2019 Colonial Athletic Association football season

2019 CAA football season
2019 CAA football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2019 – November 23, 2019
Teams	12
CAA football seasons
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LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship

SportFootball

DurationAugust 29, 2019 – November 23, 2019

Teams12

2019 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^	8	–	0	14	–	2
No. 18 Albany ^	6	–	2	9	–	5
No. 15 Villanova ^	5	–	3	9	–	4
New Hampshire	5	–	3	6	–	5
Towson	4	–	4	7	–	5
Maine	4	–	4	6	–	6
Elon	4	–	4	5	–	6
Richmond	4	–	4	5	–	7
Delaware	3	–	5	5	–	7
William & Mary	3	–	5	5	–	7
Stony Brook	2	–	6	5	–	7
Rhode Island	0	–	8	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association football season was the thirteenth season of football for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Team	Coach	Season	Overall Record	Record at School	CAA Record
Albany	Greg Gattuso	6th	121–64 (.654)	24–32 (.429)	12–28 (.300)
Delaware	Danny Rocco	3rd	104–51 (.671)	14–9 (.609)	36–21 (.632)
Elon	Tony Trisciani	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
James Madison	Curt Cignetti	1st	67–26 (.720)	0–0 (–)	10–5 (.667)
Maine	Nick Charlton	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)
New Hampshire	Sean McDonnell	21st	154–95 (.618)	154–95 (.618)	98–65 (.601)
Rhode Island	Jim Fleming	6th	34–44 (.436)	13–43 (.232)	9–31 (.225)
Richmond	Russ Huesman	3rd	69–49 (.585)	10–12 (.455)	6–10 (.375)
Stony Brook	Chuck Priore	14th	123–75 (.621)	84–67 (.556)	26–22 (.542)
Towson	Rob Ambrose	11th	62–66 (.484)	59–59 (.500)	38–42 (.475)
Villanova	Mark Ferrante	3rd	10–12 (.455)	10–12 (.455)	5–11 (.313)
William & Mary	Mike London	1st	62–61 (.504)	0–0 (–)	13–3 (.813)

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Receiving votes

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
Albany	S								RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	25	18
Albany	C									RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	20
Delaware	S	22	21	18	20	20	19	15	24	19	RV	RV
Delaware	C	23	21	T–18	20	19	18	15	24	19	RV
Elon	S	21	RV	25	22	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Elon	C	21	RV	RV	22	24	RV		RV		RV
James Madison	S	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
James Madison	C	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maine	S	7	6	7	12	T–12	20	18	RV		RV			RV		RV
Maine	C	7	6	9	16	16	22	20	RV
New Hampshire	S	RV	RV					RV	22	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV
New Hampshire	C	RV	RV					RV	23	RV	RV	25	RV
Rhode Island	S	RV
Rhode Island	C		RV
Richmond	S	RV	RV						RV		RV	RV	RV
Richmond	C		RV										RV
Stony Brook	S	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	22	RV		20	RV
Stony Brook	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	23	RV		RV	RV
Towson	S	11	8	8	5	10	9	9	18	16	21	21	20	19	RV	RV
Towson	C	12	9	8	5	10	T–10	9	20	17	22	21	21	20	RV	RV
Villanova	S	RV	24	22	18	8	5	5	7	5	11	18	13	10	8	15
Villanova	C		RV	23	18	13	8	7	7	6	11	19	16	14	10	15
William & Mary	S				RV
William & Mary	C		RV		RV

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Albany	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	L 21–38	12,207	^[3]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Delaware State	No. 22 Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	W 31–13	15,894	^[4]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Jacksonville	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	W 38–19	7,702	^[5]
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Bryant	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	W 35–10	9,652	^[6]
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	No. 7 Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	W 42–14	7,478	^[7]
August 31	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	L 13–20	61,891	^[8]
August 31	2:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	L 20–41	16,665	^[9]
August 31	3:00 p.m.	No. 11 Towson	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 28–21	8,008	^[10]
August 31	6:00 p.m.	No. 21 Elon	North Carolina A&T	BB&T Stadium • Greensboro, NC	L 21–24	16,258	^[11]
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Lafayette	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	W 30–17	10,167	^[12]

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Chris Ferguson	Maine	Jaquan Amos	Villanova	Hollis Mathis	William & Mary	Mitchell Wright	Stony Brook

