2019 Elon Phoenix football team

The 2019 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tony Trisciani and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

2019 Elon Phoenix football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2019 record5–6 (4–4 CAA)
Head coachTony Trisciani (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorDrew Folmar (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Crocker (1st season)
Home stadiumRhodes Stadium
(Capacity: 11,250)
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 –2     9 –5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 –3     9 –4  
New Hampshire  5 –3     6 –5  
Towson  4 –4     7 –5  
Maine  4 –4     6 –6  
Elon  4 –4     5 –6  
Richmond  4 –4     5 –7  
Delaware  3 –5     5 –7  
William & Mary  3 –5     5 –7  
Stony Brook  2 –6     5 –7  
Rhode Island  0 –8     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Phoenix finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Wofford in the first round.

On December 14, head coach Curt Cignetti resigned to become the head coach at James Madison.[1] He finished at Elon with a two-year record of 14–9.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fourth place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at No. 20 North Carolina A&T*No. 21
ESPN3L 21–2416,358
September 72:00 p.m.The Citadel*
FloSportsW 35–285,071
September 146:00 p.m.at RichmondNo. 25
FloSportsW 42–207,703
September 2112:00 p.m.at Wake ForestNo. 22
ACCRSNL 7–4924,079
September 282:00 p.m.No. 2 James MadisonNo. 24
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
FloSportsL 10–4511,926
October 53:30 p.m.at New Hampshire
FloSportsL 10–2617,132
October 122:00 p.m. No. 15 Delaware
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
FloSportsW 42–75,572
October 261:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
FloSportsW 38–138,911
November 22:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
FloSportsL 29–31 5OT9,216
November 92:00 p.m.Maine
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
FloSportsL 17–314,424
November 232:00 p.m.at No. 19 Towson
FloSportsW 25–234,537
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source:[3]

Game summaries

at North Carolina A&T
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Phoenix 7 0 0 14 21
No. 20 Aggies 0 14 0 10 24
See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–7 2015 L, 7–14

The Citadel
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 7 14 28
Phoenix 7 14 7 7 35
See also: 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–8 2013 L, 10–35

at Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Phoenix 14 14 14 0 42
Spiders 0 7 6 7 20
See also: 2019 Richmond Spiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–7 2018 W, 38–28

at Wake Forest
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Phoenix 7 0 0 0 7
Demon Deacons 14 14 14 7 49
See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–10–1 2015 L, 3–41

James Madison
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Dukes 14 7 17 7 45
No. 24 Phoenix 7 0 0 3 10
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2018 W, 27–24

at New Hampshire
1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 3 7 0 0 10
Wildcats 13 7 0 6 26
See also: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2018 W, 30–9

Delaware
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens 0 0 0 7 7
Phoenix 7 0 21 14 42
See also: 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2018 L, 16–28

at Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 7 0 17 14 38
Rams 3 3 7 0 13
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2018 W, 24–21

William & Mary
1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT4OT5OT Total
Tribe 3 7 13 000062 31
Phoenix 0 14 3 600060 29
See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2017 W, 25–17

Maine
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 28 0 0 3 31
Phoenix 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2018 L, 26–27

at Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 3 16 6 25
No. 19 Tigers 14 3 3 3 23
See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2018 L, 10–41

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 21 RV 25 22 24  
Coaches 21 RV RV 22 24

References
  1. "Curt Cignetti Takes Helm of James Madison Football". James Madison University Athletics.
  2. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Elon University Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
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