The 2018 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented

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as a member of the

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(OVC) in the

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. They were led by ninth-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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and

Hale Stadium Hale Stadium is a 10,000-seat outdoor stadium located on the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. Built in 1953 and nicknamed "The Hole", the stadium hosted TSU Tigers football games until 1999, when home games were moved t ...

. Tennessee State finished the season 4–5 overall and 3–4 in OVC play to place fifth.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in fourth place. On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Tigers predicted to finish in sixth place.

Preseason All-OVC team

The Tigers had three players selected to the preseason all-OVC team. Offense Steven Newbold – WR Defense Vincent Sellers – DB Dajour Nesbeth – DB

Schedule

Game summaries

Bethune–Cookman

At Eastern Illinois

At Vanderbilt

At Austin Peay

At Murray State

Tennessee Tech

At Southeast Missouri State

Jacksonville State

UT Martin

References

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