American college football season
The 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference . They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Elder was fired following the season, he finished with a record of 21–24.[1]
Previous season [ ]
The Colonels finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason coaches' poll [ ]
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in third place.[2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Jacksonville State
135 (15)
2
Southeast Missouri State
115
3
Eastern Kentucky
99
4
Austin Peay
84
5
Tennessee State
75
6
UT Martin
58
7
Murray State
55
8
Eastern Illinois
38
9
Tennessee Tech
16
Preseason All-OVC team [ ]
The Colonels had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense
Daryl McCleskey Jr. – RB
Defense
Aaron Patrick – DL
Leodis Moore III – DB
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Valparaiso * ESPN+ W 53–7 11,130
September 7 7:00 p.m. at Louisville * ACCN Extra L 0–42 48,808
September 14 1:00 p.m. at Indiana State * ESPN+ L 7–19 4,416
September 21 1:00 p.m. at Presbyterian * ESPN+ W 35–10 2,152
September 28 6:00 p.m. Tennessee State Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ W 42–16 8,861
October 5 3:00 p.m. UT Martin Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN3 L 28–38 11,260
October 19 3:00 p.m. at Murray State ESPN+ W 34–27 9,029
October 26 3:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN+ W 33–6 4,000
November 2 1:00 p.m. Austin Peay Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ L 21–28 OT 7,330
November 9 2:00 p.m. at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State ESPN3 L 31–38 3,750
November 16 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY ESPN+ W 22–10 2,987
November 23 2:00 p.m. at Jacksonville State ESPN3 W 29–23 14,477
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[4]
Game summaries [ ]
Valparaiso [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Crusaders
0
0
7
0
7
Colonels
15
17
7
14
53
at Louisville [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
0
0
0
0
Cardinals
14
0
14
14
42
at Indiana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
0
7
0
7
Sycamores
3
7
0
9
19
at Presbyterian [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
14
0
14
35
Blue Hose
10
0
0
0
10
Tennessee State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
6
7
0
16
Colonels
7
14
7
14
42
UT Martin [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Skyhawks
7
10
14
7
38
Colonels
7
7
7
7
28
at Murray State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
10
17
0
34
Racers
3
7
7
10
27
at Eastern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
7
3
16
33
Panthers
0
0
0
6
6
Austin Peay [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Governors
7
0
7
7 7
28
Colonels
10
0
0
11 0
21
at Southeast Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
17
7
0
31
No. 17 Redhawks
7
7
7
17
38
Tennessee Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
7
0
3
0
10
Colonels
7
9
0
6
22
at Jacksonville State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
6
3
14
6
29
Gamecocks
6
3
7
7
23
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
RV
Coaches
RV
References [ ]
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