2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Elder was fired following the season, he finished with a record of 21–24.[1]

2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2019 record7–5 (5–3 OVC)
Head coachMark Elder (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorAdam Austin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKurt Maddix (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorShannon Morrison (4th season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Austin Peay +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 17 Southeast Missouri State +^  7 –1     9 –3  
UT Martin  6 –2     7 –5  
Eastern Kentucky  5 –3     7 –5  
Tennessee Tech  3 –5     6 –6  
Jacksonville State  3 –5     6 –6  
Murray State  2 –6     4 –8  
Tennessee State  2 –6     3 –9  
Eastern Illinois  1 –7     1 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The Colonels finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in third place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State135 (15)
2Southeast Missouri State115
3Eastern Kentucky99
4Austin Peay84
5Tennessee State75
6UT Martin58
7Murray State55
8Eastern Illinois38
9Tennessee Tech16

Preseason All-OVC team

The Colonels had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. Valparaiso*
ESPN+ W 53–7 11,130
September 7 7:00 p.m. at Louisville*
ACCN Extra L 0–42 48,808
September 14 1:00 p.m. at Indiana State*
ESPN+ L 7–19 4,416
September 21 1:00 p.m. at Presbyterian*
ESPN+ W 35–10 2,152
September 28 6:00 p.m. Tennessee State
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ W 42–16 8,861
October 5 3:00 p.m. UT Martin
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN3 L 28–38 11,260
October 19 3:00 p.m. at Murray State
ESPN+ W 34–27 9,029
October 26 3:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+ W 33–6 4,000
November 2 1:00 p.m. Austin Peay
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ L 21–28 OT 7,330
November 9 2:00 p.m. at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State
ESPN3 L 31–38 3,750
November 16 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+ W 22–10 2,987
November 23 2:00 p.m. at Jacksonville State
ESPN3 W 29–23 14,477
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Game summaries

Valparaiso
1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 0 7 0 7
Colonels 15 17 7 14 53
See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 W, 52–10

at Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinals 14 0 14 14 42
See also: 2019 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–19–1 2013 L, 7–44

at Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 0 7 0 7
Sycamores 3 7 0 9 19
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 2014 FCS Playoffs L, 16–36

at Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 14 0 14 35
Blue Hose 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 6 7 0 16
Colonels 7 14 7 14 42
See also: 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–7 2017 L, 21–45

UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 7 10 14 7 38
Colonels 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–4 2018 W, 35–34

at Murray State
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 10 17 0 34
Racers 3 7 7 10 27
See also: 2019 Murray State Racers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
46–28–4 2018 L, 6–34

at Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 7 3 16 33
Panthers 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–11 2018 W, 31–23

Austin Peay
1 2 3 4OT Total
Governors 7 0 7 77 28
Colonels 10 0 0 110 21
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
46–5 2018 W, 17–13

at Southeast Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 17 7 0 31
No. 17 Redhawks 7 7 7 17 38
See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–4 2018 W, 23–14

Tennessee Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 0 3 0 10
Colonels 7 9 0 6 22
See also: 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
55–20 2018 W, 37–6

at Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 6 3 14 6 29
Gamecocks 6 3 7 7 23
See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–10 2018 L, 7–56

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV  
Coaches RV
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References
  1. "Mark Elder out as Eastern Kentucky football coach". Lexington Herald-Leader. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  3. "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  4. "2019 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.


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