2019 Morehead State Eagles football team

2019 Morehead State Eagles football
ConferencePioneer Football League
Record5–7 (3–5 PFL)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTony Brinson (1st season)
Home stadiumJayne Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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

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.

Preseason[edit]

Preseason coaches' poll[edit]

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)
1 San Diego 79 (7)
2 Dayton 66 (2)
3 Drake 64
4 Marist 52
5 Davidson 48
6 Stetson 44
7 Butler 37
8 Jacksonville 30
9 Morehead State 15
Valparaiso

Preseason All-PFL teams[edit]

The Eagles had one player selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.[2]

Schedule[edit]

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. Butlerdagger
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries[edit]

Union (KY)[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 7 7
Eagles 7 16 14 7 44
See also: Union College Bulldogs

At Illinois State[edit]

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

Kentucky Christian[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Knights 21 7 6 0 34
Eagles 21 10 21 21 73
See also: Kentucky Christian Knights football

At Murray State[edit]

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

Davidson[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 21 7 0 42
Eagles 7 0 3 21 31
See also: 2019 Davidson Wildcats football team

At Jacksonville[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 6 14 30
Dolphins 7 0 7 8 22
See also: 2019 Jacksonville Dolphins football team

Butler[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 6 20
Eagles 10 14 0 7 31
See also: 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team

At Drake[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 0 7 17
Bulldogs 3 12 7 14 36
See also: 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team

Dayton[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 28 7 7 7 49
Eagles 7 7 14 7 35
See also: 2019 Dayton Flyers football team

At Valparaiso[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 0 0 13 27
Crusaders 0 0 14 7 21
See also: 2019 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

At San Diego[edit]

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

Stetson[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hatters 0 14 7 10 31
Eagles 0 6 7 3 16
See also: 2019 Stetson Hatters football team

References[edit]

  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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