2019 Colonial Athletic Association football season

Rankings

Regular season

Week Zero

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

FCS playoffs

Attendance

NFL draft

References

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 6	8:00 p.m.	William & Mary	Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 17–52	45,250	^[14]
September 7	1:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Holy Cross	Fitton Field • Worcester, MA	L 10–13	8,372	^[15]
September 7	2:00 p.m.	The Citadel	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	W 35–28	5,071	^[16]
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Richmond	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 13–45	30,111	^[17]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Saint Francis	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	W 44–7	22,422	^[18]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 6 Maine	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	L 18–26	17,202	^[19]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central	No. 8 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	W 42–3	8,322	^[20]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Lehigh	No. 24 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	W 38–10	8,319	^[21]
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Bryant	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	W 45–3	5,014	^[22]
September 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Delaware	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	DEL 44–36^3OT	8,511	^[23]
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Stony Brook	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	L 7–62	22,247	^[24]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 14	1:00 p.m.	Albany	Monmouth	Kessler Stadium • West Long Branch, NJ	L 35–38^OT	2,329	^[26]
September 14	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	No. 18 Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	L 22–47	14,489	^[27]
September 14	4:00 p.m.	Morgan State	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	W 62–12	19,777	^[28]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 25 Elon	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	ELON 42–20	7,703	^[29]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Wagner	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	W 26–10	5,742	^[30]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 22 Villanova	Bucknell	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium • Lewisburg, PA	W 45–10	3,649	^[31]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Colgate	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	W 38–10	6,777	^[32]
September 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 Towson	No. 7 Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	TOW 45–23	6,256	^[33]
September 14	7:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Florida International	Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL	L 17–30	11,756	^[34]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 21	noon	No. 22 Elon	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–49	24,079	^[36]
September 21	noon	No. 12 Maine	Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY	W 35–21	5,606	^[37]
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Penn	No. 20 Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	W 28–27	11,782	^[38]
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Lafayette	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	W 36–7	3,241	^[39]
September 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	W 37–14	8,795	^[40]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 27–24	7,519	^[41]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Fordham	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	W 45–10	6,204	^[42]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	No. 18 Villanova	No. 5 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	VILL 52–45	8,811	^[43]
September 21	6:00 p.m.	William & Mary	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	L 7–19	38,094	^[44]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 28	12:30 p.m.	No. 20 Delaware	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 14–17	44,141	^[46]
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Duquesne	New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	W 23–6	7,920	^[47]
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Richmond	Fordham	Coffey Field • The Bronx, NY	L 16–23	5,578	^[48]
September 28	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison	No. 24 Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	JMU 45–10	11,926	^[49]
September 28	3:30 p.m.	William & Mary	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ALB 39–31	3,329	^[50]
September 28	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Maine	No. 8 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	VILL 33–17	10,071	^[51]
September 28	4:00 p.m.	No. 10 Towson	No. 9 (FBS) Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 0–38	79,126	^[52]
September 28	7:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	SBU 31–27	6,104	^[53]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 5	12:30 p.m.	Rhode Island	Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI	W 31–28	5,077	^[55]
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Albany	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	RICH 23–20	8,061	^[56]
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Elon	New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 26–10	17,132	^[57]
October 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 Villanova	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	VILL 35–28	9,164	^[58]
October 5	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison	No. 24 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	JMU 45–38^OT	12,812	^[59]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 12	noon	Richmond	No. 18 Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	RICH 24–17	5,126	^[61]
October 12	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Villanova	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	JMU 38–24	25,076	^[62]
October 12	2:00 p.m.	Albany	No. 9 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	ALB 38–21	4,809	^[63]
October 12	2:00 p.m.	No. 15 Delaware	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	ELON 42–7	5,572	^[64]
October 12	4:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 17–34	51,716	^[65]
October 12	6:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	No. 22 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	UNH 20–14	5,599	^[66]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 19	1:00 p.m.	No. 22 New Hampshire	No. 24 Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	DEL 16–10	16,730	^[68]
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Rhode Island	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ALB 35–28	7,763	^[69]
October 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 James Madison	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	JMU 38–10	11,821	^[70]
October 19	4:00 p.m.	Bucknell	No. 18 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	W 56–7	6,114	^[71]
October 19	6:00 p.m.	Maine	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	L 44–59	18,657	^[72]
October 19	6:00 p.m.	Yale	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 27–28	7,510	^[73]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Richmond	No. 19 Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	RICH 35–25	15,308	^[75]
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Elon	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	ELON 38–13	8,911	^[76]
October 26	1:00 p.m.	William & Mary	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	MAINE 34–25	8,123	^[77]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Towson	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	JMU 27–10	23,983	^[78]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Stony Brook	No. 5 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	SBU 36–35	5,109	^[79]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 Villanova	New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 28–20	7,895	^[81]
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	URI 42–14	3,091	^[82]
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Delaware	No. 21 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	TOW 31–24	5,522	^[83]
November 2	2:00 p.m.	William & Mary	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	W&M 31–29^5OT	9,216	^[84]
November 2	3:00 p.m.	No. 20 Stony Brook	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	RICH 30–10	7,209	^[85]
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Maine	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	MAINE 47–31	3,315	^[86]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Albany	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	ALB 21–17	13,742	^[88]
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	W&M 55–19	7,063	^[89]
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Richmond	No. 18 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	VILL 35–28	4,151	^[90]
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Maine	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	MAINE 31–17	4,424	^[91]
November 9	2:00 p.m.	No. 21 Towson	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	TOW 31–14	5,034	^[92]
November 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 New Hampshire	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	JMU 54–16	19,660	^[93]

Index to colors and formatting
CAA member won
CAA member lost
CAA teams in bold

Round #	Pick #	NFL team	Player	Position	College
5	171	Houston Texans	Isaiah Coulter	WR	Rhode Island
7	231	Dallas Cowboys	Ben DiNucci	QB	James Madison

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 15	7:00 p.m.	LIU	No. 13 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	VILL 35–7	3,051	^[95]
November 16	noon	Rhode Island	Maine	Alfond Stadium • Orono, ME	MAINE 34–30	4,908	^[96]
November 16	1:00 p.m.	New Hampshire	Albany	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ALB 24–17	2,486	^[97]
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Stony Brook	Delaware	Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE	DEL 17–10	11,981	^[98]
November 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 20 Towson	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	TOW 31–10	6,738	^[99]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	Richmond	No. 2 James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	JMU 48–6	21,947	^[100]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	noon	No. 2 James Madison	Rhode Island	Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI	JMU 55–21	2,815	^[102]
November 23	noon	William & Mary	Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA	W&M 21–15^OT	7,020	^[103]
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Delaware	No. 10 Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	VILL 55–33	5,319	^[104]
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Maine	New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH	UNH 28–10	10,061	^[105]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Albany	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	ALB 31–26	6,171	^[106]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Elon	No. 19 Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD	ELON 25–23	4,537	^[107]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Round	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Central Connecticut	No. 25 Albany	First Round	Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ESPN3	W 42–14	1,660	^[109]
November 30	4:00 p.m.	No. 8 Villanova	Southeastern Louisiana	First Round	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	ESPN3	L 44–45	4,173	^[110]
December 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 14 Monmouth	No. 2 James Madison	Second Round	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN3	W 66–21	10,881	^[111]
December 7	3:00 p.m.	No. 25 Albany	No. 5 Montana State	Second Round	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	ESPN3	L 21–47	12,947	^[112]
December 13	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Northern Iowa	No. 2 James Madison	Quarterfinals	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPN2	W 17–0	8,741	^[113]
December 21	6:30 p.m.	No. 4 Weber State	No. 2 James Madison	Semifinals	Bridgeforth Stadium • Harrisonburg, VA	ESPNU	W 30–14	10,487	^[114]
January 11	noon	No. 2 James Madison	No. 1 North Dakota State	Championship	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ABC	L 20–28	17,866	^[115]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Albany	Bob Ford Field	8,500	5,014	3,241	3,329	7,763	3,315	2,486		25,148	4,191	49%
Delaware	Delaware Stadium	16,730	15,894	14,489	11,782	16,730	15,308	13,742	11,981	99,926	14,275	85%
Elon	Rhodes Stadium	11,250	5,071	11,926	5,572	9,216	4,424			36,209	7,242	64%
James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium	24,877	22,422	19,777	25,076	23,983	19,660	21,947		132,865	22,144	89%
Maine	Alfond Stadium	10,000	7,478	6,256	5,126	8,123	4,908			31,531	6,306	63%
New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium	11,015	7,519	7,920	17,132	7,895	10,061			50,527	10,105	92%
Rhode Island	Meade Stadium	6,555	8,511	6,104	8,911	3,091	2,815			29.432	5,886	90%
Richmond	E. Claiborne Robins Stadium	8,217	7,702	7,703	8,061	7,510	7,209	7,020		45,205	7,534	92%
Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium	12,300	9,652	5,742	6,204	12,812	5,599	5,034	6,171	51,214	7,316	59%
Towson	Johnny Unitas Stadium	11,198	8,322	8,811	4,809	6,114	5,522	4,537		38,115	6,353	57%
Villanova	Villanova Stadium	12,500	8,319	10,071	5,109	4,151	3,051	5,319		36,020	6,003	48%
William & Mary	Zable Stadium	12,672	10,167	6,777	9,164	11,821	7,063	6,738		51,730	8,622	68%

v t e Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference
Current teams	Albany Great Danes Bryant Bulldogs Campbell Fighting Camels Elon Phoenix Hampton Pirates Maine Black Bears Monmouth Hawks New Hampshire Wildcats North Carolina A&T Aggies Rhode Island Rams Stony Brook Seawolves Towson Tigers Villanova Wildcats¹ William & Mary Tribe¹
Future teams	Sacred Heart Pioneers²
Championships & awards	All-time standings
Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Predecessors	New England Conference³ Yankee Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
¹leaving in 2026 ²joining in 2026 ³(not officially recognized).