2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dewayne Alexander and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2019 record6–6 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTre Lamb (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDonnie Suber (2nd season)
Home stadiumTucker Stadium
(Capacity: 16,500)
2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Austin Peay +^  7 1     9 3  
No. 17 Southeast Missouri State +^  7 1     9 3  
UT Martin  6 2     7 5  
Eastern Kentucky  5 3     7 5  
Tennessee Tech  3 5     6 6  
Jacksonville State  3 5     6 6  
Murray State  2 6     4 8  
Tennessee State  2 6     3 9  
Eastern Illinois  1 7     1 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2018 season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Golden Eagles were picked to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State135 (15)
2Southeast Missouri State115
3Eastern Kentucky99
4Austin Peay84
5Tennessee State75
6UT Martin58
7Murray State55
8Eastern Illinois38
9Tennessee Tech16

Preseason All-OVC team

The Golden Eagles did not have any players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. Samford* ESPN+ W 59–58 2OT 7,806
September 7 1:30 p.m. at Miami (OH)* ESPN+ L 17–48 16,022
September 14 6:00 p.m. Virginia–Wise*
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+ W 31–14 10,436
September 21 3:00 p.m. at Western Illinois* ESPN3 W 38–24 1,594
September 28 4:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN3 W 40–29 7,055
October 5 6:00 p.m. at No. 23 Southeast Missouri State ESPN+ L 37–43 2OT 4,373
October 12 6:00 p.m. UT Martin
ESPN+ L 14–55 5,330
October 26 1:30 p.m. Austin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+ L 21–58 2,572
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Murray State ESPN+ W 17–7 5,302
November 9 1:30 p.m. Jacksonville State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
ESPN+ W 37–27 11,331
November 16 12:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+ L 10–22 2,987
November 23 1:30 p.m. Tennessee State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+ L 27–37 2,728
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Samford

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Bulldogs 7 17 14 677 58
Golden Eagles 12 0 10 2278 59

at Miami (OH)

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 0 0 14 17
RedHawks 10 31 0 7 48

Virginia–Wise

1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 7 0 7 0 14
Golden Eagles 7 21 0 3 31

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 7 10 14 38
Leathernecks 0 3 7 14 24

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 21 13 6 40
Panthers 7 0 7 15 29

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Golden Eagles 7 13 7 370 37
No. 23 Redhawks 6 14 3 776 43

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 10 17 21 7 55
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 20 24 7 7 58
Golden Eagles 7 7 0 7 21

at Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 3 7 7 0 17
Racers 7 0 0 0 7

Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Gamecocks 7 0 7 13 27
Golden Eagles 10 14 7 6 37

at Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 0 3 0 10
Colonels 7 9 0 6 22

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 10 13 14 37
Golden Eagles 14 13 0 0 27

References

  1. "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  3. "2019 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  4. "2019 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
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