The 2018 Monmouth Hawks football team represented

Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its university charter, c ...

in the

2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Champio ...

as a member of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

. They were led by 26th-year head coach

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and played their home games at

Kessler Field Kessler Stadium is a 4,200-seat football and track stadium in West Long Branch, New Jersey. It was built in 1993 and is home to the Monmouth University Hawks. Kessler Stadium underwent a renovation prior to the start of the 2017 football sea ...

West Long Branch, New Jersey West Long Branch is a Borough (New Jersey), borough situated within the Jersey Shore region, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 8,5 ...

Monmouth finished the season 8–3 overall and 4–1 in Big South play to place second.

Preseason

Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 23, 2018, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second place.

Preseason All-Big South team

The Big South released their preseason all-Big South team on July 23, 2018, with the Hawks having six players at seven positions selected along with two more on the honorable mention list. Offense Pete Guerriero – RB Reggie White Jr. – WR Jake Powell – TE Ryan Wetzel – OL Russ Clayton – OL Defense Tymere Berry – DB Special teams Pete Guerriero – KR Honorable mention Kenji Bahar – OB Diego Zubieta – LB

Schedule

Game summaries

At Eastern Michigan

Hampton

At Lafayette

At Princeton

Wagner

Bucknell

Campbell

At Presbyterian

Charleston Southern

Kennesaw State

At Gardner–Webb

References

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Monmouth Hawks football seasons

Monmouth Hawks football The Monmouth Hawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Monmouth University located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the upcoming 2025 season, the Hawks compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship ...