American college football season
The 2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represents East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the fourth year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by second-year head coach Randy Sanders and play their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium .
Preseason [ edit ] Preseason media poll [ edit ] The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Buccaneers were picked to finish in third place in both polls.[1] [2]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Wofford 253 (21) 2 Furman 229 (6) 3 East Tennessee State 187 (2) 4 Mercer 146 5 Chattanooga 134 6 Samford 125 7 The Citadel 111 8 Western Carolina 88 9 VMI 32
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Wofford 63 (7) 2 Furman 55 (1) 3 East Tennessee State 44 (1) 4 Chattanooga 40 5 Mercer 34 6 Samford 33 7 The Citadel 22 8 Western Carolina 21 9 VMI 12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams [ edit ] The Buccaneers placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense
1st team
Quay Holmes – RB
2nd team
Ben Blackmon – OL
Tre'mond Shorts – OL
Defense
1st team
Jason Maduafokwa – DL
Nasir Player – DL
Tyree Robinson – DB
2nd team
Jeremy Lewis – DB
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 3:30 p.m. at Appalachian State * ESPN+ L 7–42 25,147 September 7 7:30 p.m. Shorter * ESPN+ W 48–10 8,615 September 14 7:30 p.m. VMI William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ L 24–31 OT 9,150 September 21 7:30 p.m. Austin Peay * William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN+ W 20–14 9,350 September 28 1:00 p.m. at No. 16 Furman Nexstar /ESPN+ L 10–17 5,031 October 5 3:30 p.m. Wofford William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 L 17–35 8,242 7:00 p.m. at Chattanooga ESPN+ L 13–16 7,124 October 26 1:00 p.m. at Samford ESPN+ L 17–24 1,521 November 2 3:30 p.m. The Citadel William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN Nexstar/ESPN+ L 27–31 8,674 November 9 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina Nexstar/ESPN+ L 20–23 OT 7,681 November 16 1:00 p.m. Mercer William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN ESPN3 W 38–33 7,121 November 23 2:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt * SEC Alt. L 0–38 19,863 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Appalachian State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 0 7 0 7 Mountaineers 7 7 14 14 42
Shorter [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hawks 0 3 0 7 10 Buccaneers 17 8 14 7 46
1 2 3 4 OT Total Keydets 0 7 7 10 7 31 Buccaneers 0 7 3 14 0 24
Austin Peay [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Governors 7 7 0 0 14 Buccaneers 3 7 0 10 20
At Furman [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 10 No. 16 Paladins 7 3 0 7 17
Wofford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Terriers 7 21 0 7 35 Buccaneers 0 3 7 7 17
At Chattanooga [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 13 0 0 13 Mocs 7 0 6 3 16
At Samford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 14 0 3 17 Bulldogs 7 0 10 7 24
The Citadel [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 3 7 14 31 Buccaneers 10 3 7 7 27
At Western Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Buccaneers 3 0 7 7 3 20 Catamounts 3 7 0 7 6 23
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 7 6 13 33 Buccaneers 10 21 0 7 38
At Vanderbilt [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0 Commodores 7 7 17 7 38
References [ edit ]
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