2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record4–8 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
Seasons
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2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Trei Oliver, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–5, placing sixth in the MEAC. North Carolina Central played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Eagles were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]

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 Eagles had seven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 8:00 p.m. at Austin Peay*
ESPN+ L 10–41 7,512
September 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Towson*
TSN L 3–42 8,322
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+ L 12–21 4,315
September 21 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth City State*
NCCU Sports Network W 45–7 6,025
September 28 6:00 p.m. at Morgan State
ESPN3 W 27–17 7,609
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Florida A&M
ESPN3 L 21–28 25,679
October 10 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
 ESPNU L 13–27 5,261
October 26 2:00 p.m. Delaware State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 W 30–23 5,026
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Howard
ESPN3 W 28–6 1,096
November 9 2:00 p.m. Norfolk Statedagger
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 21–38 12,319
November 16 2:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 0–24 3,043
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 North Carolina A&T
ESPN3 L 0–54 19,853
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

At Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 0 7 10
Governors 7 24 3 7 41

See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

At Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 3 3
No. 8 Tigers 14 14 14 0 42

See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team

At Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 6 0 3 12
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21

See also: 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Elizabeth City State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 0 7
Eagles 10 14 7 14 45

See also: Elizabeth City State Vikings football

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 13 7 7 27
Bears 0 3 7 7 17

See also: 2019 Morgan State Bears football team

At Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 7 21
Rattlers 7 7 0 14 28

See also: 2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 7 13 27
Eagles 0 3 0 10 13

See also: 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 10 0 10 23
Eagles 0 16 7 7 30

See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

At Howard

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

See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 14 7 38
Eagles 7 0 7 7 21

See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 10 0 24
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0

See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

At North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Aggies 16 14 24 0 54

See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

References

  1. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "North Carolina Central Eagles Schedule 2019". ESPN. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
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