2019 Butler Bulldogs football team

The 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team represents Butler University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 14th-year head coach Jeff Voris and play their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.

2019 Butler Bulldogs football
ConferencePioneer Football League
2019 record3–9 (2–6 PFL)
Head coachJeff Voris (14th season)
Offensive coordinatorKyle Conner
Defensive coordinatorJoe Cheshire
Home stadiumBud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
(Capacity: 5,647)
Uniform
2019 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf  Overall
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

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Butler Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in seventh 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 Bulldogs had five different players selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 314:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 North Dakota State*
ESPN+L 10–5734,544
September 76:00 p.m.Indiana Wesleyan*
YouTube[3]W 30–27 OT5,255
September 146:00 p.m.Taylor*
  • Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
Facebook LiveL 14–173,267
September 215:00 p.m.at Princeton*
ESPN+L 7–4910,625
October 51:00 p.m.at Stetson
ESPN+L 27–301,364
October 121:00 p.m.Drake
  • Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
YouTube[3]L 7–422,578
October 192:00 p.m.at Morehead State
ESPN+L 20–319,244
October 261:00 p.m.Jacksonville
  • Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
YouTube[3]W 24–143,484
November 212:00 p.m.at Marist
Red Fox NetworkL 27–371,202
November 912:00 p.m.Davidson
  • Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
YouTube[3]L 10–522,815
November 1612:00 p.m.Valparaiso
YouTube[3]W 24–212,194
November 231:00 p.m.at Dayton
Facebook LiveL 38–511,991

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Game summaries

vs. North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 10 0 10
No. 1 Bison 15 21 14 7 57
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Indiana Wesleyan
1 2 3 4OT Total
Wildcats 7 10 0 73 27
Bulldogs 0 10 7 76 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Taylor
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 7 0 3 17
Bulldogs 0 7 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–0 2018 W, 31–17

at Princeton
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Tigers 14 28 7 0 49
See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2018 L, 7–50

at Stetson
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 7 0 10 27
Hatters 14 0 3 13 30
See also: 2019 Stetson Hatters football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2018 W, 28–23

Drake
1 2 3 4 Total
DU Bulldogs 7 14 21 0 42
BU Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–18–1 2018 L, 6–36

at Morehead State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 6 20
Eagles 10 14 0 7 31
See also: 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–14 2018 W, 24–21

Jacksonville
1 2 3 4 Total
Dolphins 14 0 0 0 14
Bulldogs 6 8 3 7 24
See also: 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–9 2018 L, 44–48

at Marist
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 14 6 7 27
Red Foxes 10 10 0 17 37
See also: 2019 Marist Red Foxes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2016 L, 21–30

Davidson
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 33 6 13 52
Bulldogs 3 0 0 7 10
See also: 2019 Davidson Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–6 2018 L, 38–41

Valparaiso
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 14 0 7 21
Bulldogs 0 7 7 10 24
See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
50–27 2018 L, 17–35

at Dayton
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 14 7 14 38
Flyers 17 21 10 3 51
See also: 2019 Dayton Flyers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–31–1 2018 L, 28–38
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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. Butler Athletics - YouTube
  4. "2019 Butler Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 13, 2019.


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