2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football

NEC champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 14–42 vs. Albany
Conference	Northeast Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 23
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	11–2 (7–0 NEC)
Head coach	Ryan McCarthy (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Ambrosie (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron DiGravio (1st season)
Home stadium	Arute Field
Seasons ← 2018 2021 →

2019 Northeast Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^	7	–	0	11	–	1
Robert Morris	6	–	1	7	–	5
Duquesne	4	–	3	6	–	5
Sacred Heart	4	–	3	7	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)	3	–	4	6	–	6
Bryant	3	–	4	4	–	8
Wagner	1	–	6	1	–	11
LIU	0	–	7	0	–	10
Merrimack *	0	–	0	6	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represents Central Connecticut State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy. They play their home games at Arute Field as a member of the Northeast Conference.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Blue Devils were picked to finish in third place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team (1st place votes)
1	Duquesne (7)
2	Sacred Heart (1)
3	Central Connecticut
4	Wagner
5	Bryant
6	Saint Francis
7	Robert Morris
8	LIU

Preseason All-NEC team

The Blue Devils had six players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.^[1]

Offense

Tyshaun James – WR

J'Von Brown – OL

Connor Mignone – OL

Cole Phelps – OL

Defense

Tajik Bagley – DB

DJ Exilhomme – DB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Fordham*		Coffey Field Bronx, NY	Stadium	W 26–23	2,988
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Merrimack*		Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	W 40–37	5,114
September 14	2:00 p.m.	at Valparaiso*		Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	ESPN+	W 42–13	2,110
September 21	3:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan*		Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	L 29–34	17,286
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart		Campus Field Fairfield, CT (Constitution State Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 28–3	5,402
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia*		Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 24–14	3,172
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Bryant	No. 25	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	W 52–14	5,114
October 26	12:00 p.m.	LIU	No. 23	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	W 28–0	3,156
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Wagner	No. 19	Wagner College Stadium New York City, NY	NEC Front Row	W 27–13	1,698
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	No. 20	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	W 38–31^OT
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	No. 19	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	W 49–28
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Duquesne	No. 18	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field Pittsburgh, PA	NEC Front Row	W 43–10
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Albany*	No. 17	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 14–42
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	8	7	0	11	26
Rams	0	6	10	7	23

Merrimack

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	7	7	7	16	37
Blue Devils	3	21	13	3	40

At Valparaiso

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	14	21	7	42
Crusaders	6	0	7	0	13

At Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	15	0	0	14	29
Eagles	7	14	0	13	34

At Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	14	0	28
Pioneers	0	3	0	0	3

At Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	10	0	7	24
Lions	0	7	7	0	14

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	14	0	0	14
No. 25 Blue Devils	14	14	14	10	52

LIU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
No. 23 Blue Devils	0	14	7	7	28

At Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Blue Devils	6	7	7	7	27
Seahawks	3	10	0	0	13

Saint Francis

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Red Flash	0	14	10	7	0	31
No. 20 Blue Devils	7	7	7	10	7	38

Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	0	14	0	14	28
No. 19 Blue Devils	0	14	21	14	49

At Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Blue Devils	12	7	17	7	43
Dukes	0	10	0	0	10

FCS Playoffs

The Blue Devils received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Albany.^[5]

At Albany–First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Blue Devils	7	0	0	7	14
No. 25 Great Danes	0	7	28	7	42

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	25	23	19	20	19	18
Coaches	—	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	24	19	17	18	18

References

^ ^a ^b "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ Wilmer, Brian (April 3, 2019). "Central Connecticut State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ "2019 Football Schedule". Central Connecticut Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "2019 Central Connecticut Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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Northeast Conference football champions

Monmouth & Robert Morris (1996)
Robert Morris (1997)
Monmouth & Robert Morris (1998)
Robert Morris (1999)
Robert Morris (2000)
Sacred Heart (2001)
Albany (2002)
Albany & Monmouth (2003)
Central Connecticut State & Monmouth (2004)
Central Connecticut State & Stony Brook (2005)
Monmouth (2006)
Albany (2007)
Albany (2008)
Central Connecticut State (2009)
Central Connecticut State & Robert Morris (2010)
Albany & Duquesne (2011)
Albany & Wagner (2012)
Duquesne & Sacred Heart (2013)
Sacred Heart & Wagner (2014)
Duquesne (2015)
Saint Francis (2016)
Central Connecticut (2017)
Duquesne & Sacred Heart (2018)
Central Connecticut (2019)
Sacred Heart (2020)
Sacred Heart (2021)
Saint Francis (2022)
Duquesne (2023)

v t e 2019 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Central Arkansas Central Connecticut Furman Holy Cross Illinois State James Madison Kennesaw State Monmouth Montana Montana State Nicholls North Dakota North Dakota State Northern Iowa Sacramento State San Diego South Dakota State Southeast Missouri State Southeastern Louisiana Villanova Weber State Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State

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