2019 Maine Black Bears football team

The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

2019 Maine Black Bears football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2019 record	6–6 (4–4 CAA)
Head coach	Nick Charlton (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Dresner (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Michael Ryan (1st season)
Home stadium	Alfond Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	2
No. 18 Albany ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 15 Villanova ^		5	–	3					9	–	4
New Hampshire		5	–	3					6	–	5
Towson		4	–	4					7	–	5
Maine		4	–	4					6	–	6
Elon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Richmond		4	–	4					5	–	7
Delaware		3	–	5					5	–	7
William & Mary		3	–	5					5	–	7
Stony Brook		2	–	6					5	–	7
Rhode Island		0	–	8					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–1 in CAA play to be crowned CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Jacksonville State in the second round, and Weber State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Eastern Washington.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in third place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	James Madison	238 (20)
2	Towson	217 (3)
3	Maine	201 (1)
4	Elon	164
5	Delaware	162
6	Stony Brook	151
7	New Hampshire	109
8	Rhode Island	104
9	Villanova	84
10	Richmond	62
11	William & Mary	58
12	Albany	34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Offense Earnest Edwards – WR Liam Dobson – OL

Defense Kayon Whitaker – DL Taji Lowe – LB Deshawn Stevens – LB Manny Patterson – CB

Special Teams Earnest Edwards – KR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*	No. 7	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports	W 42–14	7,478
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern*	No. 6	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	L 18–26	17,202
September 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Towson	No. 7	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FloSports	L 23–45	6,256
September 21	12:00 p.m.	at Colgate*	No. 12	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	Stadium	W 35–21	5,606
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Villanova	No. 12	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	FloSports	L 17–33	10,071
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Richmond	No. 18	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL	L 17–24	5,126
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at Liberty*		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 44–59	18,657
October 26	1:00 p.m.	William & Mary		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL	W 34–25	8,123
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Albany		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	FloSports	W 47–31	3,315
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Elon		Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	FloSports	W 31–17	4,424
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Rhode Island		Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	FCS/WVII/WIPL	W 34–30	4,908
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at New Hampshire		Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	FloSports	L 10–28	10,061
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source:[2]

Game summaries

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	7	0	0	7	14
No. 7 Black Bears	21	21	0	0	42

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

at Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Black Bears	3	0	0	15	18
Eagles	0	10	6	10	26

See also: 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2011 FCS Playoffs	L, 23–35

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Tigers	10	7	14	14	45
No. 7 Black Bears	6	7	3	7	23

See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2018	W, 35–28

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Black Bears	7	14	14	0	35
Raiders	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2001	W, 34–10

at Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Black Bears	0	3	7	7	17
No. 8 Wildcats	16	14	0	3	33

See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–12	2018	W, 13–10

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	0	7	14	3	24
No. 18 Black Bears	7	3	7	0	17

See also: 2019 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–13	2018	W, 28–9

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	3	14	7	20	44
Flames	17	28	7	7	59

See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1992	W, 42–20

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	6	6	0	13	25
Black Bears	0	21	10	3	34

See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–8	2018	L, 20–27

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	10	14	23	0	47
Great Danes	7	14	3	7	31

See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2018	W, 28–9

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	28	0	0	3	31
Phoenix	0	3	7	7	17

See also: 2019 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2018	W, 27–26

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	14	6	30
Black Bears	0	3	10	21	34

See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–34–3	2018	W, 38–36

at New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	0	0	3	10
Wildcats	7	7	0	14	28

See also: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–56–8	2018	W, 35–7

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	7	6	7	12	12-T	20	18	RV
Coaches	7	6	9	16	16	22	20	NR

References

1. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
2. "2019 Maine Football Schedule". goblackbears.com. University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.