American college football season
The 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats were led by third-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium.
Preseason
Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Wildcats were picked to finish in seventh place.[1]
Predicted finish
|
Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Nicholls |
200 (20)
|
2 |
Central Arkansas |
154
|
3 |
Incarnate Word |
150 (1)
|
4 |
Sam Houston State |
146
|
5 |
Lamar |
123
|
6 |
McNeese State |
114
|
7 |
Abilene Christian |
112 (1)
|
8 |
Southeastern Louisiana |
71
|
9 |
Stephen F. Austin |
63
|
10 |
Northwestern State |
56
|
11 |
Houston Baptist |
21
|
Preseason All–Southland Teams
The Wildcats placed five players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]
Offense
1st team
Billy McCrary – RB
2nd team
Josh Fink – WR
Kade Parmelly – OL
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Defense
1st team
Jeremiah Chambers – LB
2nd team
Bolu Onifade – DB
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:30 p.m. | at North Texas* | | ESPN+ | L 31–51 | 23,057 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Arizona Christian* | | ESPN+ | W 66–14 | 7,463 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Central Arkansas | | ESPN3 | L 30–31 | 10,123 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | McNeese State | - Wildcat Stadium
- Abilene, TX
| ESPN+ | W 17–10 | 9,624 |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Incarnate Word | | UIWtv | L 24–31 | 2,989 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lamar | | ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 6,016 |
October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Houston Baptist | - Wildcat Stadium
- Abilene, TX
| ESPN3 | W 45–20 | 7,636 |
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin | - Wildcat Stadium
- Abilene, TX
| ESPN+ | W 31–24 2OT | 11,096 |
October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 15 Nicholls | | CST/ESPN+ | W 37–31 OT | 5,012 |
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | Sam Houston State | - Wildcat Stadium
- Abilene, TX
| ESPN+ | L 10–24 | 6,491 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana | - Wildcat Stadium
- Abilene, TX
| ESPN+ | L 14–35 | 4,981 |
November 23 | 6:30 p.m | at Mississippi State* | | SECN | L 7–45 | 54,683 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
|
Source: [3][4]
Game summaries
At North Texas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Mean Green
|
17
|
21
|
10
|
3 |
51 |
Arizona Christian
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Firestorm
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Wildcats
|
14
|
31
|
7
|
14 |
66 |
At Central Arkansas
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
13 |
30 |
No. 14 Bears
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
22 |
31 |
McNeese State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cowboys
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
Wildcats
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
At Incarnate Word
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
7 |
24 |
Cardinals
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
11 |
31 |
At Lamar
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
13
|
11
|
0 |
24 |
Cardinals
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
10 |
27 |
Houston Baptist
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
6
|
14
|
0 |
20 |
Wildcats
|
14
|
7
|
17
|
7 |
45 |
Stephen F. Austin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
10 | 0 | 0 |
24 |
Wildcats
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
0 | 0 | 7 |
31 |
At Nicholls
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
17
|
14
|
0 | 6 |
37 |
No. 15 Colonels
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
10 | 0 |
31 |
Sam Houston State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bearkats
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
0 |
24 |
Wildcats
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Southeastern Louisiana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 23 Lions
|
14
|
21
|
0
|
0 |
35 |
Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
At Mississippi State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Bulldogs
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
17 |
45 |
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