2019 Maine Black Bears football team

The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton. They finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

2019 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2019 record6–6 (4–4 CAA)
Head coachNick Charlton (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Dresner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMichael Ryan (1st season)
Home stadiumAlfond Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
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 Black Bears finished the 2018 season 10–4, 7–1 in CAA play to be crowned CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Jacksonville State in the second round, and Weber State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Eastern Washington.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Black Bears were predicted to finish in third place.[1]

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 Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.Sacred Heart*No. 7
FloSportsW 42–147,478
September 76:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern*No. 6
ESPN+L 18–2617,202
September 147:00 p.m.No. 8 TowsonNo. 7
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FloSportsL 23–456,256
September 2112:00 p.m.at Colgate*No. 12
StadiumW 35–215,606
September 283:30 p.m.at No. 8 VillanovaNo. 12
FloSportsL 17–3310,071
October 1212:00 p.m.RichmondNo. 18
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLL 17–245,126
October 196:00 p.m.at Liberty*
ESPN+L 44–5918,657
October 261:00 p.m.William & Mary
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLW 34–258,123
November 23:30 p.m.at Albany
FloSportsW 47–313,315
November 92:00 p.m.at Elon
FloSportsW 31–174,424
November 1612:00 p.m.Rhode Island
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FCS/WVII/WIPLW 34–304,908
November 231:00 p.m.at New Hampshire
FloSportsL 10–2810,061
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Sacred Heart
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 7 0 0 7 14
No. 7 Black Bears 21 21 0 0 42
See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

at Georgia Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Black Bears 3 0 0 15 18
Eagles 0 10 6 10 26
See also: 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2011 FCS Playoffs L, 23–35

Towson
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Tigers 10 7 14 14 45
No. 7 Black Bears 6 7 3 7 23
See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5 2018 W, 35–28

at Colgate
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Black Bears 7 14 14 0 35
Raiders 0 7 7 7 21
See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2001 W, 34–10

at Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Black Bears 0 3 7 7 17
No. 8 Wildcats 16 14 0 3 33
See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–12 2018 W, 13–10

Richmond
1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 0 7 14 3 24
No. 18 Black Bears 7 3 7 0 17
See also: 2019 Richmond Spiders football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–13 2018 W, 28–9

at Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 3 14 7 20 44
Flames 17 28 7 7 59
See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1992 W, 42–20

William & Mary
1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 6 6 0 13 25
Black Bears 0 21 10 3 34
See also: 2019 William & Mary Tribe football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–8 2018 L, 20–27

at Albany
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 10 14 23 0 47
Great Danes 7 14 3 7 31
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–5 2018 W, 28–9

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

Rhode Island
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 3 14 6 30
Black Bears 0 3 10 21 34
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
60–34–3 2018 W, 38–36

at New Hampshire
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 7 0 0 3 10
Wildcats 7 7 0 14 28
See also: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket
Overall record Last meeting Result
45–56–8 2018 W, 35–7

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 7 6 7 12 12-T 20 18 RV  
Coaches 7 6 9 16 16 22 20 NR

References
  1. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. "2019 Maine Football Schedule". goblackbears.com. University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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