2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing tenth in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.

2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record5–7 (2–6 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZach Kittley (2nd season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (2nd season)
Home stadiumHusky Stadium (capacity: 5,000)
2019 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Nicholls +^  7 –2   8 –4  
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^  7 –2   9 –3  
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^  6 –3   8 –5  
Sam Houston State  6 –3   7 –5  
McNeese State  5 –4   7 –5  
Incarnate Word  4 –5   5 –7  
Abilene Christian  4 –5   5 –7  
Northwestern State  3 –6   3 –9  
Stephen F. Austin  3 –6   3 –9  
Houston Baptist  2 –6   5 –7  
Lamar  2 –7   4 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS ooll

The Huskies' five wins set a new program record.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Huskies were picked to finish in eleventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Nicholls200 (20)
2Central Arkansas154
3Incarnate Word150 (1)
4Sam Houston State146
5Lamar123
6McNeese State114
7Abilene Christian112 (1)
8Southeastern Louisiana71
9Stephen F. Austin63
10Northwestern State56
11Houston Baptist21

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Huskies placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at UTEP*
ESPN+L 34–3634,646
September 76:00 p.m.Texas Wesleyan*
Husky SNW 58–132,203
September 142:00 p.m.at South Dakota*
ESPN3W 53–525,077
September 216:00 p.m.Northwestern State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3W 48–211,941
September 286:00 p.m.Texas Southern*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3W 68–313,215
October 56:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 36–382,289
October 126:00 p.m.at Abilene Christian
ESPN3L 20–457,636
October 194:00 p.m.at McNeese State
COWBOYINSIDERL 27–428,083
October 262:00 p.m.Southeastern Louisianadagger
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3L 13–522,158
November 93:00 p.m.at No. 25 Nicholls
CST/ESPN+L 27–484,558
November 162:00 p.m.Lamar
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3W 31–262,126
November 232:00 p.m.at Sam Houston State
ESPN+L 14–373,849
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

Game summaries

At UTEP
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 17 11 6 34
Miners 3 17 13 3 36
See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team

Texas Wesleyan
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 7 0 0 6 13
Huskies 14 30 7 7 58
See also: Texas Wesleyan Rams football

At South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 17 21 15 53
Coyotes 10 14 14 14 52
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Northwestern State
1 2 3 4 Total
Demons 0 0 14 7 21
Huskies 14 10 17 7 48
See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team

Texas Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 21 3 7 31
Huskies 17 20 31 0 68
See also: 2019 Texas Southern Tigers football team

Incarnate Word
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 14 14 10 0 38
Huskies 7 13 10 6 36
See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

At Abilene Christian
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 6 14 0 20
Wildcats 14 7 17 7 45
See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

At McNeese State
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 13 0 7 27
Cowboys 14 14 7 7 42
See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team

Southeastern Louisiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 14 14 17 7 52
Huskies 6 7 0 0 13
See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

At Nicholls
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 10 10 0 7 27
No. 25 Colonels 13 14 14 7 48
See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team

Lamar
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 6 10 7 3 26
Huskies 7 17 7 0 31
See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team

At Sam Houston State
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 7 7 0 14
Bearkats 20 7 0 10 37
See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

References
  1. "Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. "Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Houston Baptist University. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  4. "Southland TV Selections Announced For First Four Weeks". Southland Conference. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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