American college football season
The 2019 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, in his sixth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the sixth season. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut in the first round before losing in the second round to Montana State.
Previous season[]
The Great Danes finished the 2018 season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.
Preseason[]
CAA poll[]
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Great Danes were predicted to finish in twelfth place.[1]
Predicted finish
|
Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
James Madison |
238 (20)
|
2 |
Towson |
217 (3)
|
3 |
Maine |
201 (1)
|
4 |
Elon |
164
|
5 |
Delaware |
162
|
6 |
Stony Brook |
151
|
7 |
New Hampshire |
109
|
8 |
Rhode Island |
104
|
9 |
Villanova |
84
|
10 |
Richmond |
62
|
11 |
William & Mary |
58
|
12 |
Albany |
34
|
Preseason All–CAA team[]
The Great Danes did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|
| 7:00 p.m. | at Central Michigan* | | | ESPN3 | L 21–38 | 12,207
|
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Bryant* | | | FloSports | W 45–3 | 5,014
|
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Monmouth* | | | ESPN+ | L 35–38 | 2,329
|
September 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Lafayette* | | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| FloSports | W 36–7 | 3,241
|
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at William & Mary | | | FloSports | W 39–31 | 3,329
|
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | | FloSports | L 20–23 | 8.061
|
October 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Towson | | | FloSports | W 38–21 | 4,809
|
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island | | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| FloSports | W 35–28 | 7,763
|
November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | Maine | | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| FloSports | L 31–47 | 3,315
|
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Delaware | | | FloSports | W 21–17 | 13,472
|
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | New Hampshire | | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY
| FloSports | W 24–17 | 2,486
|
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | | | FloSports | W 31–26 | 6,171
|
November 30 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 17 Central Connecticut* | No. 25 | - Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
- Albany, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)
| ESPN3 | W 42–14 | 1,660
|
December 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Montana State* | No. 25 | | ESPN3 | L 21–47 | 12,947
|
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
|
Game summaries[]
at Central Michigan[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Chippewas
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
7 |
38 |
Bryant[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
3 |
Great Danes
|
7
|
21
|
7
|
10 |
45 |
at Monmouth[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Great Danes
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
14 | 0 |
35 |
Hawks
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 | 3 |
38 |
Lafayette[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Leopards
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Great Danes
|
12
|
10
|
0
|
14 |
36 |
William & Mary[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
Great Danes
|
3
|
9
|
10
|
17 |
39 |
at Richmond[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
7 |
20 |
Spiders
|
10
|
13
|
0
|
0 |
23 |
at Towson[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
No. 9 Tigers
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Rhode Island[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
Great Danes
|
0
|
6
|
22
|
7 |
35 |
Maine[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
10
|
14
|
23
|
0 |
47 |
Great Danes
|
7
|
14
|
3
|
7 |
31 |
at Delaware[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
0 |
17 |
New Hampshire[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
17 |
Great Danes
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
24 |
at Stony Brook[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Great Danes
|
21
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
31 |
Seawolves
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
12 |
26 |
FCS Playoffs[]
The Great Danes were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Central Connecticut.[4]
Central Connecticut–First Round[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 17 Blue Devils
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
No. 25 Great Danes
|
0
|
7
|
28
|
7 |
42 |
at Montana State–Second Round[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 25 Great Danes
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
No. 5 Bobcats
|
16
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
47 |
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