# 2018 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.

## Preseason
### CAA Poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
| 3 | Delaware | 182 |
| 4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
| 5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
| 6 | Villanova | 164 |
| 7 | Richmond | 127 |
| 8 | Maine | 81 |
| 9 | Albany | 78 |
| 10 | Towson | 74 |
| 11 | William & Mary | 55 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 39 |

### Preseason All-CAA Team

The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 3:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh* | Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA | ACCN Extra | L 7–33 | 34,486 |
| September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | FCS, FSGO | L 26–45 | 6,520 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Morgan State* | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | W 30–27 | 6,503 |
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | W 35–28 | 3,840 |
| October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at William & Mary | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | Cox Yurview | L 22–25 | 7,530 |
| October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Richmond | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | L 24–27 | 4,059 |
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Towson | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | L 28–56 | 7,029 |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Maine | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FCS | L 9–28 | 9,248 |
| November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Delaware | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | UAlbany Live Events | L 16–21 | 3,182 |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | NBCS BOS | L 10–24 | 5,571 |
| November 17 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Stony Brook | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY (rivalry) | FCS, FSGO | W 25–23 | 2,483 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Panthers | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 33 |

### At Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 |
| Rams | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 |

### Morgan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Great Danes | 3 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 30 |

### Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Flash | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 |

### At William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 22 |
| Tribe | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |

### Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Tigers | 10 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 56 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### At Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| No. 24 Black Bears | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| Great Danes | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |

### At New Hampshire

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Seawolves | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Great Danes | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 |