The 2018 Savannah State Tigers football team represented
Savannah State University
Savannah State University (SSU) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is the oldest historically black public university in the state. Th ...
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 ...
. The Tigers were members of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...
(MEAC). They were led by third-year head coach
Erik Raeburn
Erik Raeburn (born June 20, 1971) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Gannon University, a position he has held since 2020. Raeburn served as head football coach Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 2000 t ...
and played their home games at
Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 2–8, 1–6 in MEAC play to finish in last place.
This season marked the Tigers' final season playing in
Division I as they rejoined
Division II after the season.
On December 9, head coach Erik Raeburn was fired. He finished as Savannah State with a three-year record of 8–23.
Preseason
MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Tigers were picked to finish in eighth place.
Preseason All-MEAC Teams
The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.
Offense
''3rd team''
Paris Baker – TE
Defense
''1st team''
Stefen Banks – DL
''3rd team''
Brandon Carswell – DL
Special teams
''2nd team''
Giovanni Lugo – K
''3rd team''
JaMichael Baldwin – RS
Personnel
Coaching staff
Shawn Quinn - Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker Coach
Schedule
Despite also being a member of the MEAC, the game vs Howard will be considered a non-conference game and will have no effect on the MEAC standings.
Game summaries
At UAB
At Miami (FL)
At Florida A&M
Bethune–Cookman
Charleston Southern
Morgan State
Norfolk State
At Delaware State
North Carolina A&T
At South Carolina State
References
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The Savannah State Tigers football team represents Savannah State University in college football. The Tigers are members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). The football team is traditionally the most popular sport at Sava ...