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2019 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferencePioneer Football League
Record6–5 (6–2 PFL)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Pole (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAllen Smith (1st season)
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
(Capacity: 14,557)
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
San Diego $^   8 – 0     9 – 3  
Dayton   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Drake   6 – 2     6 – 5  
Davidson   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Stetson   4 – 4     7 – 4  
Marist   4 – 4     4 – 7  
Morehead State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Butler   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Jacksonville   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Valparaiso   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

The 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team represents Drake University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs compete as members of the Pioneer Football League and are led by first-year head coach Todd Stepsis. They play their home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Drake Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 7–4, 6-2 in PFL play to finish in a tie for second place.

Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, it was announced that with the resignation of 5-year head coach Rick Fox, that defensive coordinator, Todd Stepsis would be promoted to head coach.[1]

Preseason coaches' poll

The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in third place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 San Diego 79 (7)
2 Dayton 66 (2)
3 Drake 64
4 Marist 52
5 Davidson 48
6 Stetson 44
7 Butler 37
8 Jacksonville 30
9 Morehead State 15
Valparaiso

Preseason All–PFL teams

The Bulldogs had eleven players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 314:00 p.m.at North Dakota*
MC22/Pluto TVL 7–478,545
September 76:00 p.m.Truman*
MC22L 7–102,529
September 141:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota State*
ESPN+L 10–3811,565
September 2812:00 p.m.at Marist
Red Fox NetworkW 41–173,918
October 52:00 p.m.Valparaiso
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
MC22W 35–63,060
October 1212:00 p.m.at Butler
YouTubeW 42–72,578
October 261:00 p.m.Morehead State
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
MC22W 36–172,134
November 24:00 p.m.at San Diego
WCC Network via StadiumL 7–491,556
November 91:00 p.m.Jacksonville
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
MC22W 28–141,670
November 161:00 p.m.Dayton
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
MC22L 29–461,767
November 2312:00 p.m.at Davidson
Davidson All AccessW 31–281,243

Source:[4][5]

Game summaries

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7
Fighting Hawks 10 2 21 14 47
See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2015 L, 18–21

Truman

1 2 3 4 Total
Truman Bulldogs 0 3 7 0 10
DU Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7
See also: Truman Bulldogs football
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2014 W, 13–7

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 3 0 7 10
No. 3 Jackrabbits 10 7 14 7 38
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2017 L, 10–51

at Marist

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 13 14 0 14 41
Red Foxes 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 Marist Red Foxes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–0 2018 W, 13–10

Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 3 3 0 6
Bulldogs 0 21 14 0 35
See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–3 2018 W, 42–25

at Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
DU Bulldogs 7 14 21 0 42
BU Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–8–1 2018 W, 36–6

Morehead State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 0 7 17
Bulldogs 3 12 7 14 36
See also: 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–3 2018 W, 43–6

at San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 7 0 7
Toreros 7 28 14 0 49
See also: 2019 San Diego Toreros football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–14 2018 L, 10–27

Jacksonville

1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 7 0 0 7 14
Bulldogs 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–3 2018 W, 41–9

Dayton

1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 7 18 7 14 46
Bulldogs 14 8 0 7 29
See also: 2019 Dayton Flyers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–26 2018 W, 28–17

at Davidson

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 14 3 7 31
Wildcats 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Davidson Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–1 2017 W, 17–6

References

  1. ^ Reister, Scott (31 Jan 2019). ""Dream come true" for new Drake coach". KCCI.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Defending Champion San Diego again edges Dayton in PFL Preseason Coaches’ Poll". Pioneer-Football.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Four-Time First-Team selections Christian and Smith Highlight 26th All-PFL Teams". Pioneer-Football.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Drake Bulldogs Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Drake University Athletics. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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