2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

2018 Georgetown Hoyas football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	5–6 (4–2 Patriot)
Head coach	Rob Sgarlata (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Doherty (2nd season)
Home stadium	Cooper Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Patriot League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Colgate $^		6	–	0					10	–	2
Holy Cross		4	–	2					5	–	6
Georgetown		4	–	2					5	–	6
Lehigh		2	–	4					3	–	8
Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					2	–	9
Bucknell		1	–	5					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata, the Hoyas compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Patriot League. Georgetown played home games at Cooper Field in Washington, D.C.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll on July 26, 2018, with the Hoyas predicted to finish in last place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	71 (11)
2	Lehigh	63 (3)
3	Fordham	45
4	Holy Cross	40
T–5	Bucknell	31
T–5	Lafayette	31
7	Georgetown	13

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Hoyas placed two players on the preseason all-Patriot League team.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	at Marist*	Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 39–14	1,904
September 8	12:30 p.m.	Campbell*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	L 8–13	1,837
September 15	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 0–41	4,815
September 22	2:00 p.m.	Columbia*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	L 15–23	1,865
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	L 7–35	3,926
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 23–11	2,010
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	Stadium	W 13–6	4,657
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Lehigh	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 22–16 2OT	1,871
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	L 0–38	1,827
November 10	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 14–3	1,825
November 17	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	L 31–32	1,803
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	11	0	21	7	39
Red Foxes	0	0	7	7	14

Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Camels	3	0	7	3	13
Hoyas	0	6	0	2	8

At Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Big Green	6	14	14	7	41

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	0	6	7	23
Hoyas	0	0	0	15	15

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	7	0	7
Bears	14	7	7	7	35

At Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	8	0	7	8	23
Rams	0	8	3	0	11

At Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	13	0	0	13
Leopards	0	3	0	3	6

Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Mountain Hawks	6	0	0	3	7	0	16
Hoyas	9	0	0	0	7	6	22

At Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Raiders	0	24	0	14	38

Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	3	0	3
Hoyas	0	7	7	0	14

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	5	0	7	20	32
Hoyas	7	17	7	0	31

References