2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team

The 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team represents the University of Central Arkansas in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bears are led by second-year head coach Nathan Brown and play their home games at Estes Stadium. UCA finished the regular season 9-3 overall, 7-2 in Southland Conference play, earning a share of the 2019 Southland Conference championship, and a first round bye in the FCS playoffs with a #8 seeding.

2019 Central Arkansas Bears football
Southland Conference co-champion
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 11
FCS CoachesNo. 11
2019 record9–4 (7–2 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen Collums (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorChad Williams (1st season)
Home stadiumEstes Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2019 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Nicholls +^  7 –2     8 –4  
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^  7 –2     9 –3  
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^  6 –3     8 –5  
Sam Houston State  6 –3     7 –5  
McNeese State  5 –4     7 –5  
Incarnate Word  4 –5     5 –7  
Abilene Christian  4 –5     5 –7  
Northwestern State  3 –6     3 –9  
Stephen F. Austin  3 –6     3 –9  
Houston Baptist  2 –6     5 –7  
Lamar  2 –7     4 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Bears were picked to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Nicholls200 (20)
2Central Arkansas154
3Incarnate Word150 (1)
4Sam Houston State146
5Lamar123
6McNeese State114
7Abilene Christian112 (1)
8Southeastern Louisiana71
9Stephen F. Austin63
10Northwestern State56
11Houston Baptist21

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Bears placed seven players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 296:30 p.m.at Western Kentucky*
ESPN+W 35–2817,120
September 72:00 p.m.at Austin Peay*No. 20
ESPN+W 24–167,523
September 146:00 p.m.Abilene ChristianNo. 14
ESPN3W 31–3010,123
September 2110:59 p.m.at Hawaii*No. 14
Spectrum SportsL 16–3523,465
October 53:00 p.m.at No. 16 NichollsNo. 11
YouTubeL 14–347,021
October 126:00 p.m.McNeese StateNo. 16
ESPN+W 40–3111,237
October 196:00 p.m.at Northwestern StateNo. 13
CST/ESPN+W 31–307,584
October 266:00 p.m.No. 21 Sam Houston StateNo. 12
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
ESPN+W 29–259,363
November 23:00 p.m.at LamarNo. 10
ESPN+W 45–175,913
November 93:00 p.m.Southeastern LouisianaNo. 7
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
ESPN+L 0–346,275
November 163:00 p.m.Stephen F. AustinNo. 14
  • Estes Stadium
  • Conway, AR
ESPN+W 30–75,527
November 226:30 p.m.at Incarnate WordNo. 11
ESPN+W 52–352,668
December 72:00 p.m.No. 13 Illinois State*No. 9
ESPN3L 14–245,127
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source: [3][4]

Game summaries

at Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 14 0 21 35
Hilltoppers 14 7 7 0 28
See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

at Austin Peay
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Bears 0 3 7 14 24
Governors 0 0 13 3 16
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

Abilene Christian
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 3 7 13 30
No. 14 Bears 3 6 0 22 31
See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

at Hawaii
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Bears 0 9 0 7 16
Rainbow Warriors 14 14 0 7 35
See also: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

at Nicholls
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Bears 0 0 7 7 14
No. 16 Colonels 6 14 7 7 34
See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

McNeese State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 10 14 0 7 31
No. 16 Bears 10 10 14 6 40
See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

at Northwestern State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Bears 7 7 10 7 31
Demons 14 10 0 6 30
See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

Sam Houston State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Bearkats 7 9 6 3 25
No. 12 Bears 0 0 14 15 29
See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

at Lamar
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bears 14 10 21 0 45
Cardinals 0 10 0 7 17
See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

Southeastern Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 14 6 7 34
No. 7 Bears 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Stephen F. Austin
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 7 0 0 7
No. 14 Bears 3 10 10 7 30
See also: 2019 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

at Incarnate Word
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Bears 3 21 7 21 52
Cardinals 0 14 14 7 35
See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

FCS Playoffs

The Bears enter the postseason tournament as the number eight seed, with a first-round bye.[5] They will play Illinois State at Estes Stadium in Conway on December 7.

Illinois State–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 0 21 0 3 24
No. 9 Bears 0 7 0 7 14
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
STATS FCS RV 20 14 14 15 11 16 13 12 10 7 14 11 9  
Coaches 25 18 14 12 14 10-T 16 13 10 9 6 13 11 7

References
  1. "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  3. "2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". UCA Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  4. "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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