| Hawks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 56 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |