2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team


The 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represents Sam Houston State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats are led by sixth-year head coach K. C. Keeler and play their home games at Bowers Stadium.

Previous season

The Bearkats finished the 2018 season with a 6–5 overall record, and a 5–4 record in Southland play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Bearkats were picked to finish in fourth place.
1Nicholls200
2Central Arkansas154
3Incarnate Word150
4Sam Houston State146
5Lamar123
6McNeese State114
7Abilene Christian112
8Southeastern Louisiana71
9Stephen F. Austin63
10Northwestern State56
11Houston Baptist21

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Bearkats placed six players on the preseason all–Southland teams.
Offense
1st team
Nathan Stewart – WR
2nd team
Woody Brandom – TE/HB
Defense
1st team
Zyon McCollum – DB
2nd team
Erick Fowler – DL
Hunter Brown – LB
Royce See – LB

Schedule

Sam Houston State has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.
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Game summaries

at New Mexico

Oklahoma Panhandle State

at North Dakota

Incarnate Word

at McNeese State

vs. Stephen F. Austin

Lamar

Nicholls

at Central Arkansas

at Abilene Christian

Northwestern State

Houston Baptist

Ranking movements