2019 Maine Black Bears football team

American college football season

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.

Previous season[edit]

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[edit]

CAA poll[edit]

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)
1	James Madison	238 (20)
2	Towson	217 (3)
3	Maine	201 (1)
4	Elon	164
5	Delaware	162
6	Stony Brook	151
7	New Hampshire	109
8	Rhode Island	104
9	Villanova	84
10	Richmond	62
11	William & Mary	58
12	Albany	34

Preseason All–CAA team[edit]

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

Offense

Earnest Edwards – WR

Liam Dobson – OL

Defense

Kayon Whitaker – DL

Taji Lowe – LB

Deshawn Stevens – LB

Manny Patterson – CB

Special teams

Earnest Edwards – KR

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	TV	Result	Attendance
	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*	No. 7	FloSports	W 42–14	7,478
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Georgia Southern*	No. 6	ESPN+	L 18–26	17,202
September 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Towson	No. 7	FloSports	L 23–45	6,256
September 21	12:00 p.m.	at Colgate*	No. 12	Stadium	W 35–21	5,606
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Villanova	No. 12	FloSports	L 17–33	10,071
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Richmond	No. 18	FCS/WVII/WIPL	L 17–24	5,126
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at Liberty*		ESPN+	L 44–59	18,657
October 26	1:00 p.m.	William & Mary		FCS/WVII/WIPL	W 34–25	8,123
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Albany		FloSports	W 47–31	3,315
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Elon		FloSports	W 31–17	4,424
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Rhode Island		FCS/WVII/WIPL	W 34–30	4,908
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at New Hampshire		FloSports	L 10–28	10,061
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[edit]

Sacred Heart[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	7	0	0	7	14
No. 7 Black Bears	21	21	0	0	42

At Georgia Southern[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Black Bears	3	0	0	15	18
Eagles	0	10	6	10	26

Towson[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Tigers	10	7	14	14	45
No. 7 Black Bears	6	7	3	7	23

At Colgate[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Black Bears	7	14	14	0	35
Raiders	0	7	7	7	21

At Villanova[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Black Bears	0	3	7	7	17
No. 8 Wildcats	16	14	0	3	33

Richmond[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spiders	0	7	14	3	24
No. 18 Black Bears	7	3	7	0	17

At Liberty[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	3	14	7	20	44
Flames	17	28	7	7	59

William & Mary[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	6	6	0	13	25
Black Bears	0	21	10	3	34

At Albany[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	10	14	23	0	47
Great Danes	7	14	3	7	31

At Elon[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	28	0	0	3	31
Phoenix	0	3	7	7	17

Rhode Island[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	14	6	30
Black Bears	0	3	10	21	34

At New Hampshire[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	0	0	3	10
Wildcats	7	7	0	14	28

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
	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	—