2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

The 2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Trei Oliver.[1] The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place.

2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2019 record4–8 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
(Capacity: 10,600)
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
Main article: 2018 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

The Eagles finished the 2018 season 5–6, 3–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Eagles were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]

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 Eagles had seven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 8:00 p.m. at Austin Peay*
ESPN+ L 10–41 7,512
September 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Towson*
TSN L 3–42 8,322
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+ L 12–21 4,315
September 21 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth City State*
NCCU Sports Network W 45–7 6,025
September 28 6:00 p.m. at Morgan State
ESPN3 W 27–17 7,609
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Florida A&M
ESPN3 L 21–28 25,679
October 10 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPNU L 13–27 5,261
October 26 2:00 p.m. Delaware State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 W 30–23 5,026
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Howard
ESPN3 W 28–6 1,096
November 9 2:00 p.m. Norfolk State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 21–38 12,319
November 16 2:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 0–24 3,043
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 North Carolina A&T
ESPN3 L 0–54 19,853
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4][5]

Game summaries

at Austin Peay
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 0 7 10
Governors 7 24 3 7 41
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

at Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 3 3
No. 8 Tigers 14 14 14 0 42
See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team

at Gardner–Webb
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 6 0 3 12
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21
See also: 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Elizabeth City State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 0 7
Eagles 10 14 7 14 45
See also: Elizabeth City State Vikings football

at Morgan State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 13 7 7 27
Bears 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 Morgan State Bears football team

at Florida A&M
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 7 21
Rattlers 7 7 0 14 28
See also: 2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Bethune–Cookman
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 7 13 27
Eagles 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

Delaware State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 10 0 10 23
Eagles 0 16 7 7 30
See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

at Howard
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 14 28
Bison 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

Norfolk State
1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 14 7 38
Eagles 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

South Carolina State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 10 0 24
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

at North Carolina A&T
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Aggies 16 14 24 0 54
See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

References
  1. "Trei Oliver - Football Coach". North Carolina Central University Athletics. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  2. "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University Athletics. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  5. "2019 NC Central Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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