2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

{{Infobox NCAA team season

| mode = football

| year = 2018

| team = Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions

| image = Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions wordmark.svg

| image_size = 250

| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference

| division = West Division

| short_conf = SWAC

| record = 2–9

| conf_record = 1–6

| head_coach = Cedric Thomas

| hc_year = 1st

| off_coach= Jermaine Gales

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Juan Navarro

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

}}

The 2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represented the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions were led by first-year head coach Cedric Thomas and played their home games at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Preseason

=SWAC football media day=

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Golden Lions were predicted to finish last in the West Division.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx|title=Swac Football All-Conference Preseason Teams Released}}

==Media poll==

class="wikitable"
align="center" \|align="center" Colspan="3" \|West Division
align="center" ! Predicted finish !! Team !! Votes
align="center" \| 1	Grambling State	96
align="center" \| 2	Southern	78
align="center" \| 3	Prairie View A&M	65
align="center" \| 4	Texas Southern	31
align="center" \| 5	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	30

=Presason All-SWAC Team=

The Golden Lions had three players at four positions selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

==Offense==

1st team

KeShawn Williams – Sr. RB

==Defense==

2nd team

Kevin Agee – Sr. DL

==Special teams==

1st team

Jamie Gillan – Sr. P

KeShawn Williams – Sr. KR

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| opprank = y

| rankyear = 2018

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 1

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2018|team=Morehouse College Maroon Tigers|title=Morehouse College}}

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv =

| score = 30–34

| attend = 5,734

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2018|team=Cumberland Phoenix|title=Cumberland}}

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv =

| score = 55–0

| attend = 2,326

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = L

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = South Dakota State

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium

| site_cityst = Brookings, SD

| tv =

| score = 6–90

| attend = 14,526

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = Prairie View A&M

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv =

| score = 13–62

| attend = 2,675

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| time = 6:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = FIU

| site_stadium = Riccardo Silva Stadium

| site_cityst = Miami, FL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 9–55

| attend = 14,937

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = Jackson State

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv =

| score = 27–30

| attend = 4,200

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Mississippi Valley State

| site_stadium = Rice–Totten Stadium

| site_cityst = Itta Bena, MS

| tv =

| score = 47–48

| overtime = 2OT

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Grambling State

| site_stadium = Eddie Robinson Stadium

| site_cityst = Grambling, LA

| tv =

| score = 38–45

| overtime = OT

| attend = 5,834

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = Alabama A&M

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv =

| score = 14–45

| attend = 13,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Southern

| site_stadium = Ace W. Mumford Stadium

| site_cityst = Baton Rouge, LA

| tv =

| score = 24–56

| attend = 18,060

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| time = 2:00 p.m.

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Golden Lions

|R1= 0

|R2= 17

|R3= 10

|R4= 7

|R5= 7

|R6= 6

|Home=Delta Devils

|H1= 0

|H2= 6

|H3= 7

|H4= 21

|H5= 7

|H6= 7

}}

{{see also|2018 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team}}

=At Grambling State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Golden Lions

|R1= 3

|R2= 6

|R3= 14

|R4= 15

|R5= 0

|Home=Tigers

|H1= 0

|H2= 7

|H3= 21

|H4= 10

|H5= 7

}}

=Alabama A&M=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bulldogs

|R1= 0

|R2= 14

|R3= 21

|R4= 10

|Home=Golden Lions

|H1= 0

|H2= 0

|H3= 6

|H4= 8

}}

=At Southern=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Golden Lions

|R1= 6

|R2= 3

|R3= 8

|R4= 7

|Home=Jaguars

|H1= 21

|H2= 21

|H3= 14

|H4= 0

}}

=At Texas Southern=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Golden Lions

|R1= 3

|R2= 3

|R3= 6

|R4= 3

|Home=Tigers

|H1= 3

|H2= 7

|H3= 0

|H4= 0

}}

References

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