2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team
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Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 4–8 (3–5 MEAC) |
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Home stadium | O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (Capacity: 10,600) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Florida A&M * | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 North Carolina A&T + | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State + | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Trei Oliver.[1] The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place.
Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2018 season 5–6, 3–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason
MEAC poll
In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Eagles were predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | North Carolina A&T | 304 (12) |
2 | Bethune–Cookman | 237 (1) |
3 | Florida A&M | 204 (2) |
4 | Howard | 166 |
5 | North Carolina Central | 161 (1) |
6 | South Carolina State | 152 |
7 | Norfolk State | 119 (1) |
8 | Morgan State | 87 (1) |
9 | Delaware State | 46 |
Preseason All–MEAC teams
The Eagles had seven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[3]
First Team Offense Isaiah Totten – RB Second Team Offense Andrew Dale – OL Third Team Offense Somadina Okezie-Okeke – C Ricky Lee – OL |
First Team Defense Darius Royster – DL Kawuan Cox – DL Third Team Defense Branden Bailey – LB |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at Austin Peay* | ESPN+ | L 10–41 | 7,512 | |||
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Towson* | TSN | L 3–42 | 8,322 | |||
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb* | ESPN+ | L 12–21 | 4,315 | |||
September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Elizabeth City State* | NCCU Sports Network | W 45–7 | 6,025 | |||
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Morgan State | ESPN3 | W 27–17 | 7,609 | |||
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Florida A&M | ESPN3 | L 21–28 | 25,679 | |||
October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman |
| ESPNU | L 13–27 | 5,261 | ||
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Delaware State |
| ESPN3 | W 30–23 | 5,026 | ||
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard | ESPN3 | W 28–6 | 1,096 | |||
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Norfolk State![]() |
| ESPN3 | L 21–38 | 12,319 | ||
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | South Carolina State |
| ESPN3 | L 0–24 | 3,043 | ||
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 25 North Carolina A&T | ESPN3 | L 0–54 | 19,853 | |||
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Game summaries
at Austin Peay
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Governors | 7 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
at Towson
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
No. 8 Tigers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
at Gardner–Webb
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Elizabeth City State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Eagles | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
at Morgan State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Florida A&M
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Rattlers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Bethune–Cookman
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Eagles | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
Delaware State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hornets | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
Eagles | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
at Howard
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Bison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Norfolk State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Eagles | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
South Carolina State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at North Carolina A&T
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 25 Aggies | 16 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 54 |
References
- ^ "Trei Oliver - Football Coach". North Carolina Central University Athletics. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University Athletics. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ^ "2019 NC Central Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 27, 2019.