# 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2018 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mark Tucker in his second and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

## Preseason
### Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Buccaneers were predicted to finish in third 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 Buccaneers having seven players selected along with three more on the honorable mention list.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | at Florida* | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 6–53 | 81,164 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 Elon* | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | L 22–31 | 2,465 |
| September 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at Hampton* | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 48–14 | 5,124 |
| October 6 | 6:00 p.m. | at Savannah State* | Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA | ESPN3 | L 3–23 | 2,970 |
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 58–6 | 1,473 |
| October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Presbyterian | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 41–7 | 2,000 |
| October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Kennesaw State | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | L 10–38 | 1,242 |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth | Kessler StadiumWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | L 3–37 | 1,492 |
| November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Buccaneer FieldNorth Charleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 16–0 | 1,640 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | at Campbell | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN+ | W 12–7 | 4,348 |
| November 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at The Citadel* | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | L 14–43 | 7,877 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* ↑ This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

## Game summaries
### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Gators | 10 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 53 |

### Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Phoenix | 3 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| Buccaneers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 |

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
| Pirates | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At Savannah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tigers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |

### Virginia–Lynchburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 58 |

### Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 41 |

### Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Owls | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Monmouth

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

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 |

### At Campbell

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

### At The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 43 |