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American college football season
The 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Elder was fired following the season, he finished with a record of 21–24.[1]
Previous season
The Colonels finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.
Preseason
Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in third place.[2]
Predicted finish
|
Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Jacksonville State |
135 (15)
|
2 |
Southeast Missouri State |
115
|
3 |
Eastern Kentucky |
99
|
4 |
Austin Peay |
84
|
5 |
Tennessee State |
75
|
6 |
UT Martin |
58
|
7 |
Murray State |
55
|
8 |
Eastern Illinois |
38
|
9 |
Tennessee Tech |
16
|
Preseason All-OVC team
The Colonels had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense
Daryl McCleskey Jr. – RB
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Defense
Aaron Patrick – DL
Leodis Moore III – DB
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Valparaiso* | | ESPN+ | W 53–7 | 11,130
|
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisville* | | ACCN Extra | L 0–42 | 48,808
|
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Indiana State* | | ESPN+ | L 7–19 | 4,416
|
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian* | | ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 2,152
|
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee State | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | W 42–16 | 8,861
|
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | UT Martin | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN3 | L 28–38 | 11,260
|
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | W 34–27 | 9,029
|
October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 33–6 | 4,000
|
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Austin Peay | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | L 21–28 OT | 7,330
|
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State | | ESPN3 | L 31–38 | 3,750
|
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | W 22–10 | 2,987
|
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State | | ESPN3 | W 29–23 | 14,477
|
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
|
[4]
Game summaries
Valparaiso
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crusaders
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
Colonels
|
15
|
17
|
7
|
14 |
53 |
at Louisville
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Cardinals
|
14
|
0
|
14
|
14 |
42 |
at Indiana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
Sycamores
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
9 |
19 |
at Presbyterian
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
14 |
35 |
Blue Hose
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Tennessee State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
0 |
16 |
Colonels
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
42 |
UT Martin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
at Murray State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
0 |
34 |
Racers
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
27 |
at Eastern Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
16 |
33 |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
Austin Peay
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Governors
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 | 7 |
28 |
Colonels
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
11 | 0 |
21 |
at Southeast Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
No. 17 Redhawks
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
17 |
38 |
Tennessee Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Colonels
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
6 |
22 |
at Jacksonville State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
6
|
3
|
14
|
6 |
29 |
Gamecocks
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
23 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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