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2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

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2019 Norfolk State Spartans football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliam "Dick" Price Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 Florida A&M *   7 1     9 2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +   6 2     9 3  
South Carolina State +   6 2     8 3  
Bethune–Cookman   5 3     7 4  
Norfolk State   4 4     5 7  
North Carolina Central   3 5     4 8  
Howard   2 6     2 10  
Morgan State   2 6     3 9  
Delaware State   1 7     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Latrell Scott and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place.

Preseason

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MEAC poll

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In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Spartans were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Carolina A&T 304 (12)
2 Bethune–Cookman 237 (1)
3 Florida A&M 204 (2)
4 Howard 166
5 North Carolina Central 161 (1)
6 South Carolina State 152
7 Norfolk State 119 (1)
8 Morgan State 87 (1)
9 Delaware State 46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

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The Spartans had six players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. at Old Dominion* ESPN3 L 21–24 21,944
September 7 6:00 p.m. Virginia State* ESPN3 W 44–21 15,538
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina* ESPN3 L 7–46 13,659
September 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 8 Montana State* Pluto TV L 21–56 17,647
September 28 4:00 p.m. Florida A&M
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
ESPN3 L 28–30 8,249
October 5 2:00 p.m. No. 15 North Carolina A&T
  • William "Dick Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
ESPN3 L 19–58 11,062
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Howard ESPN3 W 49–21 7,532
October 19 4:00 p.m. at Bethune–Cookman ESPN3 L 22–35 2,135
November 2 2:00 p.m. Morgan Statedagger
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
ESPN3 W 48–0 15,628
November 9 2:00 p.m. at North Carolina Central ESPN3 W 38–21 12,319
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Delaware State ESPN3 W 33–17 827
November 23 1:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • William "Dick" Price Stadium
  • Norfolk, VA
ESPN3 L 17–20 OT 2,844
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

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At Old Dominion

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 6 0 15 21
Monarchs 14 0 3 7 24

Virginia State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 0 7 0 14 21
Spartans 7 16 14 7 44

At Coastal Carolina

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 7 0 0 7
Chanticleers 12 7 14 13 46

At Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 7 0 21
No. 8 Bobcats 14 14 14 14 56

Florida A&M

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 7 10 6 7 30
Spartans 7 7 7 7 28

North Carolina A&T

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Aggies 13 24 21 0 58
Spartans 3 6 10 0 19

At Howard

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 14 14 14 7 49
Bison 7 14 0 0 21

At Bethune–Cookman

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 0 8 22
Wildcats 0 19 6 10 35

Morgan State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Spartans 17 14 17 0 48

At North Carolina Central

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 14 7 38
Eagles 7 0 7 7 21

At Delaware State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 16 7 10 33
Hornets 10 0 7 0 17

South Carolina State

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Bulldogs 7 0 7 33 20
Spartans 0 3 7 70 17

References

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  1. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Norfolk State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Norfolk State University Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2019.