2019 Howard Bison football team

2019 Howard Bison football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2019 record	2–10 (2–6 MEAC)
Head coach	Ron Prince (first 9 games) Aaron Kelton (interim)
Defensive coordinator	Elijah Sandwiess (1st season)
Home stadium	William H. Greene Stadium (Capacity: 7,086)
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Florida A&M *		7	–	1					9	–	2
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +		6	–	2					9	–	3
South Carolina State +		6	–	2					8	–	3
Bethune–Cookman		5	–	3					7	–	4
Norfolk State		4	–	4					5	–	7
North Carolina Central		3	–	5					4	–	8
Howard		2	–	6					2	–	10
Morgan State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Delaware State		1	–	7					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison played their home games at William H. Greene Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The Bison were led by first-year head coach Ron Prince until he was placed on administrative leave prior to the team's November 9 game, with director of football operations Aaron Kelton named as interim head coach.^[1] They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Preseason[]

MEAC poll[]

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Bison were predicted to finish in fourth place.^[2]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	North Carolina A&T	304 (12)
2	Bethune–Cookman	237 (1)
3	Florida A&M	204 (2)
4	Howard	166
5	North Carolina Central	161 (1)
6	South Carolina State	152
7	Norfolk State	119 (1)
8	Morgan State	87 (1)
9	Delaware State	46

Preseason All–MEAC teams[]

The Bison had nine different players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland*	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 0–79	32,761
September 7	2:00 p.m.	at Youngstown State*	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 28–54	12,390
September 14	4:30 p.m.	vs. Hampton*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (Battle of "The Real HU")	NBC 5 Chicago	L 20–41	19,425
September 21	2:00 p.m.	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 24–9	4,142
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	L 29–37	5,700
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	L 17–62	8,234
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Norfolk State	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	L 21–49	7,532
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at No. 18 North Carolina A&T	BB&T Stadium Greensboro, NC	ESPN3	L 6–64	21,500
November 2	1:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	L 6–28	1,096
November 9	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	L 21–62	8,515
November 16	4:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN3	L 7–39	8,979
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Morgan State	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C. (Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 20–15	989
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

at Maryland[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	0	0	0
Terrapins	28	28	16	7	79

at Youngstown State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	14	0	7	7	28
Penguins	6	21	20	7	54

Hampton[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	3	10	0	7	20
Pirates	0	20	14	7	41

at Delaware State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	18	0	6	24
Hornets	7	2	0	0	9

Bethune–Cookman[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	21	3	0	13	37
Bison	7	0	7	15	29

at Harvard[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	3	0	7	7	17
Crimson	7	34	14	7	62

Norfolk State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	14	14	7	49
Bison	7	14	0	0	21

at North Carolina A&T[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	6	0	0	0	6
No. 18 Aggies	10	24	23	7	64

North Carolina Central[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	7	14	28
Bison	0	0	0	6	6

at South Carolina State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	7	7	7	21
Bulldogs	20	14	21	7	62

at Florida A&M[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	0	7	7
No. 12 Rattlers	3	14	22	0	39

Morgan State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	8	0	0	7	15
Bison	0	7	7	6	20

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