American college football season
The 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by tenth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium . Tennessee State finished the season 3–9 overall and 2–6 in OVC play to tie for seventh place.
Preseason coaches' poll[ edit ] The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Tigers were picked to finish in fifth place.[ 1]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 135 (15) 2 Southeast Missouri State 115 3 Eastern Kentucky 99 4 Austin Peay 84 5 Tennessee State 75 6 UT Martin 58 7 Murray State 55 8 Eastern Illinois 38 9 Tennessee Tech 16
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Tigers had four players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[ 2]
Offense
Chris Rowland – WR
Thomas Burton – C
Raekwon Allen – OG
Defense
Dajour Nesbeth – DB
On August 20, 2019, it was announced that starting quarterback Demry Croft had been charged with six counts of felony rape and two counts of sexual battery , from an incident that took place on December 1, 2018.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State * ESPN+ W 26–20 13,458 September 7 6:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee * ESPN3 L 26–45 20,912 September 14 6:00 p.m. vs. Jackson State * L 44–49 48,347 September 21 2:00 p.m. Arkansas–Pine Bluff ESPN+ L 31–37 8,683 September 28 5:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+ L 16–42 8,861 October 5 6:00 p.m. at No. 21 Jacksonville State ESPN+ L 23–31 16,589 October 12 2:00 p.m. Murray State Hale Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ L 17–31 5,324 October 19 4:30 p.m. No. 20 Austin Peay ESPN+ W 26–24 16,389 November 2 2:00 p.m. No. 18 Southeast Missouri State Hale Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN3 L 13–32 4,378 November 9 2:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois Hale Stadium Nashville, TN ESPN+ L 38–49 4,131 November 16 2:00 p.m. at UT Martin ESPN+ L 17–28 1,776 November 23 1:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech ESPN+ W 37–27 2,728
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Mississippi Valley State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 6 7 7 20 Tigers 7 3 10 6 26
At Middle Tennessee [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 6 0 13 7 26 Blue Raiders 0 10 14 21 45
1 2 3 4 Total JSU Tigers 21 7 14 7 49 TSU Tigers 7 7 9 21 44
Arkansas–Pine Bluff[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Lions 7 12 6 12 37 Tigers 7 3 14 7 31
At Eastern Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 3 6 7 0 16 Colonels 7 14 7 14 42
At Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 17 3 3 0 23 No. 21 Gamecocks 3 14 7 7 31
1 2 3 4 Total Racers 7 14 0 10 31 Tigers 7 3 0 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total No. 20 Governors 10 7 7 0 24 Tigers 0 9 7 10 26
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Redhawks 9 6 10 7 32 Tigers 0 0 7 6 13
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 14 7 14 14 49 Tigers 14 21 3 0 38
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 3 7 0 17 Skyhawks 7 0 7 14 28
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 10 13 14 37 Golden Eagles 14 13 0 0 27
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold