2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mark Ferrante and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southeastern Louisiana.

2019 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 15
Record9–4 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Boden (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorOla Adams (1st season)
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
(Capacity: 12,500)
2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0   14 2  
No. 18 Albany ^  6 2   9 5  
No. 15 Villanova ^  5 3   9 4  
New Hampshire  5 3   6 5  
Towson  4 4   7 5  
Maine  4 4   6 6  
Elon  4 4   5 6  
Richmond  4 4   5 7  
Delaware  3 5   5 7  
William & Mary  3 5   5 7  
Stony Brook  2 6   5 7  
Rhode Island  0 8   2 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison238 (20)
2Towson217 (3)
3Maine201 (1)
4Elon164
5Delaware162
6Stony Brook151
7New Hampshire109
8Rhode Island104
9Villanova84
10Richmond62
11William & Mary58
12Albany34

Preseason All–CAA team

The Wildcats did not have any players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 24 12:00 p.m. at No. 13 Colgate* CBSSN W 34–14 4,519
September 7 6:00 p.m. Lehigh* No. 24 FloSports W 38–10 8,319
September 14 6:00 p.m. at Bucknell* No. 22 Stadium W 45–10 3,649
September 21 6:00 p.m. at No. 5 Towson No. 18 FloSports W 52–45OT 8,811
September 28 3:30 p.m. No. 12 Maine No. 8
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports W 33–17 10,071
October 5 3:30 p.m. at William & Mary No. 5 FloSports W 35–28 9,164
October 12 1:30 p.m. at No. 2 James Madison No. 5 FloSports L 24–38 25,076
October 26 3:30 p.m. Stony Brook No. 5
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports L 35–36 7,720
November 2 1:00 p.m. at New Hampshire No. 11 FloSports L 20–28 7,895
November 9 1:00 p.m. Richmond No. 18
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSports W 35–28 4,151
November 15 7:00 p.m. LIU* No. 13
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
FloSport W 35–7 3,051
November 23 1:00 p.m. Delaware No. 10
FloSports W 55–33 5,319
November 30 3:00 p.m. at Southeastern Louisiana* No. 8 ESPN3 L 44–45 4,173

[2]

Game summaries

At Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 27 0 7 34
No. 13 Raiders 0 0 7 7 14

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 3 7 0 10
No. 24 Wildcats 0 17 14 7 38

At Bucknell

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Wildcats 14 14 14 3 45
Bison 0 0 3 7 10

At Towson

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 18 Wildcats 14 7 14 107 52
No. 5 Tigers 7 21 0 170 45

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Black Bears 0 3 7 7 17
No. 8 Wildcats 16 14 0 3 33

At William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35
Tribe 7 7 7 7 28

At James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 0 10 14 0 24
No. 2 Dukes 7 10 0 21 38

Stony Brook

1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 7 3 10 16 36
No. 5 Wildcats 7 21 0 7 35

At New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Nova Wildcats 7 13 0 0 20
UNH Wildcats 7 0 14 7 28

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Spiders 14 14 0 0 28
No. 18 Wildcats 14 7 0 14 35

LIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 7 0 0 7
No. 13 Wildcats 14 14 7 0 35

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 7 10 0 16 33
No. 10 Wildcats 20 14 14 7 55

FCS Playoffs

The Wildcats were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Southeastern Louisiana.[3]

At Southeastern Louisiana–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Wildcats 10 21 0 13 44
Lions 7 7 17 14 45

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRV2422188557511181310815
CoachesRV2318138776111916141015

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (July 23, 2019). "James Madison Picked to Capture CAA Football Championship in 2019". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. "2019 Villanova Football Schedule". Villanova. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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