2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	4–8 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach	Trei Oliver (1st season)
Home stadium	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium

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 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Trei Oliver, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–5, placing sixth in the MEAC. North Carolina Central played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Eagles were predicted to finish in fifth place.

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

The Eagles had seven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.

First Team Offense

Isaiah Totten – RB

Second Team Offense

Andrew Dale – OL

Third Team Offense

Somadina Okezie-Okeke – C

Ricky Lee – OL

First Team Defense

Darius Royster – DL

Kawuan Cox – DL

Third Team Defense

Branden Bailey – LB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:00 p.m.	at Austin Peay*	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	L 10–41	7,512
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Towson*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	L 3–42	8,322
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb*	Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	ESPN+	L 12–21	4,315
September 21	4:00 p.m.	Elizabeth City State*	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	NCCU Sports Network	W 45–7	6,025
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	ESPN3	W 27–17	7,609
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN3	L 21–28	25,679
October 10	6:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 13–27	5,261
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Delaware State	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 30–23	5,026
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at Howard	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 28–6	1,096
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Norfolk State	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 21–38	12,319
November 16	2:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 0–24	3,043
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at No. 25 North Carolina A&T	BB&T Stadium Greensboro, NC (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 0–54	19,853
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	0	7	10
Governors	7	24	3	7	41

See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

At Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	3	3
No. 8 Tigers	14	14	14	0	42

See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team

At Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	6	0	3	12
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	7	7	21

See also: 2019 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Elizabeth City State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	0	0	7
Eagles	10	14	7	14	45

See also: Elizabeth City State Vikings football

At Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	13	7	7	27
Bears	0	3	7	7	17

See also: 2019 Morgan State Bears football team

At Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	7	7	21
Rattlers	7	7	0	14	28

See also: 2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Bethune–Cookman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	7	13	27
Eagles	0	3	0	10	13

See also: 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	10	0	10	23
Eagles	0	16	7	7	30

See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

At Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	7	14	28
Bison	0	0	0	6	6

See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

Norfolk State

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

See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	10	0	24
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

At North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
No. 25 Aggies	16	14	24	0	54

See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team