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Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 5–7 (4–5 Southland) |
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Offensive coordinator | Cody Crill (2nd season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Justin Deason (2nd season) |
Base defense | Multiple [1] |
Home stadium | Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Nicholls +^ | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Central Arkansas +^ | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana ^ | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 6 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. They were led by second-year head coach Eric Morris. They finished the season 5–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 6th place.
On July 11, 2019, the Southland Conference announced their Preseason All-Conference Teams, with the Cardinals having five players selected. [2]
Offense Second Team
On July 18, 2019, the Southland announced their preseason poll, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in third place. UIW also received one first place vote. [3]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Nicholls | 200 (20) |
2 | Central Arkansas | 154 |
3 | Incarnate Word | 150 (1) |
4 | Sam Houston State | 146 |
5 | Lamar | 123 |
6 | McNeese | 114 |
7 | Abilene Christian | 112 (1) |
8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 |
9 | Stephen F. Austin | 63 |
10 | Northwestern State | 56 |
11 | Houston Baptist | 21 |
UIW announced its 2019 football schedule on February 13, 2019. The schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games.
Source: [4] [5]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 5:00 p.m. | at UTSA * |
| ESPN3 | L 7–35 | 26,787 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern * |
| ESPN+ | W 63–44 | 3,637 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | L 6–45 | 8,196 | |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Abilene Christian |
| UIWtv | W 31–24 | 2,989 |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Houston Baptist | ESPN3 | W 38–36 | 2,289 | |
October 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN+ | W 27–21 | 6,345 | |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | Lamar |
| ESPN3 | W 35–17 | 3,048 |
October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Northwestern State ![]() |
| UIWtv | L 41–44 OT | 3,373 |
November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 25 Nicholls |
| ESPN3 | L 23–27 | 3,928 |
November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 6,321 | |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State * | FloSports | L 28–41 | 25,804 | |
November 22 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 11 Central Arkansas |
| ESPN+ | L 35–52 | 2,668 |
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Source: [6]
Name | Position | Alma mater | Joined staff |
Eric Morris | Head coach | Texas Tech (2008) | 2018 |
Josh Kirkland | Assistant head coach / Running Backs | West Texas A&M (2010) | 2018 |
Cody Crill | Offensive coordinator | Angelo State (2002) | 2018 |
Justin Deason | Defensive coordinator | Central Oklahoma (2003) | 2018 |
Brandon Lechtenberg | Linebackers / Special Teams Coordinator | Nebraska | 2018 |
Brett Watson | Interior Defensive Line / Academic Coordinator | West Texas A&M (2009) | 2018 |
Darren Garrigan | Defensive backs / Pass Game Coordinator | West Texas A&M (2009) | 2018 |
Steve Foley | Defensive ends | Louisiana-Monroe (1997) | 2018 |
Jordan Shoemaker | Offensive line / Run Game Coordinator | Houston (2011) | 2018 |
Jordan Davis | Wide receivers / Academic Coordinator | Texas Tech (2014) | 2018 |
Mack Leftwich | Quarterbacks | UTEP (2017) | 2018 |
Clint Killough | Quality control / On Campus Recruiting Coordinator | Incarnate Word (2015) | 2018 |
Scotty Yates | