2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

The 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at Daytona Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in fourth place.

2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2019 record7–4 (5–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAllen Suber (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorCharles Jones (10th season)
Home stadiumDaytona Stadium
(Capacity: 9,601)
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 Florida A&M *  7 1     9 2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +  6 2     9 3  
South Carolina State +  6 2     8 3  
Bethune–Cookman  5 3     7 4  
Norfolk State  4 4     5 7  
North Carolina Central  3 5     4 8  
Howard  2 6     2 10  
Morgan State  2 6     3 9  
Delaware State  1 7     2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2018 season 7–5, 5–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Carolina A&T304 (12)
2Bethune–Cookman237 (1)
3Florida A&M204 (2)
4Howard166
5North Carolina Central161 (1)
6South Carolina State152
7Norfolk State119 (1)
8Morgan State87 (1)
9Delaware State46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Wildcats had eleven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 3:00 p.m. vs. Jackson State* ESPN2 W 36–15 23,333
September 7 4:00 p.m. No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana* [lower-alpha 1] Cancelled
September 14 4:00 p.m. at Miami (FL)* ACCN L 0–63 52,036
September 21 7:00 p.m. at Mississippi Valley State* Youtube W 22–6 6,487
September 28 1:00 p.m. at Howard ESPN3 W 37–29 5,700
October 5 4:00 p.m. Morgan State
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
ESPN3 W 31–20 5,642
October 10 6:00 p.m. at North Carolina Central ESPNU W 27–13 5,261
October 19 4:00 p.m. Norfolk State
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
ESPN3 W 35–22 2,135
October 26 4:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • Daytona Stadium
  • Daytona Beach, FL
ESPN3 L 19–27 12,204
November 9 2:00 p.m. at Delaware State ESPN3 L 13–16 879
November 16 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 North Carolina A&T ESPN3 L 17–47 10,355
November 23 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 12 Florida A&M ESPNews W 31–27 55,730
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

  1. The game against Southeastern Louisiana was cancelled due to the expected impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Daytona Beach, Florida area.

Game summaries

vs. Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 22 14 36
Tigers 3 0 12 0 15

at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Hurricanes 7 21 14 21 63

at Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 2 13 0 7 22
Delta Devils 6 0 0 0 6

at Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 21 3 0 13 37
Bison 7 0 7 15 29

Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 6 0 14 20
Wildcats 3 7 14 7 31

at North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 7 13 27
Eagles 0 3 0 10 13

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 0 8 22
Wildcats 0 19 6 10 35

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 20 0 0 27
Wildcats 0 13 6 0 19

at Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 0 7 13
Hornets 9 7 0 0 16

at North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 0 7 17
No. 25 Aggies 14 6 6 21 47

vs. Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Rattlers 7 6 7 7 27
Wildcats 7 14 0 10 31

References

  1. "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Bethune-Cookman University Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. "2019 Bethune-Cookman Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
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