The 2018 season's largest margin: Troy 59, Florida A&M 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Ten-Win Year
Troy's 2018 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Sawyer SmithQB1,669 passing yards
- Kaleb BarkerQB1,013 passing yards
- B.J. SmithRB1,183 rushing yards
- Jabir Daughtry-FryeRB371 rushing yards
- Damion WillisWR876 receiving yards
- Deondre DouglasWR472 receiving yards
- Sidney DavisWR399 receiving yards
- Tron FolsomOLB81 tackles
- Carlton MartialLB76 tackles
- Melvin TyusS60 tackles
- Hunter ReeseLB7.5 sacks
- Antione BarkerDT4.5 sacks
- Jarvis HayesDE4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Troy 20, Boise State 56. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Troy beat Buffalo 42-32 in the postseason.
"Bleed Cardinal"
2018 is a middle chapter for Troy — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.