2019 FIU Panthers football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record6–7 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Skrosky (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Copp (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJerod Kruse (1st season)
Home stadiumRiccardo Silva Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$   7 – 1     11 – 3  
Marshall   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Western Kentucky   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Charlotte   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Middle Tennessee   3 – 5     4 – 8  
FIU   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Old Dominion   0 – 8     1 – 11  
West Division
UAB xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
Louisiana Tech x   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Southern Miss   5 – 3     7 – 6  
North Texas   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UTSA   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Rice   3 – 5     3 – 9  
UTEP   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2019 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University (FIU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers played their home games at Riccardo Silva Stadium in Miami, Florida, (except for the November 23rd game against UM which was played at Miami Marlins Park) and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C-USA). They were led by third-year head coach Butch Davis.

Preseason

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Panthers predicted to finish in second place in the East Division.[1]

East Division
Predicted finish Team
1 Marshall
2 FIU
3 Florida Atlantic
4 Middle Tennessee
5 Western Kentucky
6 Old Dominion
7 Charlotte

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

FIU announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[2] The 2019 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 p.m.at Tulane*
ESPN3L 14–4216,361
September 77:00 p.m.Western Kentucky
ESPN+L 14–2013,311
September 147:00 p.m.New Hampshire*
  • Riccardo Silva Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN3W 30–1711,756
September 208:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
CBSSNL 31–4318,782
October 57:00 p.m.UMass*dagger
  • Riccardo Silva Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN3W 44–012,746
October 127:00 p.m.Charlotte
  • Riccardo Silva Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+W 48–2316,834
October 197:00 p.m.UTEP
  • Riccardo Silva Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+W 32–1713,951
October 263:30 p.m.at Middle Tennessee
NFLNL 17–509,512
November 212:00 p.m.Old Dominion
  • Riccardo Silva Stadium
  • Miami, FL
ESPN+W 24–1714,644
November 96:00 p.m.at Florida Atlantic
StadiumL 7–3717,603
November 237:00 p.m.Miami (FL)*
CBSSNW 30–2427,339
November 3012:00 p.m.at Marshall
CBSSNL 27–30 OT18,596
December 215:30 p.m.vs. Arkansas State*
ESPNL 26–3416,209
Schedule Source:[3]

Game summaries

At Tulane

See also: 2019 Tulane Green Wave football team
Pregame line Over/under
Tulane -3.0
Florida International at Tulane – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Panthers 0 7 7014
Green Wave 7 21 14042

at Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA

  • Date: August 29
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 89 °F (32 °C); clear, fair
  • Game attendance: 16,361
  • Referee: Jonathan Noll
  • TV: ESPN3
  • [1] [2] [3]
Game information
Statistics FIU Tulane
First downs 16 28
Total yards 267 545
Rushing yards 59 350
Passing yards 208 195
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 26:18 33:42

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 7 7 3 3 20
Panthers 7 0 7 0 14

See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 0 7 0 17
Panthers 7 6 7 10 30

See also: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

At Louisiana Tech

See also: 2019 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
Pregame line Over/under
Louisiana Tech –7.0
Florida International at Louisiana Tech – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Panthers 0 10 14731
Bulldogs 0 13 141643

at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA

  • Date: September 20
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C); cloudy; Wind: S 5 mph
  • Game attendance: 18,782
  • Referee: Ken Antee
  • TV: CBS Sports Network
  • [4] [5] [6]
Game information
Statistics FIU Louisiana Tech
First downs 29 31
Total yards 526 565
Rushing yards 132 275
Passing yards 394 290
Turnovers 2 1
Time of possession 23:13 36:47

UMass

1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0
Panthers 17 17 10 0 44

See also: 2019 UMass Minutemen football team

Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 10 7 6 0 23
Panthers 7 21 13 7 48

See also: 2019 Charlotte 49ers football team

UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Miners 7 0 0 10 17
Panthers 3 15 0 14 32

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

At Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 10 0 0 17
Blue Raiders 14 0 23 13 50

See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Monarchs 7 0 0 10 17
Panthers 3 6 7 8 24

See also: 2019 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

At Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 7 0 0 7
Owls 7 6 15 9 37

See also: 2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 0 0 3 21 24
Panthers 10 3 3 14 30

See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team

At Marshall

1 2 3 4OT Total
Panthers 0 7 0 173 27
Thundering Herd 0 10 7 76 30

See also: 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Vs. Arkansas State (Camellia Bowl)

See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team and 2019 Camellia Bowl
Florida International vs. Arkansas State (Camellia Bowl) – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Panthers 0 13 10326
Red Wolves 14 6 7734

at Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama

  • Date: Saturday, December 21, 2019
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. CST)
  • Game weather: Light rain • Temperature: 52 °F (11 °C) • Wind: ENE 7 mph
  • Game attendance: 16,209
  • Referee: Steve Varon
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
  • ESPN game summary
Game information
First Quarter
  • (9:25) ARST – Layne Hatcher 4 yard pass to Omar Bayless, Blake Grupe kick (Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 3:17; Arkansas State 7–0)
  • (0:55) ARST – Layne Hatcher 9 yard pass to Kirk Merritt, Blake Grupe kick (Drive: 13 plays, 90 yards, 3:35; Arkansas State 14–0)
Second Quarter
  • (12:50) FIU – Napoleon Maxwell 3 yard rush, José Borregales kick (Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 3:05; Arkansas State 14–7)
  • (9:31) ARST – Blake Grupe 46 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 3:19; Arkansas State 17–7)
  • (5:30) FIU – José Borregales 25 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 4:01; Arkansas State 17–10)
  • (3:05) ARST – Blake Grupe 37 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 2:25; Arkansas State 20–10)
  • (0:40) FIU – José Borregales 25 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards, 2:25; Arkansas State 20–13)
Third Quarter
  • (12:22) ARST – Layne Hatcher 15 yard pass to Reed Tyler, Blake Grupe kick (Drive: 11 plays, 74 yards, 2:38; Arkansas State 27–13)
  • (3:48) FIU – James Morgan 19 yard pass to Austin Maloney, José Borregales kick (Drive: 2 plays, 23 yards, 0:48; Arkansas State 27–20)
  • (0:38) FIU – José Borregales 48 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards, 1:16; Arkansas State 27–23)
Fourth Quarter
  • (11:52) FIU – José Borregales 52 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:02; Arkansas State 27–26)
  • (3:37) ARST – Layne Hatcher 13 yard pass to Jonathan Adams, Blake Grupe kick (Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:33; Arkansas State 34–26)

Statistics

Statistics FIU ARST
First downs 23 31
Plays–yards 74–444 89–525
Rushes–yards 35–132 37–132
Passing yards 312 393
Passing: comp–att–int 22–39–2 27–52–1
Time of possession 31:40 28:20
Team Category Player Statistics
FIU Passing James Morgan 22/38, 312 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Napoleon Maxwell 13 carries, 66 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Austin Maloney 10 receptions, 178 yards, 1 TD
Arkansas State Passing Layne Hatcher 27/51, 393 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Jamal Jones 10 carries, 59 yards,
Receiving Omar Bayless 9 receptions, 180 yards, 1 TD

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4 125 James Morgan QB New York Jets
7 221 Stantley Thomas-Oliver CB Carolina Panthers

References

  1. ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  2. ^ "FIU Unveils 2019 Football Schedule". FIU University Department of Athletics. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 FIU Panthers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 30, 2019.


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