2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record7–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (3rd season season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumBowers Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Nicholls +^   7 – 2     8 – 4  
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^   7 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^   6 – 3     8 – 5  
Sam Houston State   6 – 3     7 – 5  
McNeese State   5 – 4     7 – 5  
Incarnate Word   4 – 5     5 – 7  
Abilene Christian   4 – 5     5 – 7  
Northwestern State   3 – 6     3 – 9  
Stephen F. Austin   3 – 6     3 – 9  
Houston Baptist   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Lamar   2 – 7     4 – 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

The 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach K. C. Keeler, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 6–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Southland. Sam Houston State played home games at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Bearkats were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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 Bearkats placed six players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Post season All–Southland Teams

Schedule

Sam Houston State has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[3]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.at New Mexico*No. 23
LOBOTVL 31–3913,749
September 76:00 p.m.Oklahoma Panhandle State*No. 25
ESPN+W 77–04,942
September 144:00 p.m.at North Dakota*No. 24
PlutoL 23–278,697
September 216:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN3W 45–68,196
September 286:00 p.m.at McNeese State
ESPN+W 28–179,107
October 53:00 p.m.vs. Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+W 31–2024,008
October 122:00 p.m.LamarNo. 25
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 17–20 3OT4,047
October 192:00 p.m.No. 9 Nichollsdagger
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 17–03,953
October 266:00 p.m.at No. 12 Central ArkansasNo. 21
ESPN+L 25–299,363
November 93:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian
ESPN+W 24–106,491
November 162:00 p.m.Northwestern State
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 28–314,280
November 232:00 p.m.Houston Baptist
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 37–143,849
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Source:[4][5]

Game summaries

At New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Bearkats 0 16 7 8 31
Lobos 13 9 10 7 39

See also: 2019 New Mexico Lobos football team

Oklahoma Panhandle State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Bearkats 42 21 14 0 77

See also: Oklahoma Panhandle State Aggies football

At North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Bearkats 0 14 0 9 23
Fighting Hawks 14 0 13 0 27

See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Incarnate Word

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 0 0 6 6
Bearkats 14 17 7 7 45

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

At McNeese State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 0 9 6 13 28
Cowboys 7 7 3 0 17

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

Vs. Stephen F. Austin

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 0 14 0 17 31
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 10 20

See also: 2019 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

Lamar

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 0373 20
No. 25 Bearkats 7 0 0 0370 17

See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

Nicholls

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Colonels 0 0 0 0 0
Bearkats 7 3 7 0 17

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

At Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Bearkats 7 9 6 3 25
No. 12 Bears 0 0 14 15 29

See also: 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team

At Abilene Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearkats 0 14 10 0 24
Wildcats 10 0 0 0 10

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

Northwestern State

1 2 3 4 Total
Demons 7 17 7 0 31
Bearkats 21 0 7 0 28

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

Houston Baptist

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 7 7 0 14
Bearkats 20 7 0 10 37

See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS232524RVRVRV25RV21RV
Coaches222221RVRVRV24RV25RV

References

  1. ^ "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Football 2019 Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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