2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team

American college football season

2019 Central Arkansas Bears football

Southland Conference co-champion

NCAA Division I Second Round, L 14–24 vs. Illinois State

Conference| Southland Conference
Ranking
STATS| No. 11
FCS Coaches| No. 11
Record| 9–4 (7–2 Southland)
Head coach|

* Nathan Brown (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Ken Collums (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Chad Williams (1st season)
Home stadium| Estes Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)

Seasons

<- 2018

2020 ->

2019 Southland Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 14 Nicholls +^  |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^  |  | 7  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^  |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Sam Houston State |  | 6  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
McNeese State |  | 5  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Incarnate Word |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Abilene Christian |  | 4  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Northwestern State |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Stephen F. Austin |  | 3  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Houston Baptist |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Lamar |  | 2  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from STATS ooll

The 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team represents the University of Central Arkansas in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bears are led by second-year head coach Nathan Brown and play their home games at Estes Stadium. UCA finished the regular season 9-3 overall, 7-2 in Southland Conference play, earning a share of the 2019 Southland Conference championship, and a first round bye in the FCS playoffs with a #8 seeding.

## Previous season[edit]

The Bears finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–4 in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

## Preseason[edit]

### Preseason poll[edit]

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Bears were picked to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)

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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[edit]

The Bears placed seven players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Offense

1st team

Carlos Blackman – RB

Hunter Watts – OL

2nd team

Toby Sanderson – OL

Defense

1st team

Chris Terrell – DL

Juan Jackson – DB

2nd team

Jackie Harvell – DB

Robert Rochell – DB

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## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 29| 6:30 p.m.| at Western Kentucky*| |

* Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
* Bowling Green, KY

| ESPN+| W 35–28| 17,120
September 7| 2:00 p.m.| at Austin Peay*| No. 20|

* Fortera Stadium
* Clarksville, TN

| ESPN+| W 24–16| 7,523
September 14| 6:00 p.m.| Abilene Christian| No. 14|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR

| ESPN3| W 31–30| 10,123
September 21| 10:59 p.m.| at Hawaii*| No. 14|

* Aloha Stadium
* Honolulu, HI

| Spectrum Sports| L 16–35| 23,465
October 5| 3:00 p.m.| at No. 16 Nicholls| No. 11|

* John L. Guidry Stadium
* Thibodaux, LA

| YouTube| L 14–34| 7,021
October 12| 6:00 p.m.| McNeese State| No. 16|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR (Red Beans and Rice Bowl)

| ESPN+| W 40–31| 11,237
October 19| 6:00 p.m.| at Northwestern State| No. 13|

* Harry Turpin Stadium
* Natchitoches, LA

| CST/ESPN+| W 31–30| 7,584
October 26| 6:00 p.m.| No. 21 Sam Houston State| No. 12|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR

| ESPN+| W 29–25| 9,363
November 2| 3:00 p.m.| at Lamar| No. 10|

* Provost Umphrey Stadium
* Beaumont, TX

| ESPN+| W 45–17| 5,913
November 9| 3:00 p.m.| Southeastern Louisiana| No. 7|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR

| ESPN+| L 0–34| 6,275
November 16| 3:00 p.m.| Stephen F. Austin| No. 14|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR

| ESPN+| W 30–7| 5,527
November 22| 6:30 p.m.| at Incarnate Word| No. 11|

* Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
* San Antonio, TX

| ESPN+| W 52–35| 2,668
December 7| 2:00 p.m.| No. 13 Illinois State*| No. 9|

* Estes Stadium
* Conway, AR (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

| ESPN3| L 14–24| 5,127

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

Source: [3][4]

## Game summaries[edit]

### At Western Kentucky[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Bears | 0  | 14  | 0  | 21 | 35
Hilltoppers  | 14  | 7  | 7  | 0 | 28

See also: 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

### At Austin Peay[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 20 Bears | 0  | 3  | 7  | 14 | 24
Governors  | 0  | 0  | 13  | 3 | 16

See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

### Abilene Christian[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Wildcats  | 7  | 3  | 7  | 13 | 30
No. 14 Bears | 3  | 6  | 0  | 22 | 31

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

### At Hawaii[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 14 Bears  | 0  | 9  | 0  | 7 | 16
Rainbow Warriors | 14  | 14  | 0  | 7 | 35

See also: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

### At Nicholls[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 11 Bears  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 14
No. 16 Colonels | 6  | 14  | 7  | 7 | 34

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

### McNeese State[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Cowboys  | 10  | 14  | 0  | 7 | 31
No. 16 Bears | 10  | 10  | 14  | 6 | 40

