2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

2019 Georgetown Hoyas football
Conference	Patriot League
Record	5–6 (1–5 Patriot)
Head coach	Rob Sgarlata (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Spence (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Doherty (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cooper Field (Capacity: 2,500)

2019 Patriot League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Holy Cross $^		5	–	1					7	–	5
Lafayette		4	–	2					4	–	8
Bucknell		3	–	3					3	–	8
Lehigh		3	–	3					4	–	7
Colgate		3	–	3					4	–	8
Fordham		2	–	4					4	–	8
Georgetown		1	–	5					5	–	6
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team represents Georgetown University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by sixth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata and play their home games at Cooper Field. They are a member of the Patriot League.

Previous season

The Hoyas finished the 2018 season 5–6, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Hoyas were picked to finish in third place.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Colgate	72 (12)
2	Holy Cross	58 (2)
3	Georgetown	51
4	Fordham	39
5	Lehigh	38
6	Lafayette	21
7	Bucknell	15

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Hoyas had seven players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.

Offense

Isaac Schley – FB

Michael Dereus – WR

Defense

Duval Paul – DL

Khristian Tate – DL

Wes Bowers – LB

Ahmad Wilson – DB

Special teams

Ahmad Wilson – ATH

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:00 p.m.	at Davidson*	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	Davidson All Access	L 20–27	5,367
September 7	12:30 p.m.	Marist*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 43–3	1,943
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Catholic University*	Cooper Field Washington, DC (Steven Dean Memorial Trophy)	DCW50/Stadium	W 69–0	1,969
September 28	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia*	Wien Stadium New York, NY (Lou Little Trophy)	ESPN+	W 24–10	4,311
October 5	3:00 p.m.	at Cornell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	W 14–8	8,745
October 12	2:00 p.m.	Fordham	Cooper Field Washington, DC	DCW50/Stadium	L 27–30	1,993
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Lafayette	Cooper Field Washington, DC	Stadium	W 14–10	1,984
October 26	12:30 p.m.	at Lehigh	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	Stadium	L 24–27	7,031
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Colgate	Cooper Field Washington, DC	DCW50/Stadium	L 14–24	1,914
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium	L 17–20	1,563
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium	L 0–24	7,152
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Davidson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	20	0	20
Wildcats	7	13	0	7	27

See also: 2019 Davidson Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–3	2016	GEORG, 38–14

Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Foxes	0	3	0	0	3
Hoyas	7	15	21	0	43

See also: 2019 Marist Red Foxes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5	2018	GEORG, 39–14

Catholic University

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Hoyas	18	35	3	13	69

See also: Catholic University Cardinals football and Steven Dean Memorial Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–9	1993	GEORG, 10–0

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	7	10	7	24
Lions	7	0	0	3	10

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2018	COL, 23–15

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	8	0	0	6	14
Big Red	0	0	8	0	8

See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2007	CORN, 45–7

Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	10	7	7	30
Hoyas	8	7	6	6	27

See also: 2019 Fordham Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–37–3	2018	GEORG, 23–11

Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	7	3	0	0	10
Hoyas	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2019 Lafayette Leopards football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14	2018	GEORG, 13–6

at Lehigh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	3	13	8	24
Mountain Hawks	10	0	7	10	27

See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–18	2018	GEORG, 22–16 2OT

Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	7	10	7	24
Hoyas	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–15	2018	GATE, 38–0

at Bucknell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	7	3	7	0	17
Bison	6	0	0	14	20

See also: 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–18–1	2018	GEORG, 14–3

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	0	0	0
Crusaders	0	14	0	10	24

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–20	2018	HOLY, 32–31