2019 Morehead State Eagles football
ConferencePioneer Football League
Record5–7 (3–5 PFL)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTony Brinson (1st season)
Home stadiumJayne Stadium
2019 Pioneer Football League standings
ConfOverall
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 Morehead State Eagles football team represents Morehead State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Rob Tenyer and play their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Eagles were picked to finish tied for ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1San Diego79 (7)
2Dayton66 (2)
3Drake64
4Marist52
5Davidson48
6Stetson44
7Butler37
8Jacksonville30
9Morehead State15
Valparaiso

Preseason All-PFL teams

The Eagles had one player selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 6:00 p.m. Union (KY)*
ESPN+ W 44–7 6,156
September 7 7:30 p.m. at No. 16 Illinois State*
ESPN+ L 14–42 11,256
September 14 4:00 p.m. Kentucky Christian*
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
 ESPN+ W 73–34 7,133
September 21 7:00 p.m. at Murray State*
ESPN+ L 7–59 11,921
October 5 1:00 p.m. Davidson
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
 ESPN+ L 31–42 4,944
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Jacksonville
ESPN+ W 30–22 1,433
October 19 2:00 p.m. Butlerdagger
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
 ESPN+ W 31–20 9,244
October 26 2:00 p.m. at Drake
MC22 L 17–36 2,134
November 2 1:00 p.m. Dayton
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
 ESPN+ L 35–49 4,358
November 9 2:00 p.m. at Valparaiso
ESPN+ W 27–21 1,477
November 16 5:00 p.m. at San Diego
WCC Network L 20–52 1,898
November 23 1:00 p.m. Stetson
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ L 16–31 2,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Union (KY)

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Eagles 7 16 14 7 44

At Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 7 14
No. 16 Redbirds 21 14 0 7 42

Kentucky Christian

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 21 7 6 0 34
Eagles 21 10 21 21 73

At Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 0 7
Racers 14 17 21 7 59

Davidson

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 21 7 0 42
Eagles 7 0 3 21 31

At Jacksonville

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 6 14 30
Dolphins 7 0 7 8 22

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 6 20
Eagles 10 14 0 7 31

At Drake

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 0 7 17
Bulldogs 3 12 7 14 36

Dayton

1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 28 7 7 7 49
Eagles 7 7 14 7 35

At Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 0 0 13 27
Crusaders 0 0 14 7 21

At San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 6 14 20
Toreros 3 28 14 7 52

Stetson

1 2 3 4 Total
Hatters 0 14 7 10 31
Eagles 0 6 7 3 16

References

  1. ↑ "Defending Champion San Diego again edges Dayton in PFL Preseason Coaches' Poll". Pioneer-Football.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Four-Time First-Team selections Christian and Smith Highlight 26th All-PFL Teams". Pioneer-Football.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 Morehead State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2019 Football Schedule". Morehead State University Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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