2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southeastern Louisiana.

2019 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record9–4 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Boden (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorOla Adams (1st season)
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 James Madison $^   8 0     14 2  
No. 18 Albany ^   6 2     9 5  
No. 15 Villanova ^   5 3     9 4  
New Hampshire   5 3     6 5  
Towson   4 4     7 5  
Maine   4 4     6 6  
Elon   4 4     5 6  
Richmond   4 4     5 7  
Delaware   3 5     5 7  
William & Mary   3 5     5 7  
Stony Brook   2 6     5 7  
Rhode Island   0 8     2 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

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CAA poll

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In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in ninth 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

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The Wildcats did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 24 12:00 p.m. at No. 13 Colgate* CBSSN W 34–14 4,519
September 7 6:00 p.m. Lehigh* No. 24 FloSports W 38–10 8,319
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Bucknell* No. 22 Stadium W 45–10 3,649
September 21 6:00 p.m. at No. 5 Towson No. 18 FloSports W 52–45OT 8,811
September 28 3:30 p.m. No. 12 Maine No. 8
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports W 33–17 10,071
October 5 3:30 p.m. at William & Mary No. 5 FloSports W 35–28 9,164
October 12 1:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison No. 5 FloSports L 24–38 25,076
October 26 3:30 p.m. Stony Brook No. 5
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports L 35–36 7,720
November 2 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire No. 11 FloSports L 20–28 7,895
November 9 1:00 p.m. Richmond No. 18
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports W 35–28 4,151
November 15 7:00 p.m. LIU* No. 13
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSport W 35–7 3,051
November 23 1:00 p.m. Delaware No. 10
FloSports W 55–33 5,319
November 30 3:00 p.m. at Southeastern Louisiana* No. 8 ESPN3 L 44–45 4,173

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Game summaries

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At Colgate

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 27 0 7 34
No. 13 Raiders 0 0 7 7 14

Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 7 0 10
No. 24 Wildcats 0 17 14 7 38

At Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Wildcats 14 14 14 3 45
Bison 0 0 3 7 10

At Towson

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1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 18 Wildcats 14 7 14 107 52
No. 5 Tigers 7 21 0 170 45

Maine

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

At William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35
Tribe 7 7 7 7 28

At James Madison

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 0 10 14 0 24
No. 2 Dukes 7 10 0 21 38

Stony Brook

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1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 7 3 10 16 36
No. 5 Wildcats 7 21 0 7 35

At New Hampshire

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Nova Wildcats 7 13 0 0 20
UNH Wildcats 7 0 14 7 28

Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 14 14 0 0 28
No. 18 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 7 0 0 7
No. 13 Wildcats 14 14 7 0 35

Delaware

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1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 7 10 0 16 33
No. 10 Wildcats 20 14 14 7 55

FCS Playoffs

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The Wildcats were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Southeastern Louisiana.[3]

At Southeastern Louisiana–First Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Wildcats 10 21 0 13 44
Lions 7 7 17 14 45

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRV2422188557511181310815
CoachesRV2318138776111916141015

References

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  1. ^ a b Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Villanova Football Schedule". Villanova. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.