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The 2018 Georgia State Panthers football team represented
Georgia State University Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the ...
(GSU) in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2018. The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...
. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Shawn Elliott. The season was the Panthers' sixth in the
Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...
, first within the East Division, and ninth since starting football. They played their home games at
Georgia State Stadium Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served a ...
. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place in the East Division.


Recruiting


Recruits

As of December 21, 2016, the Panthers have a total of 20 recruits committed. Eight are three-star recruits.


Preseason


Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released


Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Panthers predicted to finish in third place in the East Division.


Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Panthers had five players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams. Offense ''1st team'' Penny Hart – WR ''2nd team'' Hunter Atkinson – TE Shamarious Gilmore – OL Defense ''1st team'' Michael Shaw – LB ''2nd team'' Marterious Allen – DL


Coaching and support staff


Schedule

Georgia State announced its 2018 football schedule on February 27, 2018. The 2018 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Panthers host Sun Belt foes
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Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
,
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, and in-state rivals
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, and traveled to
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, and
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. Georgia State will not play Sun Belt foe
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this year. The team will play four non-conference games, two home game against Kennesaw State, an FCS team from the
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from the
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(MAC), and two road games against
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from the
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(ACC) and
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(AAC). :Schedule source:


Game summaries


Kennesaw State


At NC State


At Memphis


Western Michigan


Louisiana–Monroe


At Troy


At Arkansas State


Coastal Carolina


Texas State


At Louisiana


At Appalachian State


Georgia Southern


References

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Georgia State Panthers football seasons
Georgia State Panthers football The Georgia State Panthers football team is the college football program for Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Panthers football team was founded in 2010 and competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is a member of the ...