American college football season
The 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Elder was fired following the season. He finished with a record of 21–24.[1]
Preseason
Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in third place.[2]
Predicted finish
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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 Colonels had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]
Offense
Daryl McCleskey Jr. – RB
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Defense
Aaron Patrick – DL
Leodis Moore III – DB
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Valparaiso* | | ESPN+ | W 53–7 | 11,130
|
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisville* | | ACCN Extra | L 0–42 | 48,808
|
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Indiana State* | | ESPN+ | L 7–19 | 4,416
|
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian* | | ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 2,152
|
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee State | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | W 42–16 | 8,861
|
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | UT Martin | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN3 | L 28–38 | 11,260
|
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Murray State | | ESPN+ | W 34–27 | 9,029
|
October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 33–6 | 4,000
|
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Austin Peay | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | L 21–28 OT | 7,330
|
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State | | ESPN3 | L 31–38 | 3,750
|
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | - Roy Kidd Stadium
- Richmond, KY
| ESPN+ | W 22–10 | 2,987
|
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State | | ESPN3 | W 29–23 | 14,477
|
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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[4]
Game summaries
Valparaiso
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Crusaders
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
Colonels
|
15
|
17
|
7
|
14 |
53 |
At Louisville
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Cardinals
|
14
|
0
|
14
|
14 |
42 |
At Indiana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
Sycamores
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
9 |
19 |
At Presbyterian
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
14 |
35 |
Blue Hose
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Tennessee State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
0 |
16 |
Colonels
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
42 |
UT Martin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
At Murray State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
0 |
34 |
Racers
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
27 |
At Eastern Illinois
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
16 |
33 |
Panthers
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
Austin Peay
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Governors
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 | 7 |
28 |
Colonels
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
11 | 0 |
21 |
At Southeast Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
No. 17 Redhawks
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
17 |
38 |
Tennessee Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Colonels
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
6 |
22 |
At Jacksonville State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
6
|
3
|
14
|
6 |
29 |
Gamecocks
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
23 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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