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American college football season
The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They played their home games at Alfond Stadium . They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association . They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton . They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.
Previous season
The Black Bears finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–1 in CAA play to be crowned CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Jacksonville State in the second round, and Weber State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Eastern Washington.
Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in third place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
238 (20)
2
Towson
217 (3)
3
Maine 201 (1)
4
Elon
164
5
Delaware
162
6
Stony Brook
151
7
New Hampshire
109
8
Rhode Island
104
9
Villanova
84
10
Richmond
62
11
William & Mary
58
12
Albany
34
The Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[ 1]
Offense
Earnest Edwards – WR
Liam Dobson – OL
Defense
Kayon Whitaker – DL
Taji Lowe – LB
Deshawn Stevens – LB
Manny Patterson – CB
Special Teams
Earnest Edwards – KR
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. Sacred Heart * No. 7 FloSports W 42–147,478 September 7 6:00 p.m. at Georgia Southern * No. 6 ESPN+ L 18–2617,202 September 14 7:00 p.m. No. 8 Towson No. 7 FloSports L 23–456,256 September 21 12:00 p.m. at Colgate * No. 12 Stadium W 35–215,606 September 28 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Villanova No. 12 FloSports L 17–3310,071 October 12 12:00 p.m. Richmond No. 18 FCS /WVII /WIPL L 17–245,126 October 19 6:00 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN+ L 44–5918,657 October 26 1:00 p.m. William & Mary FCS/WVII/WIPL W 34–258,123 November 2 3:30 p.m. at Albany FloSports W 47–313,315 November 9 2:00 p.m. at Elon FloSports W 31–174,424 November 16 12:00 p.m. Rhode Island FCS/WVII/WIPL W 34–304,908 November 23 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire FloSports L 10–2810,061 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries
Sacred Heart
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
7
0
0
7
14
No. 7 Black Bears
21
21
0
0
42
at Georgia Southern
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Black Bears
3
0
0
15
18
Eagles
0
10
6
10
26
Towson
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Tigers
10
7
14
14
45
No. 7 Black Bears
6
7
3
7
23
at Colgate
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Black Bears
7
14
14
0
35
Raiders
0
7
7
7
21
at Villanova
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Black Bears
0
3
7
7
17
No. 8 Wildcats
16
14
0
3
33
Richmond
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
0
7
14
3
24
No. 18 Black Bears
7
3
7
0
17
at Liberty
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
3
14
7
20
44
Flames
17
28
7
7
59
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
6
6
0
13
25
Black Bears
0
21
10
3
34
at Albany
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
10
14
23
0
47
Great Danes
7
14
3
7
31
at Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
28
0
0
3
31
Phoenix
0
3
7
7
17
Rhode Island
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
7
3
14
6
30
Black Bears
0
3
10
21
34
at New Hampshire
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
7
0
0
3
10
Wildcats
7
7
0
14
28
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 7 6 7 12 12-T 20 18 RV Coaches 7 6 9 16 16 22 20 —
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