American college football season
The 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies were led by seventh-year head coach Vic Shealy. They played their home games at Husky Stadium as members of the Southland Conference.
The Huskies' five wins set a new program record.
Previous season[]
The Huskies finished the 2018 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.
Preseason[]
Preseason poll[]
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Huskies were picked to finish in eleventh place.[1]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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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
|
Preseason All–Southland Teams[]
The Huskies placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]
Offense
2nd team
Jerreth Sterns – WR
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Defense
2nd team
Andre Walker – DL
Caleb Johnson – LB
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Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at UTEP* | | ESPN+ | L 34–36 | 34,646 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Wesleyan* | | Husky SN | W 58–13 | 2,203 |
September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | South Dakota* | | ESPN3 | W 53–52 | 5,077 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Northwestern State | | ESPN3 | W 48–21 | 1,941 |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | | ESPN3 | W 68–31 | 3,215 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word | | ESPN3 | L 36–38 | 2,289 |
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian | | ESPN3 | L 20–45 | 7,636 |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at McNeese State | | COWBOYINSIDER | L 27–42 | 8,083 |
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana | | ESPN3 | L 13–52 | 2,158 |
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Nicholls | | CST/ESPN+ | L 27–48 | 4,558 |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Lamar | | ESPN3 | W 31–26 | 2,126 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | | ESPN+ | L 14–37 | 3,849 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Source: [3][4]
Game summaries[]
at UTEP[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
17
|
11
|
6 |
34 |
Miners
|
3
|
17
|
13
|
3 |
36 |
Texas Wesleyan[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
Huskies
|
14
|
30
|
7
|
7 |
58 |
See also: Texas Wesleyan Rams football
at South Dakota[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
17
|
21
|
15 |
53 |
Coyotes
|
10
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
52 |
Northwestern State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Demons
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
21 |
Huskies
|
14
|
10
|
17
|
7 |
48 |
Texas Southern[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
0
|
21
|
3
|
7 |
31 |
Huskies
|
17
|
20
|
31
|
0 |
68 |
Incarnate Word[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cardinals
|
14
|
14
|
10
|
0 |
38 |
Huskies
|
7
|
13
|
10
|
6 |
36 |
at Abilene Christian[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
6
|
14
|
0 |
20 |
Wildcats
|
14
|
7
|
17
|
7 |
45 |
at McNeese State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
13
|
0
|
7 |
27 |
Cowboys
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
Southeastern Louisiana[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lions
|
14
|
14
|
17
|
7 |
52 |
Huskies
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
13 |
at Nicholls[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
27 |
No. 25 Colonels
|
13
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
48 |
Lamar[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cardinals
|
6
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
26 |
Huskies
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
at Sam Houston State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Bearkats
|
20
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
37 |
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