2019 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2019 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, in his sixth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the sixth season. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut in the first round before losing in the second round to Montana State.

2019 Albany Great Danes football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 18
FCS CoachesNo. 20
2019 record9–5 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumBob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0     14 2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 2     9 5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 3     9 4  
New Hampshire  5 3     6 5  
Towson  4 4     7 5  
Maine  4 4     6 6  
Elon  4 4     5 6  
Richmond  4 4     5 7  
Delaware  3 5     5 7  
William & Mary  3 5     5 7  
Stony Brook  2 6     5 7  
Rhode Island  0 8     2 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Great Danes finished the 2018 season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in twelfth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Great Danes did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. at Central Michigan* ESPN3 L 21–38 12,207
September 7 7:00 p.m. Bryant* FloSports W 45–3 5,014
September 14 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth* ESPN+ L 35–38 2,329
September 21 3:30 p.m. Lafayette*
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
FloSports W 36–7 3,241
September 28 3:30 p.m. William & Mary
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
FloSports W 39–31 3,329
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Richmond FloSports L 20–23 8.061
October 12 4:00 p.m. at No. 9 Towson FloSports W 38–21 4,809
October 19 3:30 p.m. Rhode Island
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
FloSports W 35–28 7,763
November 2 3:30 p.m. Maine
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
FloSports L 31–47 3,315
November 9 1:00 p.m. at Delaware FloSports W 21–17 13,472
November 16 1:00 p.m. New Hampshire
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
FloSports W 24–17 2,486
November 23 2:00 p.m. at Stony Brook FloSports W 31–26 6,171
November 30 1:00 p.m. No. 17 Central Connecticut* No. 25
ESPN3 W 42–14 1,660
December 7 3:00 p.m. at No. 5 Montana State* No. 25 ESPN3 L 21–47 12,947

Game summaries

at Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 7 7 7 21
Chippewas 7 17 7 7 38

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 3 3
Great Danes 7 21 7 10 45

at Monmouth

1 2 3 4OT Total
Great Danes 0 14 7 140 35
Hawks 7 14 7 73 38

Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 0 7 7
Great Danes 12 10 0 14 36

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 14 3 7 7 31
Great Danes 3 9 10 17 39

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 6 0 7 20
Spiders 10 13 0 0 23

at Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 10 14 7 38
No. 9 Tigers 7 7 7 0 21

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 7 7 7 28
Great Danes 0 6 22 7 35

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 10 14 23 0 47
Great Danes 7 14 3 7 31

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 7 7 0 7 21
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 17 0 0 17

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 3 17
Great Danes 7 10 0 7 24

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 21 3 0 7 31
Seawolves 0 14 0 12 26

FCS Playoffs

The Great Danes were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Central Connecticut.[4]

Central Connecticut–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Blue Devils 7 0 0 7 14
No. 25 Great Danes 0 7 28 7 42

at Montana State–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Great Danes 7 0 0 14 21
No. 5 Bobcats 16 10 14 7 47

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. "2019 UAlbany Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. "Football - Schedule - UAlbanySports.com—Official Web site of University at Albany Athletics". www.ualbanysports.com. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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