2019 Morehead State Eagles football team

The 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team represents Morehead State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Rob Tenyer and play their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.

2019 Morehead State Eagles football
ConferencePioneer Football League
2019 record5–7 (3–5 PFL)
Head coachRob Tenyer (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Brinson (1st season)
Home stadiumJayne Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
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 Morehead State Eagles football team

The Eagles finished the 2018 season 3–8, 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 Eagles were picked to finish tied for ninth 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 Eagles had one player selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 6:00 p.m. Union (KY)*
ESPN+ W 44–7 6,156
September 7 7:30 p.m. at No. 16 Illinois State*
ESPN+ L 14–42 11,256
September 14 4:00 p.m. Kentucky Christian*
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ W 73–34 7,133
September 21 7:00 p.m. at Murray State*
ESPN+ L 7–59 11,921
October 5 1:00 p.m. Davidson
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ L 31–42 4,944
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Jacksonville
ESPN+ W 30–22 1,433
October 19 2:00 p.m. Butler
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ W 31–20 9,244
October 26 2:00 p.m. at Drake
MC22 L 17–36 2,134
November 2 1:00 p.m. Dayton
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ L 35–49 4,358
November 9 2:00 p.m. at Valparaiso
ESPN+ W 27–21 1,477
November 16 5:00 p.m. at San Diego
WCC Network L 20–52 1,898
November 23 1:00 p.m. Stetson
  • Jayne Stadium
  • Morehead, KY
ESPN+ L 16–31 2,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Union (KY)
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Eagles 7 16 14 7 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4–3 1936 T, 6–6

at Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 7 14
No. 16 Redbirds 21 14 0 7 42
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2011 L, 21–52

Kentucky Christian
1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 21 7 6 0 34
Eagles 21 10 21 21 73
See also: Kentucky Christian Knights football
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2017 W, 56–14

at Murray State
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 7 0 7
Racers 14 17 21 7 59
See also: 2019 Murray State Racers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–40–1 1995 L, 13–63

Davidson
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 21 7 0 42
Eagles 7 0 3 21 31
See also: 2019 Davidson Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–6–1 2018 W, 35–28

at Jacksonville
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 6 14 30
Dolphins 7 0 7 8 22
See also: 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–11 2016 L, 49–61

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

at Drake
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 0 7 17
Bulldogs 3 12 7 14 36
See also: 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–9 2018 L, 6–43

Dayton
1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 28 7 7 7 49
Eagles 7 7 14 7 35
See also: 2019 Dayton Flyers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–17 2018 L, 20–63

at Valparaiso
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 0 0 13 27
Crusaders 0 0 14 7 21
See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–4 2019 W, 31–24

at San Diego
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 6 14 20
Toreros 3 28 14 7 52
See also: 2019 San Diego Toreros football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–12 2018 L, 34–51

Stetson
1 2 3 4 Total
Hatters 0 14 7 10 31
Eagles 0 6 7 3 16
See also: 2019 Stetson Hatters football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2018 L, 24–48
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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. "2019 Morehead State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". Morehead State University Athletics. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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