American college football season
The 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represents Central Connecticut State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They are led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy . They play their home games at Arute Field as a member of the Northeast Conference .
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason coaches' poll [ edit ] The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Blue Devils were picked to finish in third place.[1]
Predicted finish Team (1st place votes) 1 Duquesne (7) 2 Sacred Heart (1) 3 Central Connecticut 4 Wagner 5 Bryant 6 Saint Francis 7 Robert Morris 8 LIU
Preseason All-NEC team [ edit ] The Blue Devils had six players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]
Offense
Tyshaun James – WR
J'Von Brown – OL
Connor Mignone – OL
Cole Phelps – OL
Defense
Tajik Bagley – DB
DJ Exilhomme – DB
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. at Fordham * Stadium W 26–23 2,988 September 7 6:00 p.m. Merrimack * NEC Front Row W 40–37 5,114 September 14 2:00 p.m. at Valparaiso * ESPN+ W 42–13 2,110 September 21 3:00 p.m. at Eastern Michigan * ESPN3 L 29–34 17,286 October 5 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart ESPN3 W 28–3 5,402 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Columbia * ESPN+ W 24–14 3,172 October 19 1:00 p.m. Bryant No. 25 Arute Field New Britain, CT NEC Front Row W 52–14 5,114 October 26 12:00 p.m. LIU No. 23 Arute Field New Britain, CT NEC Front Row W 28–0 3,156 November 2 12:00 p.m. at Wagner No. 19 NEC Front Row W 27–13 1,698 November 9 12:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) No. 20 Arute Field New Britain, CT NEC Front Row W 38–31OT November 16 12:00 p.m. Robert Morris No. 19 Arute Field New Britain, CT NEC Front Row W 49–28 November 23 12:00 p.m. at Duquesne No. 18 NEC Front Row W 43–10 November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Albany * No. 17 ESPN3 L 14–42 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Fordham [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 8 7 0 11 26 Rams 0 6 10 7 23
Merrimack [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Warriors 7 7 7 16 37 Blue Devils 3 21 13 3 40
At Valparaiso [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 0 14 21 7 42 Crusaders 6 0 7 0 13
At Eastern Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 15 0 0 14 29 Eagles 7 14 0 13 34
At Sacred Heart [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 7 14 0 28 Pioneers 0 3 0 0 3
At Columbia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 10 0 7 24 Lions 0 7 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 14 0 0 14 No. 25 Blue Devils 14 14 14 10 52
1 2 3 4 Total Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 No. 23 Blue Devils 0 14 7 7 28
At Wagner [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Blue Devils 6 7 7 7 27 Seahawks 3 10 0 0 13
Saint Francis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Red Flash 0 14 10 7 0 31 No. 20 Blue Devils 7 7 7 10 7 38
Robert Morris [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonials 0 14 0 14 28 No. 19 Blue Devils 0 14 21 14 49
At Duquesne [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Blue Devils 12 7 17 7 43 Dukes 0 10 0 0 10
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] The Blue Devils received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Albany .[5]
At Albany–First Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 17 Blue Devils 7 0 0 7 14 No. 25 Great Danes 0 7 28 7 42
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — — — — RV RV RV 25 23 19 20 19 18 Coaches — RV — — — RV RV RV 24 19 17 18 18
References [ edit ]