2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football
NEC champion
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 23
FCS CoachesNo. 22
Record11–2 (7–0 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Ambrosie (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRon DiGravio (1st season)
Home stadiumArute Field
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^   7 – 0     11 – 1  
Robert Morris   6 – 1     7 – 5  
Duquesne   4 – 3     6 – 5  
Sacred Heart   4 – 3     7 – 5  
Saint Francis (PA)   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Bryant   3 – 4     4 – 8  
Wagner   1 – 6     1 – 11  
LIU   0 – 7     0 – 10  
Merrimack *   0 – 0     6 – 5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represents Central Connecticut State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy. They play their home games at Arute Field as a member of the Northeast Conference.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Blue Devils were picked to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish Team (1st place votes)
1 Duquesne (7)
2 Sacred Heart (1)
3 Central Connecticut
4 Wagner
5 Bryant
6 Saint Francis
7 Robert Morris
8 LIU

Preseason All-NEC team

The Blue Devils had six players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. at Fordham*
Stadium W 26–23 2,988
September 7 6:00 p.m. Merrimack*
NEC Front Row W 40–37 5,114
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Valparaiso*
ESPN+ W 42–13 2,110
September 21 3:00 p.m. at Eastern Michigan*
ESPN3 L 29–34 17,286
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart
ESPN3 W 28–3 5,402
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Columbia*
ESPN+ W 24–14 3,172
October 19 1:00 p.m. Bryantdagger No. 25
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
 NEC Front Row W 52–14 5,114
October 26 12:00 p.m. LIU No. 23
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
 NEC Front Row W 28–0 3,156
November 2 12:00 p.m. at Wagner No. 19
NEC Front Row W 27–13 1,698
November 9 12:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) No. 20
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
 NEC Front Row W 38–31OT
November 16 12:00 p.m. Robert Morris No. 19
  • Arute Field
  • New Britain, CT
 NEC Front Row W 49–28
November 23 12:00 p.m. at Duquesne No. 18
NEC Front Row W 43–10
November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Albany* No. 17
ESPN3 L 14–42
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2][3][4]

Game summaries

At Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 8 7 0 11 26
Rams 0 6 10 7 23

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Merrimack

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 7 7 16 37
Blue Devils 3 21 13 3 40

See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team

At Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 14 21 7 42
Crusaders 6 0 7 0 13

See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

At Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 15 0 0 14 29
Eagles 7 14 0 13 34

See also: 2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

At Sacred Heart

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 7 14 0 28
Pioneers 0 3 0 0 3

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

At Columbia

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 10 0 7 24
Lions 0 7 7 0 14

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 14 0 0 14
No. 25 Blue Devils 14 14 14 10 52

See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team

LIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Blue Devils 0 14 7 7 28

See also: 2019 LIU Sharks football team

At Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Blue Devils 6 7 7 7 27
Seahawks 3 10 0 0 13

See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

Saint Francis

1 2 3 4OT Total
Red Flash 0 14 10 70 31
No. 20 Blue Devils 7 7 7 107 38

See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 14 0 14 28
No. 19 Blue Devils 0 14 21 14 49

See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team

At Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Blue Devils 12 7 17 7 43
Dukes 0 10 0 0 10

See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team

FCS Playoffs

The Blue Devils received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Albany.[5]

At Albany–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

See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS————RVRVRV252319201918
Coaches—RV———RVRVRV2419171818

References

  1. ^ a b "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Wilmer, Brian (April 3, 2019). "Central Connecticut State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Central Connecticut Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Central Connecticut Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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