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

### At Northwestern State[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 13 Bears | 7  | 7  | 10  | 7 | 31
Demons  | 14  | 10  | 0  | 6 | 30

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

### Sam Houston State[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 21 Bearkats  | 7  | 9  | 6  | 3 | 25
No. 12 Bears | 0  | 0  | 14  | 15 | 29

See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

### At Lamar[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 10 Bears | 14  | 10  | 21  | 0 | 45
Cardinals  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 7 | 17

See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

### Southeastern Louisiana[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Lions | 7  | 14  | 6  | 7 | 34
No. 7 Bears  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0

See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

### Stephen F. Austin[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Lumberjacks  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 7
No. 14 Bears | 3  | 10  | 10  | 7 | 30

See also: 2019 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

### At Incarnate Word[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 11 Bears  | 3  | 21  | 7  | 21 | 52
Cardinals  | 0  | 14  | 14  | 7 | 35

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

## FCS Playoffs[edit]

The Bears enter the postseason tournament as the number eight seed, with a first-round bye.[5] They will play Illinois State at Estes Stadium in Conway on December 7.

### Illinois State–Second Round[edit]

| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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No. 13 Redbirds | 0  | 21  | 0  | 3 | 24
No. 9 Bears  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 14

See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

## Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| Final
STATS FCS| RV| 20| 14| 14| 15| 11| 16| 13| 12| 10| 7| 14| 11| 9|
Coaches| 25| 18| 14| 12| 14| 10-T| 16| 13| 10| 9| 6| 13| 11| 7|

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
2. ^ "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
3. ^ "2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". UCA Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
4. ^ "SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
5. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

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* Estes Stadium (1939–present)

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* 1937 Charity Bowl
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National championship seasons in bold

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Southland Conference football champions

College Division|

* Lamar Tech (1964)
* Lamar Tech (1965)
* Arlington State & Lamar Tech (1966)
* Texas–Arlington (1967)
* Arkansas State (1968)
* Arkansas State (1969)
* Arkansas State (1970)
* Lamar, Louisiana Tech, & Trinity (1971)
* Louisiana Tech (1972)

Division II|

* Louisiana Tech (1973)
* Louisiana Tech (1974)

Division I|

* Arkansas State (1975)
* McNeese State (1976)
* Louisiana Tech (1977)

Division I-A|

* Arkansas State & Louisiana Tech (1978)
* McNeese State (1979)
* McNeese State (1980)
* Texas–Arlington (1981)

Division I-AA/FCS|

* Louisiana Tech (1982)
* North Texas State & Northeast Louisiana (1983)
* Louisiana Tech (1984)
* Arkansas State (1985)
* Arkansas State (1986)
* Northeast Louisiana (1987)
* Northwestern State (1988)
* Stephen F. Austin (1989)
* Northeast Louisiana (1990)
* McNeese State & Sam Houston State (1991)
* Northeast Louisiana (1992)
* McNeese State (1993)
* North Texas (1994)
* McNeese State (1995)
* Troy State (1996)
* McNeese State & Northwestern State (1997)
* Northwestern State (1998)
* Stephen F. Austin & Troy State (1999)
* Troy State (2000)
* McNeese State & Sam Houston State (2001)
* McNeese State (2002)
* McNeese State (2003)
* Northwestern State & Sam Houston State (2004)
* Nicholls State & Texas State (2005)
* McNeese State (2006)
* McNeese State (2007)
* Central Arkansas (2008)
* McNeese State & Stephen F. Austin (2009)
* Stephen F. Austin (2010)
* Sam Houston State (2011)
* Central Arkansas & Sam Houston State (2012)
* Southeastern Louisiana (2013)
* Sam Houston State & Southeastern Louisiana (2014)
* McNeese State (2015)
* Sam Houston State (2016)
* Central Arkansas (2017)
* Incarnate Word & Nicholls (2018)
* Central Arkansas & Nicholls (2019)
* Sam Houston State (2020)
* Incarnate Word (2021)
* Incarnate Word & Southeastern Louisiana (2022)

National championships in bold

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2019 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

* Albany
* Austin Peay
* Central Arkansas
* Central Connecticut
* Furman
* Holy Cross
* Illinois State
* James Madison
* Kennesaw State
* Monmouth
* Montana
* Montana State
* Nicholls
* North Dakota
* North Dakota State
* Northern Iowa
* Sacramento State
* San Diego
* South Dakota State
* Southeast Missouri State
* Southeastern Louisiana
* Villanova
* Weber State
* Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State
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