2019 Alabama State Hornets football team

The 2019 Alabama State Hornets football team represents Alabama State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets are led by second-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and play their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

2019 Alabama State Hornets football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
2019 record	5–6 (4–3 SWAC)
Head coach	Donald Hill-Eley (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Blackwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Travis Pearson (1st season)
Home stadium	New ASU Stadium (Capacity: 26,500)

2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alcorn State x$		6	–	1					9	–	4
Alabama State		4	–	2					5	–	5
Alabama A&M		4	–	3					7	–	5
Jackson State		3	–	4					4	–	8
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	6					2	–	9
West Division
Southern x		6	–	1					8	–	5
Grambling State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Prairie View A&M		3	–	3					5	–	5
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		3	–	4					6	–	5
Texas Southern		0	–	7					0	–	11
Championship: Alcorn State 39, Southern 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Alabama State Hornets football team

The Hornets finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Preseason

Preseason polls

The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Hornets were picked to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[1]

East Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Alcorn State	92
2	Alabama A&M	70
3	Jackson State	61
4	Alabama State	47
5	Mississippi Valley State	30

West Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Southern	90
2	Prairie View A&M	78
3	Grambling State	74
4	Texas Southern	34
5	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	24

Preseason all–SWAC teams

The Hornets placed five players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.[1]

Defense 1st team Christian Clark – DL Darron Johnson – LB 2nd team Joshua Hill – DB

Specialists 1st team Anthony Craven – P Ezra Gray – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	at UAB*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	L 19–24	39,165
September 7	5:00 p.m.	Tuskegee*	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASU All Access	W 38–31	27,828
September 14	5:00 p.m.	No. 9 Kennesaw State*	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASU All Access	L 7–42	15,887
September 21	5:00 p.m.	Grambling State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASU All Access	W 23–20	17,309
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASU All Access	L 7–35	12,721
October 12	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	JSUTV	W 31–16	35,013
October 26	2:30 p.m.	vs. Alabama A&M	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Magic City Classic)	ESPN3	L 41–43 ^3OT	53,217
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS	YouTube	W 27–0	2,967
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX	A&T SportsNet SW	W 27–21	2,422
November 16	11:00 a.m.	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 12–49	52,857
November 28	2:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL (Turkey Day Classic)	ASU All Access	L 17–20	15,252
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

at UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	13	0	6	0	19
Blazers	14	10	0	0	24

See also: 2019 UAB Blazers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2008	W, 45–10

Tuskegee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Tigers	7	14	10	0	31
Hornets	7	13	11	7	38

See also: Tuskegee Golden Tigers football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–64–4	2018	W, 26–20

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Owls	21	7	14	0	42
Hornets	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2018	L, 13–62

Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	3	10	0	20
Hornets	3	7	7	6	23

See also: 2019 Grambling State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–28	2018	L, 0–34

Alcorn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	14	14	0	7	35
Hornets	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2019 Alcorn State Braves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–22–1	2018	W, 28–25

at Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	7	7	10	7	31
Tigers	3	7	0	6	16

See also: 2019 Jackson State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–32–1	2018	L, 2–20

vs. Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Bulldogs	7	0	7	7	7	7	8	43
Hornets	0	21	0	0	7	7	6	41

See also: 2019 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–39–3	2018	L, 10–27

at Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	14	10	3	27
Delta Devils	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2019 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–16–1	2018	W, 31–24

at Texas Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	14	13	0	0	27
Tigers	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2019 Texas Southern Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–13–2	2018	W, 30–21

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	3	6	0	12
Seminoles	14	7	14	14	49

See also: 2019 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	14	6	0	20
Hornets	0	3	6	8	17

See also: 2019 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–11	2018	L, 13–66

References

1. "#SWACMD19: SWAC Releases 2019 Preseason All-SWAC Football Teams and Predicted Order of Finish". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. "2019 Alabama State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.