2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represents Houston Baptist University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Huskies are led by seventh-year head coach Vic Shealy. They play their home games at Husky Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference.

2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football
Conference	Southland Conference
2019 record	5–7 (2–6 Southland)
Head coach	Vic Shealy (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zach Kittley (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Roger Henshaw (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Mills (2nd season)
Home stadium	Husky Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)

2019 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
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

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2018 season 1–10, 0–9 in Southland play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason poll

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

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Nicholls	200 (20)
2	Central Arkansas	154
3	Incarnate Word	150 (1)
4	Sam Houston State	146
5	Lamar	123
6	McNeese State	114
7	Abilene Christian	112 (1)
8	Southeastern Louisiana	71
9	Stephen F. Austin	63
10	Northwestern State	56
11	Houston Baptist	21

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Huskies placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Offense 2nd team Jerreth Sterns – WR

Defense 2nd team Andre Walker – DL Caleb Johnson – LB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	ESPN+	L 34–36	34,646
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Texas Wesleyan*	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	Husky SN	W 58–13	2,203
September 14	2:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	W 53–52	5,077
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Northwestern State	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 48–21	1,941
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Texas Southern*	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 68–31	3,215
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 36–38	2,289
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Abilene Christian	Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX	ESPN3	L 20–45	7,636
October 19	4:00 p.m.	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	COWBOYINSIDER	L 27–42	8,083
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 13–52	2,158
November 9	3:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Nicholls	John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	CST/ESPN+	L 27–48	4,558
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Lamar	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 31–26	2,126
November 23	2:00 p.m.	at Sam Houston State	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX	ESPN+	L 14–37	3,849
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source: [3][4]

Game summaries

at UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	17	11	6	34
Miners	3	17	13	3	36

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2016	L, 10–42

Texas Wesleyan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	0	0	6	13
Huskies	14	30	7	7	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	17	21	15	53
Coyotes	10	14	14	14	52

See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Northwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	14	7	21
Huskies	14	10	17	7	48

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2018	L, 28–31

Texas Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	21	3	7	31
Huskies	17	20	31	0	68

See also: 2019 Texas Southern Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2017	W, 24–17

Incarnate Word

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	14	14	10	0	38
Huskies	7	13	10	6	36

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2016	L, 26–28

at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	6	14	0	20
Wildcats	14	7	17	7	45

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2018	L, 13–38

at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	13	0	7	27
Cowboys	14	14	7	7	42

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2018	L, 34–51

Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	14	14	17	7	52
Huskies	6	7	0	0	13

See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2018	L, 52–62

at Nicholls

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	10	10	0	7	27
No. 25 Colonels	13	14	14	7	48

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2018	L, 20–41

Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	6	10	7	3	26
Huskies	7	17	7	0	31

See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2018	L, 9–38

at Sam Houston State

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

See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2018	L, 20–42

Sources

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. "2019 Football Schedule". Houston Baptist University. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
4. "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.