2019 Merrimack Warriors football team

2019 Merrimack Warriors football
ConferenceNortheast Conference
Record6–5 (0–0 NEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMike Gennetti (15th season)
Home stadiumDuane Stadium
2019 Northeast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^   7 – 0     11 – 1  
Robert Morris   6 – 1     7 – 5  
Duquesne   4 – 3     6 – 5  
Sacred Heart   4 – 3     7 – 5  
Saint Francis (PA)   3 – 4     6 – 6  
Bryant   3 – 4     4 – 8  
Wagner   1 – 6     1 – 11  
LIU   0 – 7     0 – 10  
*   0 – 0     6 – 5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team represented Merrimack College as first-year member of Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Dan Curran, the Warriors compiled an overall record of 6–5. Merrimack had a record of 1–3 against NEC opponents, but the Warriors were ineligible for the NEC title, and those games did not count in the conference standings. The team played home games at Duane Stadium in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Virginia–Lynchburg*
NEC Front RowW 45–144,047
September 76:00 p.m.at Central Connecticut
NEC Front RowL 37–405,114
September 1412:00 p.m.at Saint Francis (PA)
NEC Front RowL 14–421,455
September 211:00 p.m.Mayville State*
  • Duane Stadium
  • North Andover, MA
NEC Front RowW 76–73,123
September 2812:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
StadiumL 3–104,511
October 51:00 p.m.Bryant
  • Duane Stadium
  • North Andover, MA
NEC Front RowL 17–2410,172
October 192:00 p.m.at Delaware State*
ESPN+W 30–211,158
October 261:00 p.m.Presbyterian*
  • Duane Stadium
  • North Andover, MA
NEC Front RowW 24–211,721
November 21:00 p.m.at Rhode Island*
FloSportsL 14–453,091
November 161:00 p.m.Franklin Pierce*
  • Duane Stadium
  • North Andover, MA
NEC Front RowW 57–01,685
November 2312:00 p.m.at LIU
NEC Front RowW 24–10855

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Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Warriors were not ranked due to their transition to NCAA Division I and their lack of a full conference schedule.[3]

Predicted finish Team (1st place votes)
1 Duquesne (7)
2 Sacred Heart (1)
3 Central Connecticut
4 Wagner
5 Bryant
6 Saint Francis
7 Robert Morris
8 LIU

Game summaries

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 7 0 7 0 14
Warriors 17 14 0 14 45
See also: Virginia–Lynchburg Dragons football

At Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 7 7 16 37
Blue Devils 3 21 13 3 40
See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

At Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 7 0 0 14
Red Flash 7 13 15 7 42
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Mayville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Comets 0 7 0 0 7
Warriors 21 25 16 14 76
See also: Mayville State Comets football

At Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 0 3 0 0 3
Mountain Hawks 0 0 3 7 10
See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 10 7 0 24
Warriors 7 7 3 0 17
See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team

At Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 17 3 3 30
Hornets 14 7 0 0 21
See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 7 7 0 7 21
Warriors 7 7 0 10 24
See also: 2019 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

At Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 0 7 0 7 14
Rams 7 7 7 21 42
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

Franklin Pierce

1 2 3 4 Total
Ravens 0 0 0 0 0
Warriors 21 20 10 6 57
See also: Franklin Pierce Ravens football

At LIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 10 7 0 7 24
Sharks 0 0 0 10 10
See also: 2019 LIU Sharks football team

References

  1. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Merrimack College Athletics. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Merrimack Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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