Conway, S.C. – Coastal Carolina football will wrap up the 2018 regular season with a road tilt at South Alabama on Friday, Nov. 23, at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT in Mobile, Ala.
Coastal Carolina (5-6, 2-5 Sun Belt) at South Alabama (2-9, 1-6 Sun Belt)
Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 • 3:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. CT
Mobile, Ala. • Ladd-Peebles Stadium (33,471)
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Game Notes/Depth Charts
Series Versus South Alabama
• Friday afternoon's contest will be the first-ever meeting between Coastal Carolina and South Alabama on the gridiron.
First Time for Everything
• CCU will play not one, not two, but three teams for the first time ever this season in Campbell (Sept. 12), Louisiana (Sept. 22) and South Alabama (Nov. 23).
• With Hurricane Florence forcing the Campbell-Coastal football game to be moved from Conway, S.C. to Buies Creek, N.C., all three of the Chants' contests versus its first-time foes will come on the road in 2018.
• The Chants are 2-0 this season versus first-time foes with road wins over Campbell (58-21) and Louisiana (30-28) in back-to-back weeks.
Bowl Bid on the Line
• The Chanticleers are just one win away from becoming bowl eligible in their first year of eligibility after two transition seasons from FCS to FBS.
• CCU is looking to join six other Sun Belt teams that have already become bowl eligible in Troy, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, ULM, Arkansas State and Louisiana.
(Disclaimer: Bowl eligibility does not guarantee you a bowl invite)
Snap Out of It
• Both the Chanticleers and the Jaguars are riding a multi-game losing streak into play this Friday. CCU has lost each of its last three contests, while USA has dropped four-straight games.
A Season of Firsts
• The 2018 season has seen a lot of firsts for the Chants, mainly in the wins column.
• Four of the five Chanticleer wins this season are the first wins over their opponents in program history.
CCU FIRST-EVER WINS IN 2018
| Date |
Opponent |
Result |
| 9/8/18 |
UAB |
W, 47-24 |
| 9/12/18 |
at Campbell |
W, 58-21 |
| 9/22/18 |
at Louisiana |
W, 30-28 |
| 10/27/18 |
at Georgia State |
W, 37-34 |
2.0
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Jeffrey Gunter has totaled 14.0 tackles for loss this season, putting him just 2.0 TFL away from tying the Coastal single-season record of 16.0 TFL set in 2003.
No Laundry on the Field
• Coastal Carolina was not flagged for a single penalty last week versus Georgia Southern (Nov. 17).
• It was only the second time in the program's history that the Chants were not whistled for a penalty in a game with the other time coming versus Gardner Webb back in 2007.
Disciplined Chants
• The Chants are second in the Sun Belt in both fewest penalties (48) and fewest penalties per game (4.36).
• CCU also ranks third in the conference in fewest penalty yards (453) and fewest penalty yards per game (41.18) on the year.
Surf Turf Hosting the Myrtle Beach Bowl
• ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, is adding a new bowl game to its roster beginning in 2020 with the creation of the Myrtle Beach Bowl. The game will feature matchups from three conference partners – Conference USA, Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference – and will be played at Brooks Stadium on the campus of Coastal Carolina University.
