2019 Alabama State Hornets football team


The 2019 Alabama State Hornets football team represents Alabama State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets are led by second-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and play their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Hornets finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

Preseason

Preseason polls

The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Hornets were picked to finish in fourth place in the East Division.
1Alcorn State92
2Alabama A&M70
3Jackson State61
4Alabama State47
5Mississippi Valley State30

Preseason all–SWAC teams

The Hornets placed five players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.
Defense
1st team
Christian Clark – DL
Darron Johnson – LB
2nd team
Joshua Hill – DB
Specialists
1st team
Anthony Craven – P
Ezra Gray – RS

Schedule

Game summaries

at UAB

Tuskegee

Kennesaw State

Grambling State

Alcorn State

at Jackson State

vs. Alabama A&M

at Mississippi Valley State

at Texas Southern

at Florida State

Prairie View A&M