The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Lumberjacks were picked to finish in ninth 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
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The Lumberjacks placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]
Offense
1st team
Storm Ruiz – K
2nd team
Tamrick Pace – WR
|
Defense
2nd team
Alize Ward – DB
|
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at Baylor* | | ESPN+ | L 17–56 | 43,013 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Tarleton State* | | ESPN3 | L 26–37 | 8,334 |
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah* | | Pluto TV | L 38–45 OT | 5,568 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 13 Nicholls | - Homer Bryce Stadium
- Nacogdoches, TX
| ESPN+ | L 30–48 | 10,304 |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lamar | | ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 9,218 |
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Sam Houston State | | ESPN+ | L 20–31 | 24,008 |
October 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian | | ESPN+ | L 24–31 2OT | 11,096 |
October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | McNeese State | - Homer Bryce Stadium
- Nacogdoches, TX
| ESPN+ | L 10–33 | 8,335 |
November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | | Southeastern Sports Network | L 30–47 | 5,127 |
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word | - Homer Bryce Stadium
- Nacogdoches, TX
| ESPN3 | W 31–24 | 6,321 |
November 16 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Central Arkansas | | ESPN+ | L 7–30 | 5,527 |
| 6:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State | | DemonTV | W 32–20 | 5,822 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Source: [3][4]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
10 |
17 |
Bears
|
14
|
21
|
14
|
7 |
56 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Texans
|
14
|
7
|
6
|
10 |
37 |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
0 |
26 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
17
|
7
|
14 | 0 |
38 |
Thunderbirds
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
14 | 7 |
45 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Colonels
|
7
|
21
|
7
|
14 |
49 |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
16
|
0
|
7 |
30 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
11 |
24 |
Cardinals
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
17 |
Vs. Sam Houston State
edit
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bearkats
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
17 |
31 |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
20 |
At Abilene Christian
edit
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
10 | 0 | 0 |
24 |
Wildcats
|
0
|
14
|
10
|
0 | 0 | 7 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cowboys
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
20 |
33 |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
At Southeastern Louisiana
edit
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
13 |
30 |
Lions
|
13
|
6
|
14
|
14 |
47 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cardinals
|
0
|
21
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 14 Bears
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
7 |
30 |
At Northwestern State
edit
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
13
|
14
|
5
|
0 |
32 |
Demons
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
6 |
20 |