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American college football season
The 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represents Abilene Christian University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference . The Wildcats are led by third-year head coach Adam Dorrel and play 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
Defense
1st team
Jeremiah Chambers – LB
2nd team
Bolu Onifade – DB
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:30 p.m. at North Texas * ESPN+ L 31–5123,057
September 7 6:00 p.m. Arizona Christian * ESPN+ W 66–147,463
September 14 6:00 p.m. at No. 14 Central Arkansas ESPN3 L 30–3110,123
September 21 6:00 p.m. McNeese State Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX ESPN+ W 17–109,624
September 28 6:00 p.m. at Incarnate Word UIWtv L 24–312,989
October 5 6:00 p.m. at Lamar ESPN3 L 24–276,016
October 12 6:00 p.m. Houston Baptist Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX ESPN3 W 45–207,636
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 10–246,491
November 16 1:00 p.m. No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX ESPN+ L 14–354,981
November 23 6:30 p.m at Mississippi State * SECN L 7–4554,683
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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
References
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