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.
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.
^"Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
^"Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
^"2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE". UCA Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^"SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^"FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
January 31, 2023
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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 2019 Central Arkansas Bears footballSouthland Conference co championNCAA Division I Second Round L 14 24 vs Illinois StateConferenceSouthland ConferenceRankingSTATSNo 11FCS CoachesNo 11Record9 4 7 2 Southland Head coachNathan Brown 2nd season Offensive coordinatorKen Collums 2nd season Defensive coordinatorChad Williams 1st season Home stadiumEstes Stadium Capacity 10 000 Seasons 20182020 2019 Southland Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam 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 participantRankings from STATS ooll Contents 1 Previous season 2 Preseason 2 1 Preseason poll 2 2 Preseason All Southland Teams 3 Schedule 4 Game summaries 4 1 at Western Kentucky 4 2 at Austin Peay 4 3 Abilene Christian 4 4 at Hawaii 4 5 at Nicholls 4 6 McNeese State 4 7 at Northwestern State 4 8 Sam Houston State 4 9 at Lamar 4 10 Southeastern Louisiana 4 11 Stephen F Austin 4 12 at Incarnate Word 5 FCS Playoffs 5 1 Illinois State Second Round 6 Ranking movements 7 ReferencesPrevious season EditThe Bears finished the 2018 season 6 5 5 4 in Southland play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place Preseason EditPreseason 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 1 Nicholls 200 20 2 Central Arkansas 1543 Incarnate Word 150 1 4 Sam Houston State 1465 Lamar 1236 McNeese State 1147 Abilene Christian 112 1 8 Southeastern Louisiana 719 Stephen F Austin 6310 Northwestern State 5611 Houston Baptist 21Preseason All Southland Teams Edit The Bears placed seven players on the preseason all Southland teams 2 Offense1st teamCarlos Blackman RBHunter Watts OL2nd teamToby Sanderson OL Defense1st teamChris Terrell DLJuan Jackson DB2nd teamJackie Harvell DBRobert Rochell DBSchedule EditDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceAugust 296 30 p m at Western Kentucky Houchens Industries L T Smith StadiumBowling Green KYESPN W 35 2817 120September 72 00 p m at Austin Peay No 20Fortera StadiumClarksville TNESPN W 24 167 523September 146 00 p m Abilene ChristianNo 14Estes StadiumConway ARESPN3W 31 3010 123September 2110 59 p m at Hawaii No 14Aloha StadiumHonolulu HISpectrum SportsL 16 3523 465October 53 00 p m at No 16 NichollsNo 11John L Guidry StadiumThibodaux LAYouTubeL 14 347 021October 126 00 p m McNeese StateNo 16Estes StadiumConway AR Red Beans and Rice Bowl ESPN W 40 3111 237October 196 00 p m at Northwestern StateNo 13Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches LACST ESPN W 31 307 584October 266 00 p m No 21 Sam Houston State No 12Estes StadiumConway ARESPN W 29 259 363November 23 00 p m at LamarNo 10Provost Umphrey StadiumBeaumont TXESPN W 45 175 913November 93 00 p m Southeastern LouisianaNo 7Estes StadiumConway ARESPN L 0 346 275November 163 00 p m Stephen F AustinNo 14Estes StadiumConway ARESPN W 30 75 527November 226 30 p m at Incarnate WordNo 11Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumSan Antonio TXESPN W 52 352 668December 72 00 p m No 13 Illinois State No 9Estes StadiumConway AR FCS Playoffs Second Round ESPN3L 14 245 127 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central timeSource 3 4 Game summaries Editat Western Kentucky Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBears 0 14 0 21 35Hilltoppers 14 7 7 0 28See also 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team at Austin Peay Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 20 Bears 0 3 7 14 24Governors 0 0 13 3 16See also 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team Abilene Christian Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 7 3 7 13 30No 14 Bears 3 6 0 22 31See also 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team at Hawaii Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 14 Bears 0 9 0 7 16Rainbow Warriors 14 14 0 7 35See also 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team at Nicholls Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 11 Bears 0 0 7 7 14No 16 Colonels 6 14 7 7 34See also 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team McNeese State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalCowboys 10 14 0 7 31No 16 Bears 10 10 14 6 40See also 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team at Northwestern State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 13 Bears 7 7 10 7 31Demons 14 10 0 6 30See also 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team Sam Houston State Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 21 Bearkats 7 9 6 3 25No 12 Bears 0 0 14 15 29See also 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team at Lamar Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 10 Bears 14 10 21 0 45Cardinals 0 10 0 7 17See also 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team Southeastern Louisiana Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalLions 7 14 6 7 34No 7 Bears 0 0 0 0 0See also 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team Stephen F Austin Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalLumberjacks 0 7 0 0 7No 14 Bears 3 10 10 7 30See also 2019 Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks football team at Incarnate Word Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 11 Bears 3 21 7 21 52Cardinals 0 14 14 7 35See also 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football teamFCS Playoffs EditThe 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 TotalNo 13 Redbirds 0 21 0 3 24No 9 Bears 0 7 0 7 14See also 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football teamRanking movements EditRanking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking RV Received votes t Tied with team above or below WeekPollPre12345678910111213FinalSTATS FCSRV201414151116131210714119Coaches251814121410 T1613109613117References Edit Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll www southland org Retrieved August 19 2019 Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All Conference Football Teams www southland org Retrieved August 19 2019 2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE UCA Athletics Retrieved February 28 2019 SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS Southland Conference August 13 2019 Retrieved August 14 2019 FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship ncaa com November 24 2019 Retrieved November 24 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team amp oldid 1127960507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,