2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team

2019 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record3–9 (2–6 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShannon Harris (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGarry Fisher (3rd season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
Hale Stadium
2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Austin Peay +^   7 – 1     9 – 3  
No. 17 Southeast Missouri State +^   7 – 1     9 – 3  
UT Martin   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Eastern Kentucky   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Tennessee Tech   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Jacksonville State   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Murray State   2 – 6     4 – 8  
  2 – 6     3 – 9  
Eastern Illinois   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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

Preseason coaches' poll

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

The Tigers had four players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]

Headlines

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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
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

[4][5]

Game summaries

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 6 7 7 20
Tigers 7 3 10 6 26
See also: 2019 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

At Middle Tennessee

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 6 0 13 7 26
Blue Raiders 0 10 14 21 45
See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Vs. Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
JSU Tigers 21 7 14 7 49
TSU Tigers 7 7 9 21 44
See also: 2019 Jackson State Tigers football team

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 7 12 6 12 37
Tigers 7 3 14 7 31
See also: 2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

At Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 6 7 0 16
Colonels 7 14 7 14 42
See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

At Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 17 3 3 0 23
No. 21 Gamecocks 3 14 7 7 31
See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 7 14 0 10 31
Tigers 7 3 0 7 17
See also: 2019 Murray State Racers football team

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Governors 10 7 7 0 24
Tigers 0 9 7 10 26
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Redhawks 9 6 10 7 32
Tigers 0 0 7 6 13
See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 14 7 14 14 49
Tigers 14 21 3 0 38
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

At UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 3 7 0 17
Skyhawks 7 0 7 14 28
See also: 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

At Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 10 13 14 37
Golden Eagles 14 13 0 0 27
See also: 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
7 227 Lachavious Simmons OG Chicago Bears

References

  1. ^ "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Organ, Mike. "Tennessee State QB Demry Croft charged with six counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Football | Schedule | Official Site of Tennessee State Athletics". TSUTigers.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Tennessee State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
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