American college football season
The 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by sixth-year head coach K. C. Keeler , the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 6–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Southland. Sam Houston State played home games at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas .
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)
1
Nicholls
200 (20)
2
Central Arkansas
154
3
Incarnate Word
150 (1)
4
Sam Houston State 146
5
Lamar
123
6
McNeese State
114
7
Abilene Christian
112 (1)
8
Southeastern Louisiana
71
9
Stephen F. Austin
63
10
Northwestern State
56
11
Houston Baptist
21
The Bearkats placed six players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[ 2]
Offense
1st team
Nathan Stewart – WR
2nd team
Woody Brandom – TE/HB
Defense
1st team
Zyon McCollum – DB
2nd team
Erick Fowler – DL
Hunter Brown – LB
Royce See – LB
Offense
1st team
Woody Brandom – TE/HB
2nd team
Nathan Stewart – WR
Defense
1st team
Royce See – LB
Zyon McCollum – DB
2nd team
Erick Fowler – DL
Hunter Brown – LB
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]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 5:00 p.m. at New Mexico * No. 23 LOBOTV L 31–3913,749 September 7 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma Panhandle State * No. 25 ESPN+ W 77–04,942 September 14 4:00 p.m. at North Dakota * No. 24 Pluto L 23–278,697 September 21 6:00 p.m. Incarnate Word Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX ESPN3 W 45–68,196 September 28 6:00 p.m. at McNeese State ESPN+ W 28–179,107 October 5 3:00 p.m. vs. Stephen F. Austin ESPN+ W 31–2024,008 October 12 2:00 p.m. Lamar No. 25 Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX ESPN+ L 17–20 3OT 4,047 October 19 2:00 p.m. No. 9 Nicholls Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX ESPN+ W 17–03,953 October 26 6:00 p.m. at No. 12 Central Arkansas No. 21 ESPN+ L 25–299,363 November 9 3:00 p.m. at Abilene Christian ESPN+ W 24–106,491 November 16 2:00 p.m. Northwestern State Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX ESPN+ L 28–314,280 November 23 2:00 p.m. Houston Baptist Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX ESPN+ W 37–143,849 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Source:[ 4] [ 5]
Game summaries
At New Mexico
Total
No. 23 Bearkats
0
16
7
8
31
Lobos
13
9
10
7
39
Oklahoma Panhandle State
Total
Aggies
0
0
0
0
0
No. 25 Bearkats
42
21
14
0
77
At North Dakota
Total
No. 24 Bearkats
0
14
0
9
23
Fighting Hawks
14
0
13
0
27
Incarnate Word
Total
Cardinals
0
0
0
6
6
Bearkats
14
17
7
7
45
At McNeese State
Total
Bearkats
0
9
6
13
28
Cowboys
7
7
3
0
17
Vs. Stephen F. Austin
Total
Bearkats
0
14
0
17
31
Lumberjacks
7
3
0
10
20
Lamar
Total
Cardinals
0
7
0
0 3 7 3
20
No. 25 Bearkats
7
0
0
0 3 7 0
17
Nicholls
Total
No. 9 Colonels
0
0
0
0
0
Bearkats
7
3
7
0
17
At Central Arkansas
Total
No. 21 Bearkats
7
9
6
3
25
No. 12 Bears
0
0
14
15
29
At Abilene Christian
Total
Bearkats
0
14
10
0
24
Wildcats
10
0
0
0
10
Northwestern State
Total
Demons
7
17
7
0
31
Bearkats
21
0
7
0
28
Houston Baptist
Total
Huskies
0
7
7
0
14
Bearkats
20
7
0
10
37
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
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