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American college football season
The 2019 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tony Trisciani and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fourth place.[1]
Predicted finish
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
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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 Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense
Jaylan Thomas – RB
Matt Foster – TE
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 North Carolina A&T* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 16,358 |
September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | The Citadel* | | | FloSports | W 35–28 | 5,071 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Richmond | No. 25 | | FloSports | W 42–20 | 7,703 |
September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | No. 22 | | ACCRSN | L 7–49 | 24,079 |
September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | No. 24 | | FloSports | L 10–45 | 11,926 |
October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at New Hampshire | | | FloSports | L 10–26 | 17,132 |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 Delaware | | | FloSports | W 42–7 | 5,572 |
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | | FloSports | W 38–13 | 8,911 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | William & Mary![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | | FloSports | L 29–31 5OT | 9,216 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Maine | | | FloSports | L 17–31 | 4,424 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Towson | | | FloSports | W 25–23 | 4,537 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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[2]
At North Carolina A&T
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 21 Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
No. 20 Aggies
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
10 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
Phoenix
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 25 Phoenix
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
42 |
Spiders
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
7 |
20 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 22 Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Demon Deacons
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
49 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 2 Dukes
|
14
|
7
|
17
|
7 |
45 |
No. 24 Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Wildcats
|
13
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
26 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
21
|
14 |
42 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
17
|
14 |
38 |
Rams
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
13 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT |
Total |
Tribe
|
3
|
7
|
13
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
31 |
Phoenix
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
29 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
28
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
31 |
Phoenix
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
17 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
0
|
3
|
16
|
6 |
25 |
No. 19 Tigers
|
14
|
3
|
3
|
3 |
23 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 21 | RV | 25 | 22 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | 21 | RV | RV | 22 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
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