2019 Maine Black Bears football team

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.

2019 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2019 record6–6 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Dresner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Ryan (1st season)
Home stadiumAlfond Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
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 Black Bears finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–1 in CAA play to be crowned CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Jacksonville State in the second round, and Weber State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Eastern Washington.

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)
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 Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.Sacred Heart*No. 7FloSportsW 42–147,478
September 76:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern*No. 6ESPN+L 18–2617,202
September 147:00 p.m.No. 8 TowsonNo. 7
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FloSportsL 23–456,256
September 2112:00 p.m.at Colgate*No. 12StadiumW 35–215,606
September 283:30 p.m.at No. 8 VillanovaNo. 12FloSportsL 17–3310,071
October 1212:00 p.m.RichmondNo. 18
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLL 17–245,126
October 196:00 p.m.at Liberty*ESPN+L 44–5918,657
October 261:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLW 34–258,123
November 23:30 p.m.at AlbanyFloSportsW 47–313,315
November 92:00 p.m.at ElonFloSportsW 31–174,424
November 1612:00 p.m.Rhode Island
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLW 34–304,908
November 231:00 p.m.at New HampshireFloSportsL 10–2810,061
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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.
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 Final 
STATS FCS 7 6 7 12 12-T 20 18 RV  
Coaches 7 6 9 16 16 22 20 NR

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 Maine Football Schedule". goblackbears.com. University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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