The 2018 Florida Tech Panthers football team represents

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(FIT) during the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They are led by sixth-year head coach

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. The Panthers played their home games at

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, approximately one mile from the Florida Tech campus, and are members of the

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. The 2018 season saw FIT finish with a record of 8-4, earning their second trip to the

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where they were eliminated in the first round at Lenoir-Rhyne. The Panthers finished with a record of 5-3 in GSC play, including their first ever win over in-state rival West Florida with a 30-28 victory in Pensacola that saw them record the largest comeback in program history after trailing by 18 points in the first half.

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 2, 2018, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in 6th place in the conference.

Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team

The Panthers had four players at four positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team. Offense Romell Guerrier – WR Antwuan Haynes – RB Defense Adonis Davis – DL J. T. Hassell – LB

Schedule

Florida Tech 2018 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Delta State,

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, North Greenville, and

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, and will travel to Shorter, West Alabama,

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, and West Georgia. The Panthers will host one of the three non-conference games against

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from the

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(SAC) and will travel to

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from the

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and

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also from the SAC. Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on

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, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week. :Schedule Source:

Rankings

Game summaries

At Benedict

Newberry

Delta State

At West Georgia

At Wingate

Mississippi College

Valdosta State

At West Florida

At West Alabama

North Greenville

At Shorter

At Lenoir-Rhyne

Awards and milestones

Gulf South Conference honors

Four players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches. Linebacker J.T. Hassell was named the GSC Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the second Panther to receive the honor. * Gulf South Conference Defensive Player of the Year: J.T. Hassell

Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team

*J.T. Hassell, LB *Adonis Davis, DL *Romell Guerrier, WR

Gulf South Conference All-Conference Second Team

*Antwuan Haynes, RB

Gulf South Conference offensive player of the week

*October 22: Romell Guerrier

Gulf South Conference defensive player of the week

*September 10: J.T. Hassell *October 1: J.T. Hassell *October 29: J.T. Hassell *November 5: Dezmond Morgan

Gulf South Conference special teams player of the week

*November 5: Trey Schaneville

School records

*Most career rushing yards: 3,496, Antwuan Haynes *Most career rushing touchdowns: 25, Antwuan Haynes *Most career sacks: 23, Adonis Davis *Most career tackles for loss: 52, Adonis Davis *Most touchdown receptions in a season: 13, Romell Guerrier *Most tackles in a season: 124, J.T. Hassell *Most interceptions in a season: 4, John McClure *Most defensive touchdowns in a season: 3, Richard Leveille *Most tackles in a game: 20, J.T. Hassell (October 6, 2018) *Most sacks in a single game: 4, J.T. Hassell (September 29, 2018) *T-Most interceptions in a single game: 2, Dezmond Morgan (November 3, 2018) and John McClure (September 1, 2018) *T-Most tackles for loss in a single game: 4, J.T. Hassell (September 29, 2018) *Most carries in a single game: 29, Antwuan Haynes (October 20, 2018) *Largest comeback: 18 at West Florida (October 20, 2018) * Most points scored in single game: 55 at Shorter (November 10, 2018)

References

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