The 2018 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, it is the second oldest public college or university in the state of Arkansas. UAPB is part of the University of ...

in the

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. The Golden Lions are led by first-year head coach Cedric Thomas and play their home games at

Golden Lion Stadium Simmons Bank Field is a 16,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Built at a cost of $14 million, it opened in 2000 and is home to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team. Originally called Golden Lion ...

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the eleventh-largest city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County. It is the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combin ...

as members of the West Division of the

Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...

(SWAC).

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in

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on July 13, 2018, the Golden Lions were predicted to finish last in the West Division.

Media poll

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''

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– Sr. P KeShawn Williams – Sr. KR

Schedule

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Game summaries

Morehouse College

Cumberland

At South Dakota State

Prairie View A&M

At FIU

Jackson State

At Mississippi Valley State

At Grambling State

Alabama A&M

At Southern

At Texas Southern

References

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