2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represents Sam Houston State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats are led by sixth-year head coach K. C. Keeler and play their home games at Bowers Stadium.

2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2019 record7–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (3rd season as DC, 4th overall season)
Home stadiumBowers Stadium
(Capacity: 12,593)
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 Bearkats finished the 2018 season with a 6–5 overall record, and a 5–4 record 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 Bearkats were picked to finish in fourth 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 Bearkats placed six players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Schedule

Sam Houston State has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[3]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.at New Mexico*No. 23
LOBOTVL 31–3913,749
September 76:00 p.m.Oklahoma Panhandle State*No. 25
ESPN+W 77–04,942
September 144:00 p.m.at North Dakota*No. 24
PlutoL 23–278,697
September 216:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN3W 45–68,196
September 286:00 p.m.at McNeese State
ESPN+W 28–179,107
October 53:00 p.m.vs. Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+W 31–2024,008
October 122:00 p.m.LamarNo. 25
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 17–20 3OT4,047
October 192:00 p.m.No. 9 Nicholls
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 17–03,953
October 266:00 p.m.at No. 12 Central ArkansasNo. 21
ESPN+L 25–299,363
November 93:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian
ESPN+W 24–106,491
November 162:00 p.m.Northwestern State
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 28–314,280
November 232:00 p.m.Houston Baptist
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 37–143,849
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

    Source:[4][5]

    Game summaries

    at New Mexico
    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 23 Bearkats 0 16 7 8 31
    Lobos 13 9 10 7 39
    See also: 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team

    Oklahoma Panhandle State
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
    No. 25 Bearkats 42 21 14 0 77
    See also: Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies football

    at North Dakota
    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 24 Bearkats 0 14 0 9 23
    Fighting Hawks 14 0 13 0 27
    See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

    Incarnate Word
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Cardinals 0 0 0 6 6
    Bearkats 14 17 7 7 45
    See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

    at McNeese State
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 9 6 13 28
    Cowboys 7 7 3 0 17
    See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

    vs. Stephen F. Austin
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 14 0 17 31
    Lumberjacks 7 3 0 10 20
    See also: 2019 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

    Lamar
    1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
    Cardinals 0 7 0 0373 20
    No. 25 Bearkats 7 0 0 0370 17
    See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

    Nicholls
    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 9 Colonels 0 0 0 0 0
    Bearkats 7 3 7 0 17
    See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

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

    at Abilene Christian
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 14 10 0 24
    Wildcats 10 0 0 0 10
    See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

    Northwestern State
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Demons 7 17 7 0 31
    Bearkats 21 0 7 0 28
    See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

    Houston Baptist
    1 2 3 4 Total
    Huskies 0 7 7 0 14
    Bearkats 20 7 0 10 37
    See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies 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 Final 
    STATS FCS 23 25 24 RV RV RV 25 RV 21 RV  
    Coaches 22 22 21 RV RV RV 24 RV 25 RV

    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. "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
    4. "Football 2019 Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
    5. "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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