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American college football season
The 2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the fourth year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by second-year head coach Randy Sanders and play their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium .
Previous season
The Buccaneers finished the 2018 season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to win a share of the SoCon championship. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost to Jacksonville State in the first round.
Preseason
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Buccaneers were picked to finish in third place in both polls.[1] [2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
253 (21)
2
Furman
229 (6)
3
East Tennessee State
187 (2)
4
Mercer
146
5
Chattanooga
134
6
Samford
125
7
The Citadel
111
8
Western Carolina
88
9
VMI
32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
63 (7)
2
Furman
55 (1)
3
East Tennessee State
44 (1)
4
Chattanooga
40
5
Mercer
34
6
Samford
33
7
The Citadel
22
8
Western Carolina
21
9
VMI
12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Buccaneers placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense
1st team
Quay Holmes – RB
2nd team
Ben Blackmon – OL
Tre'mond Shorts – OL
Defense
1st team
Jason Maduafokwa – DL
Nasir Player – DL
Tyree Robinson – DB
2nd team
Jeremy Lewis – DB
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 3:30 p.m. at Appalachian State * ESPN+ L 7–42 25,147
September 7 7:30 p.m. Shorter * ESPN+ W 48–10 8,615
September 14 7:30 p.m. VMI William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ L 24–31 OT 9,150
September 21 7:30 p.m. Austin Peay * William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ W 20–14 9,350
September 28 1:00 p.m. at No. 16 Furman Nexstar /ESPN+ L 10–17 5,031
October 5 3:30 p.m. Wofford William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 L 17–35 8,242
7:00 p.m. at Chattanooga ESPN+ L 13–16 7,124
October 26 1:00 p.m. at Samford ESPN+ L 17–24 1,521
November 2 3:30 p.m. The Citadel William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN Nexstar/ESPN+ L 27–31 8,674
November 9 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina Nexstar/ESPN+ L 20–23 OT 7,681
November 16 1:00 p.m. Mercer William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 W 38–33 7,121
November 23 2:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt * SEC Alt. L 0–38 19,863
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from NCAA Division I FCS STATS poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[3] [4]
Game summaries
at Appalachian State
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
0
7
0
7
Mountaineers
7
7
14
14
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
13–31–1
2003
L , 7–21
Shorter
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
3
0
7
10
Buccaneers
17
8
14
7
46
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
VMI
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Keydets
0
7
7
10 7
31
Buccaneers
0
7
3
14 0
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
15–9
2018
W , 27–24
Austin Peay
1
2
3
4
Total
Governors
7
7
0
0
14
Buccaneers
3
7
0
10
20
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
14–12–2
1978
L , 7–14
at Furman
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
7
3
0
10
No. 16 Paladins
7
3
0
7
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
8–25
2018
W , 29–27
Wofford
1
2
3
4
Total
Terriers
7
21
0
7
35
Buccaneers
0
3
7
7
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
13–13
2018
L , 17–30
at Chattanooga
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
13
0
0
13
Mocs
7
0
6
3
16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–22–1
2018
W , 17–14
at Samford
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
14
0
3
17
Bulldogs
7
0
10
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–5
2018
L , 27–38
The Citadel
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
7
14
31
Buccaneers
10
3
7
7
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
16–11
2018
W , 26–23
at Western Carolina
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Buccaneers
3
0
7
7 3
20
Catamounts
3
7
0
7 6
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
23–23–1
2018
W , 45–43
Mercer
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
7
6
13
33
Buccaneers
10
21
0
7
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2018
W , 21–18
at Vanderbilt
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
0
0
0
0
Commodores
7
7
17
7
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
References
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