2018 East Mississippi Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2018
| team = East Mississippi Lions
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges
| short_conf = MACJC
| division = North Division
| record = 12–0
| conf_record = 6–0
| head_coach = Buddy Stephens
| hc_year = 11th
| captain =
| stadium = Sullivan-Windham Field
| champion = NJCAA champion
MACJC champion
MACJC North Division champion
| conf_champ = MACJC championship game
| conf_champ_result = W 19–14 vs. {{cfb link|year=2018|team=Jones Bobcats|title=Jones}}
| bowl = NJCAA championship game
| bowl_result = W 10–9 vs. {{cfb link|year=2018|team=Garden City Broncbusters|title=Garden City}}
}}
{{2018 Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges football standings}}
The 2018 East Mississippi Lions football team was an American football team that represented East Mississippi Community College as a member of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) during the 2018 junior college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Buddy Stephens, Lions compiled a perfect 12–0 record (6–0 in conference games), defeated {{cfb link|year=2018|team=Garden City Broncbusters|title=Garden City}} in the national championship game, and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. It was East Mississippi's fifth national championship, following the 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2018 teams.
The team played its home games at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba, Mississippi.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|August 30||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Hinds Eagles|title=Hinds}}
|September 6|at|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Pearl River Wildcats|title=Pearl River}}
|September 13|at|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Itawamba Indians|title=Itawamba}}||Fulton, MS|W 56-26||
|September 20||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Mississippi Delta Trojans|title=Mississippi Delta}}|Sullivan-Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 54-13||{{cite news|title=East Mississippi stays perfect|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|author=Ron Higgins|date=September 22, 2018|page=3C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-east-mississippi-stays-pe/145361867/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 27|at|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=East Central Warriors|title=East Central (MS)}}
|October 4|at|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Northwest Mississippi Rangers|title=Northwest Mississippi}}||Senatobia, MS|W 34-6||
|October 13||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Holmes Bulldogs|title=Holmes}}|Sullivan-Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 56-21||{{cite news|title=Three Bryant touchdowns not enough against Lions|newspaper=The Star-Herald|author=Steve Diffey|date=October 18, 2018|page=A9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-herald-three-bryant-touchdowns/145362394/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Coahoma Tigers|title=Coahoma}}|Sullivan-Windham Field|Scooba, MS|W 47-0||{{cite news|title=Coahama shut out at Mississippi Community College|newspaper=The Clarksdale Press Register|author=Vashon K. Jones|date=October 24, 2018|page=14A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-clarksdale-press-register-coahama-sh/145361268/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 25|at|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Northeast Mississippi Tigers|title=Northeast Mississippi}}||Booneville, MS|W 26-7||{{cite news|title=MACJC playoffs set|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|date=October 27, 2018|page=C2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-macjc-playoffs-set/145363001/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Copiah–Lincoln Wolves|title=Copiah–Lincoln}}
|November 10||{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Jones Bobcats|title=Jones}}
|November 29|vs|{{cfb link|year=2018|team=Garden City Broncbusters|title=Garden City}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Junior college football national champion navbox}}
Category:East Mississippi Lions football seasons