2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team


The 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions are led by second-year head coach Frank Scelfo and play their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference.

Previous season

The Lions finished the 2018 season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in eighth 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 Lions placed five different players on the preseason all–Southland teams.
Offense
1st team
Bransen Schwebel – TE/HB
Juwan Petit-Frere – WR
Defense
1st team
Juwan Petit-Frere – KR
Devonte Williams – PR
2nd team
Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund – DL
Austin Mitchell – PR

Roster

Schedule

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Game summaries

Jacksonville State

at Ole Miss

Lamar

at Northwestern State

at McNeese State

Incarnate Word

at Houston Baptist

Stephen F. Austin

at Central Arkansas

at Abilene Christian

Nicholls

FCS Playoffs

The Lions were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Villanova.

Villanova (First Round)

at Montana (Second Round)

Rankings