2019 Norfolk State Spartans football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliam "Dick" Price Stadium
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Latrell Scott and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Spartans were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Carolina A&T304 (12)
2Bethune–Cookman237 (1)
3Florida A&M204 (2)
4Howard166
5North Carolina Central161 (1)
6South Carolina State152
7Norfolk State119 (1)
8Morgan State87 (1)
9Delaware State46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Spartans had six players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. at Old Dominion*
ESPN3 L 21–24 21,944
September 7 6:00 p.m. Virginia State*
ESPN3 W 44–21 15,538
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina*
ESPN3 L 7–46 13,659
September 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 8 Montana State*
Pluto TV L 21–56 17,647
September 28 4:00 p.m. Florida A&M
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
 ESPN3 L 28–30 8,249
October 5 2:00 p.m. No. 15 North Carolina A&T
  • William "Dick Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
 ESPN3 L 19–58 11,062
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Howard
ESPN3 W 49–21 7,532
October 19 4:00 p.m. at Bethune–Cookman
ESPN3 L 22–35 2,135
November 2 2:00 p.m. Morgan Statedagger
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
 ESPN3 W 48–0 15,628
November 9 2:00 p.m. at North Carolina Central
ESPN3 W 38–21 12,319
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Delaware State
ESPN3 W 33–17 827
November 23 1:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
 ESPN3 L 17–20 OT 2,844
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

At Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 6 0 15 21
Monarchs 14 0 3 7 24

Virginia State

1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0 7 0 14 21
Spartans 7 16 14 7 44

At Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 7 0 0 7
Chanticleers 12 7 14 13 46

At Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 7 0 21
No. 8 Bobcats 14 14 14 14 56

Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 7 10 6 7 30
Spartans 7 7 7 7 28

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Aggies 13 24 21 0 58
Spartans 3 6 10 0 19

At Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 14 14 14 7 49
Bison 7 14 0 0 21

At Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 0 8 22
Wildcats 0 19 6 10 35

Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Spartans 17 14 17 0 48

At North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 14 7 38
Eagles 7 0 7 7 21

At Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 16 7 10 33
Hornets 10 0 7 0 17

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4OT Total
Bulldogs 7 0 7 33 20
Spartans 0 3 7 70 17

References

  1. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 Norfolk State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2019 Football Schedule". Norfolk State University Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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