The 2018 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.
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CAA Poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 24, 2018, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]
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Predicted finish |
Team |
Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 241 (21) |
2 | New Hampshire | 206 (2) |
3 | Delaware | 182 |
4 | Stony Brook | 169 |
5 | Elon | 168 (1) |
6 | Villanova | 164 |
7 | Richmond | 127 |
8 | Maine | 81 |
9 | Albany | 78 |
10 | Towson | 74 |
11 | William & Mary | 55 |
12 | Rhode Island | 39 |
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Preseason All-CAA Team
The Great Danes had one player selected to the preseason all-CAA team.
Special teams
Donovan McDonald – PR
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 3:30 p.m. | at Pittsburgh* | | ACCN Extra | L 7–33 | 34,486 |
September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | FCS, FSGO | L 26–45 | 6,520 |
September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Morgan State* | | UAlbany Live Events[2] | W 30–27 | 6,503 |
September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| UAlbany Live Events[2] | W 35–28 | 3,840 |
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at William & Mary | | Cox Yurview | L 22–25 | 7,530 |
October 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Richmond | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| UAlbany Live Events[2] | L 24–27 | 4,059 |
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Towson | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| UAlbany Live Events[2] | L 28–56 | 7,029 |
October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Maine | | FCS | L 9–28 | 9,248 |
November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 13 Delaware | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| UAlbany Live Events[2] | L 16–21 | 3,182 |
November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | | NBCS BOS | L 10–24 | 5,571 |
November 17 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Stony Brook | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY (rivalry)
| FCS, FSGO | W 25–23 | 2,483 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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At Pittsburgh
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Panthers |
19 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
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At Rhode Island
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
7 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
26 |
Rams |
14 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
45 |
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Morgan State
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Bears |
0 |
13 |
7 |
7 |
27 |
Great Danes |
3 |
14 |
3 |
10 |
30 |
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Saint Francis (PA)
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Red Flash |
7 |
7 |
14 |
0 |
28 |
Great Danes |
7 |
13 |
8 |
7 |
35 |
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At William & Mary
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
0 |
13 |
0 |
9 |
22 |
Tribe |
7 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
25 |
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Richmond
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Spiders |
7 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
Great Danes |
7 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
24 |
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Towson
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Tigers |
10 |
28 |
11 |
7 |
56 |
Great Danes |
7 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
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At Maine
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
No. 24 Black Bears |
14 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
28 |
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Delaware
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens |
0 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
Great Danes |
0 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
16 |
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At New Hampshire
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Great Danes |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Wildcats |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
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Stony Brook
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Seawolves |
3 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
23 |
Great Danes |
10 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
25 |
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