# 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University s a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by Joe Moglia in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing fourth in the Sun Belt's East Division. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Fred Biletnikoff Award | Malcolm Williams | WR | SR |

### Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.
East Division :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Appalachian State | 46 (6) |
| 2 | Troy | 44 (4) |
| 3 | Georgia State | 26 |
| 4 | Georgia Southern | 22 |
| 5 | Coastal Carolina | 12 |

### Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at South Carolina* | Williams–Brice StadiumColumbia, SC | SECN | L 15–49 | 75,126 |
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | UAB* | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN+ | W 47–24 | 9,776 |
| September 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Campbell* | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN3 | W 58–21 | 2,047 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN+ | W 30–28 | 17,125 |
| September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN+ | L 21–45 | 23,810 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN+ | L 20–45 | 11,506 |
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at UMass* | McGuirk StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | W 24–13 | 11,134 |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia State | Georgia State StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPN+ | W 37–34 | 15,648 |
| November 3 | 5:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN+ | L 7–23 | 13,004 |
| November 10 | 5:00 p.m. | Arkansas State | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN+ | L 16–44 | 8,141 |
| November 17 | 5:00 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN+ | L 17–41 | 9,886 |
| November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | at South Alabama | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN+ | L 28–31 | 10,670 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll 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
### At South Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Gamecocks | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |

### UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 47 |

### At Campbell

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

### At Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Trojans | 21 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### Louisiana–Monroe

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warhawks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Chanticleers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
at Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
* Date: October 13
* Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
* Game weather: 76° · Sunny; clear skies · SSE – 2 mph.
* Game attendance: 11,506
* Referee: Jeremy Parker
* TV: ESPN+
Game information :
First quarter
ULM - Austin Vaughn 4-yard TD run, Craig Ford kick good, 12:48 (ULM 7-0)
ULM - Derrick Gore 10-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 8:35 (ULM 14-0)
CCU - Massimo Biscardi 29-yard field goal, 1:07 (ULM 14-3)
Second quarter
CCU - Malcolm Williams 4-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 9:10 (ULM 14-10)
ULM - Marcus Green 37-yard TD pass from Caleb Evans, Ford kick good, 7:38 (ULM 21-10)
ULM - Ford 20-yard field goal, 0:50 (ULM 24-10)
CCU - Biscardi 40-yard field goal, 0:02 (ULM 24-13)
Third quarter
CCU - Marcus Outlaw 6-yard TD run, Biscardi kick good, 6:56 (ULM 24-20)
ULM - Evans 1-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 3:45 (ULM 31-20)
Fourth quarter
ULM - Evans 20-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 4:07 (ULM 38-20)
ULM - Gore 46-yard TD run, Ford kick good, 0:31 (ULM 45-20)
Leading Passers
ULM - Caleb Evans - 16/22, 224 yards, TD
CCU - Bryce Carpenter - 9/19, 133 yards, INT
Leading Rushers
ULM - Derrick Gore - 16 carries, 147 yards, 2 TD
CCU - Marcus Outlaw - 15 carries, 104 yards, TD
Leading Receivers
ULM - Marcus Green - 5 receptions, 111 yards, TD
CCU - Malcolm Williams - 4 receptions, 87 yards :

### At UMass

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Minutemen | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |

### At Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Panthers | 7 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 34 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Wolves | 14 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 44 |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |

### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 3 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### At South Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Jaguars | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 |