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American college football season
The 2018 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Tigers were predicted to finish third in the East Division.[ 1]
East Division
Predicted finish
Team
Votes
1
Alcorn State
95
2
Alabama State
72
3
Jackson State 55
4
Alabama A&M
51
5
Mississippi Valley State
27
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 6:00 p.m. at Southern Miss * ESPN+ L 7–5529,176 September 8 6:00 p.m. vs. Tennessee State * Cancelled [ a] September 15 4:30 p.m. at Florida A&M * W 18–1617,643 September 29 4:00 p.m. Alabama A&M L 16–2130,472 October 6 2:30 p.m. at Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 30–274,200 October 13 2:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS W 23–729,500 October 20 2:00 p.m. North Alabama * Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS L 7–2419,750 October 27 6:00 p.m. at Southern L 7–4120,575 November 3 2:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS W 34–2821,729 November 10 2:00 p.m. at Alabama State W 20–214,428 November 17 2:00 p.m. at Alcorn State L 3–2421,312 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
^ The Tennessee State game was cancelled due to inclement weather.
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
7
0
7
Golden Eagles
14
27
7
7
55
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
6
9
3
18
Rattlers
7
0
9
0
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
14
0
21
Tigers
10
6
0
0
16
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1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
3
10
14
30
Golden Lions
7
0
13
7
27
Mississippi Valley State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Delta Devils
0
0
7
0
7
Tigers
14
6
0
3
23
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
7
7
10
0
24
Tigers
0
0
0
7
7
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
7
0
7
Jaguars
14
7
20
0
41
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
7
7
14
28
Tigers
17
7
3
7
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
10
7
0
3
20
Hornets
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
0
3
Braves
0
3
14
7
24
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