# 2018 North Alabama Lions football team

The 2018 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were competing as an FCS Independent. They finished the season 7–3.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Pluto TV | W 34–30 | 8,912 |
| September 8 | 6:00 .m. | at Alabama A&M | Louis Crews StadiumHuntsville, AL | | W 25–20 | 15,100 |
| September 15 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | FargodomeFargo, ND | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 18,557 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Azusa Pacific | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | W 37–35 | 5,314 |
| September 29 | 5:00 p.m. | at Campbell | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN+ | L 7–30 | 6,352 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | West Florida | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | L 19–24 | 6,811 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | W 34–17 | 9,230 |
| October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jackson State | Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS | Livestream | W 24–7 | 19,750 |
| November 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Shorter | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | W 41–14 | 6,289 |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | North Greenville | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | Lion Vision | W 31–28 | 6,130 |
| HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### At Alabama A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### At North Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| No. 1 Bison | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### Azusa Pacific

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 6 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| Lions | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 37 |

### At Campbell

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

### West Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Argonauts | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Lions | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |

### Mississippi College

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Choctaws | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Lions | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 34 |

### At Jackson State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Shorter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Lions | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 41 |

### North Greenville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crusaders | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Lions | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | — | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |