American college football season
2019 Maine Black Bears football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 6–6 (4–4 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Nick Charlton (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Andrew Dresner (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Michael Ryan (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Alfond Stadium |
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The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.
Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in third place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | James Madison | 238 (20) |
2 | Towson | 217 (3) |
3 | Maine | 201 (1) |
4 | Elon | 164 |
5 | Delaware | 162 |
6 | Stony Brook | 151 |
7 | New Hampshire | 109 |
8 | Rhode Island | 104 |
9 | Villanova | 84 |
10 | Richmond | 62 |
11 | William & Mary | 58 |
12 | Albany | 34 |
Preseason All–CAA team
The Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense Earnest Edwards – WR Liam Dobson – OL | Defense Kayon Whitaker – DL Taji Lowe – LB Deshawn Stevens – LB Manny Patterson – CB | Special teams Earnest Edwards – KR |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | No. 7 | | FloSports | W 42–14 | 7,478 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | No. 6 | | ESPN+ | L 18–26 | 17,202 |
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Towson | No. 7 | | FloSports | L 23–45 | 6,256 |
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | No. 12 | | Stadium | W 35–21 | 5,606 |
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Villanova | No. 12 | | FloSports | L 17–33 | 10,071 |
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Richmond | No. 18 | | FCS/WVII/WIPL | L 17–24 | 5,126 |
October 19 | 6:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | | | ESPN+ | L 44–59 | 18,657 |
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | | FCS/WVII/WIPL | W 34–25 | 8,123 |
November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Albany | | | FloSports | W 47–31 | 3,315 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon | | | FloSports | W 31–17 | 4,424 |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | | | FCS/WVII/WIPL | W 34–30 | 4,908 |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | | | FloSports | L 10–28 | 10,061 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
Sacred Heart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pioneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 7 Black Bears | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
At Georgia Southern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 6 Black Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
Eagles | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
Towson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 8 Tigers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
No. 7 Black Bears | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
At Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 12 Black Bears | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
At Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 12 Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
No. 8 Wildcats | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
No. 18 Black Bears | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
At Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Black Bears | 3 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 44 |
Flames | 17 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 59 |
William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tribe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 25 |
Black Bears | 0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
At Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Black Bears | 10 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 47 |
Great Danes | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Black Bears | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 |
At New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Black Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12-T | 20 | 18 | RV | | | | | | |
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Coaches | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20 | — | | | | | | |
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References
- ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Maine Football Schedule". goblackbears.com. University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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