2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record7–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (3rd season season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumBowers Stadium
2019 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Nicholls +^  7 –2   8 –4  
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^  7 –2   9 –3  
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^  6 –3   8 –5  
Sam Houston State  6 –3   7 –5  
McNeese State  5 –4   7 –5  
Incarnate Word  4 –5   5 –7  
Abilene Christian  4 –5   5 –7  
Northwestern State  3 –6   3 –9  
Stephen F. Austin  3 –6   3 –9  
Houston Baptist  2 –6   5 –7  
Lamar  2 –7   4 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

The 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach K. C. Keeler, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 6–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Southland. Sam Houston State played home games at Bowers Stadium in Huntsville, Texas.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Bearkats were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Nicholls200 (20)
2Central Arkansas154
3Incarnate Word150 (1)
4Sam Houston State146
5Lamar123
6McNeese State114
7Abilene Christian112 (1)
8Southeastern Louisiana71
9Stephen F. Austin63
10Northwestern State56
11Houston Baptist21

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Bearkats placed six players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Post season All–Southland Teams

Schedule

Sam Houston State has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[3]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.at New Mexico*No. 23
LOBOTVL 31–3913,749
September 76:00 p.m.Oklahoma Panhandle State*No. 25
ESPN+W 77–04,942
September 144:00 p.m.at North Dakota*No. 24
PlutoL 23–278,697
September 216:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN3W 45–68,196
September 286:00 p.m.at McNeese State
ESPN+W 28–179,107
October 53:00 p.m.vs. Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+W 31–2024,008
October 122:00 p.m.LamarNo. 25
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 17–20 3OT4,047
October 192:00 p.m.No. 9 Nichollsdagger
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 17–03,953
October 266:00 p.m.at No. 12 Central ArkansasNo. 21
ESPN+L 25–299,363
November 93:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian
ESPN+W 24–106,491
November 162:00 p.m.Northwestern State
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+L 28–314,280
November 232:00 p.m.Houston Baptist
  • Bowers Stadium
  • Huntsville, TX
ESPN+W 37–143,849
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

    Source:[4][5]

    Game summaries

    At New Mexico

    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 23 Bearkats 0 16 7 8 31
    Lobos 13 9 10 7 39

    Oklahoma Panhandle State

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Aggies 0 0 0 0 0
    No. 25 Bearkats 42 21 14 0 77

    At North Dakota

    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 24 Bearkats 0 14 0 9 23
    Fighting Hawks 14 0 13 0 27

    Incarnate Word

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Cardinals 0 0 0 6 6
    Bearkats 14 17 7 7 45

    At McNeese State

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 9 6 13 28
    Cowboys 7 7 3 0 17

    Vs. Stephen F. Austin

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 14 0 17 31
    Lumberjacks 7 3 0 10 20

    Lamar

    1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
    Cardinals 0 7 0 0373 20
    No. 25 Bearkats 7 0 0 0370 17

    Nicholls

    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 9 Colonels 0 0 0 0 0
    Bearkats 7 3 7 0 17

    At Central Arkansas

    1 2 3 4 Total
    No. 21 Bearkats 7 9 6 3 25
    No. 12 Bears 0 0 14 15 29

    At Abilene Christian

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Bearkats 0 14 10 0 24
    Wildcats 10 0 0 0 10

    Northwestern State

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Demons 7 17 7 0 31
    Bearkats 21 0 7 0 28

    Houston Baptist

    1 2 3 4 Total
    Huskies 0 7 7 0 14
    Bearkats 20 7 0 10 37

    Ranking movements

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    RV = Received votes.
    Week
    PollPre123456789101112Final
    STATS FCS232524RVRVRV25RV21RV
    Coaches222221RVRVRV24RV25RV

    References

    1. ↑ "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
    2. ↑ "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
    3. ↑ "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
    4. ↑ "Football 2019 Schedule". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
    5. ↑ "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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