2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record4–8 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Florida A&M *  7 –1   9 –2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +  6 –2   9 –3  
South Carolina State +  6 –2   8 –3  
Bethune–Cookman  5 –3   7 –4  
Norfolk State  4 –4   5 –7  
North Carolina Central  3 –5   4 –8  
Howard  2 –6   2 –10  
Morgan State  2 –6   3 –9  
Delaware State  1 –7   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Trei Oliver, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–5, placing sixth in the MEAC. North Carolina Central played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Eagles were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Carolina A&T304 (12)
2Bethune–Cookman237 (1)
3Florida A&M204 (2)
4Howard166
5North Carolina Central161 (1)
6South Carolina State152
7Norfolk State119 (1)
8Morgan State87 (1)
9Delaware State46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Eagles had seven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 8:00 p.m. at Austin Peay*
ESPN+ L 10–41 7,512
September 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Towson*
TSN L 3–42 8,322
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+ L 12–21 4,315
September 21 4:00 p.m. Elizabeth City State*
NCCU Sports Network W 45–7 6,025
September 28 6:00 p.m. at Morgan State
ESPN3 W 27–17 7,609
October 5 2:00 p.m. at Florida A&M
ESPN3 L 21–28 25,679
October 10 6:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
 ESPNU L 13–27 5,261
October 26 2:00 p.m. Delaware State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 W 30–23 5,026
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Howard
ESPN3 W 28–6 1,096
November 9 2:00 p.m. Norfolk Statedagger
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 21–38 12,319
November 16 2:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPN3 L 0–24 3,043
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 25 North Carolina A&T
ESPN3 L 0–54 19,853
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

At Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 0 7 10
Governors 7 24 3 7 41

At Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 3 3
No. 8 Tigers 14 14 14 0 42

At Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 6 0 3 12
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 7 21

Elizabeth City State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 7 0 0 7
Eagles 10 14 7 14 45

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 13 7 7 27
Bears 0 3 7 7 17

At Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 7 21
Rattlers 7 7 0 14 28

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 7 7 13 27
Eagles 0 3 0 10 13

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 10 0 10 23
Eagles 0 16 7 7 30

At Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 14 28
Bison 0 0 0 6 6

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 14 7 38
Eagles 7 0 7 7 21

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 10 0 24
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0

At North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
No. 25 Aggies 16 14 24 0 54

References

  1. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina Central Eagles Schedule 2019". ESPN. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2019 Football Schedule". North Carolina Central University. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
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