American college football season
The 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represented Central Connecticut State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy . They played their home games at Arute Field as a member of the Northeast Conference .
Preseason
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 * Stadium W 26–23 2,988
September 7 6:00 p.m. Merrimack * NEC Front Row W 40–37 5,114
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Valparaiso * ESPN+ W 42–13 2,110
September 21 3:00 p.m. at Eastern Michigan * ESPN3 L 29–34 17,286
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart ESPN3 W 28–3 5,402
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Columbia * 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 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 38–31OT
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 NEC Front Row W 43–10
November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Albany * No. 17 ESPN3 L 14–42
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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]
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 movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
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