2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Dewayne Alexander and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2019 record	6–6 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach	Dewayne Alexander (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tre Lamb (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Donnie Suber (2nd season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500)

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 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The Golden Eagles finished the 2018 season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Golden Eagles were picked to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Jacksonville State	135 (15)
2	Southeast Missouri State	115
3	Eastern Kentucky	99
4	Austin Peay	84
5	Tennessee State	75
6	UT Martin	58
7	Murray State	55
8	Eastern Illinois	38
9	Tennessee Tech	16

Preseason All-OVC team

The Golden Eagles did not have any players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Samford*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 59–58 ^2OT	7,806
September 7	1:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)*	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN+	L 17–48	16,022
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Virginia–Wise*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 31–14	10,436
September 21	3:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois*	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	W 38–24	1,594
September 28	4:00 p.m.	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN3	W 40–29	7,055
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	L 37–43 ^2OT	4,373
October 12	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 14–55	5,330
October 26	1:30 p.m.	Austin Peay	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 21–58	2,572
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 17–7	5,302
November 9	1:30 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	ESPN+	W 37–27	11,331
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	ESPN+	L 10–22	2,987
November 23	1:30 p.m.	Tennessee State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN+	L 27–37	2,728
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Samford

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Bulldogs	7	17	14	6	7	7	58
Golden Eagles	12	0	10	22	7	8	59

See also: 2019 Samford Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–12	2007	L, 52–59

at Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	3	0	0	14	17
RedHawks	10	31	0	7	48

See also: 2019 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1953	L, 6–44

Virginia–Wise

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	0	7	0	14
Golden Eagles	7	21	0	3	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	10	14	38
Leathernecks	0	3	7	14	24

See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	L, 14–41

at Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	21	13	6	40
Panthers	7	0	7	15	29

See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–18	2018	L, 38–52

at Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Eagles	7	13	7	3	7	0	37
No. 23 Redhawks	6	14	3	7	7	6	43

See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–12	2018	L, 38–70

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	10	17	21	7	55
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	14	14

See also: 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–16	2018	L, 13–38

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	20	24	7	7	58
Golden Eagles	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–20	2018	L, 10–41

at Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	3	7	7	0	17
Racers	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2019 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
45–38–1	2018	W, 27–24

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gamecocks	7	0	7	13	27
Golden Eagles	10	14	7	6	37

See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–16	2018	L, 20–48

at Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	0	3	0	10
Colonels	7	9	0	6	22

See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–55	2018	L, 6–37

Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	10	13	14	37
Golden Eagles	14	13	0	0	27

See also: 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–19	2018	L, 14–41

References

1. "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
2. "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
3. "2019 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
4. "2019 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.