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2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season

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2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
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The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Championship Game was played on January 11, 2020, in Frisco, Texas.[1] Defending champion North Dakota State completed the regular season undefeated,[2] then won their eighth championship in nine seasons, defeating James Madison, 28-20, for the title.[3]

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All FCS teams were allowed to schedule 12 regular season games in the 2019 season. A standard provision of NCAA bylaws allows for 12 regular season games during years having 14 Saturdays in the period starting with the Labor Day (first Monday in September) weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November. This next occurred in 2024.[4]

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Conference changes and new programs

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+ Following the 2018–19 academic year, Long Island University merged the athletic programs of its two campuses—the Division I non-football LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and Division II football-sponsoring LIU Post Pioneers—into a single Division I program rebranded as the LIU Sharks. The Sharks inherited LIU Brooklyn's membership in the Northeast Conference, with the former Post football team joining the NEC alongside most of LIU's other sports.

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FCS team wins over FBS teams

August 29: Central Arkansas 35, Western Kentucky 28
September 7: Southern Illinois 45, UMass 20
September 14: The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 OT

Conference standings

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Playoff qualifiers

Champions of the following 10 conferences automatically received playoff bids:[5]

Abstentions

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Postseason

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A 24-team single-elimination tournament bracket culminated in the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game. Teams were announced in a selection show on November 24, with the top eight teams seeded and receiving first-round byes.[6]

Bowl game

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NCAA Division I playoff bracket

First Round
November 30
Campus sites
Second Round
December 7
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
December 13/14[a]
Campus sites
Semifinals
December 21
Campus sites
National Championship
1North Dakota State37
Nicholls24Nicholls13
1North Dakota State9
North Dakota6
Illinois State3
8Central Arkansas14
Southeast Missouri State6Illinois State24
1North Dakota State42
Illinois State24
5Montana State14
4Sacramento State28
Austin Peay42Austin Peay42
Austin Peay10
Furman6
5Montana State24
5Montana State47
January 11 – Toyota Stadium
Albany42Albany21
1North Dakota State28
Central Connecticut14
2James Madison20
2James Madison66
Monmouth44Monmouth21
2James Madison17
Holy Cross27
Northern Iowa0
7South Dakota State10
Northern Iowa17Northern Iowa13
2James Madison30
San Diego3
3Weber State14
3Weber State26
Wofford21Kennesaw State20
3Weber State17
Kennesaw State28
6Montana10
6Montana73
Southeastern Louisiana45Southeastern Louisiana28
Villanova44

Source:[7]

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Kickoff game

Coaching changes

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Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2019. For coaching changes that occurred earlier in 2019, see 2018 NCAA Division I FCS end-of-season coaching changes.

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Prince was placed on administrative leave by the university, "after allegations of verbal abuse and intimidation of players."[8]

End of season

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See also

Notes

  1. North Dakota State vs. Illinois State on December 14; other games on December 13

References

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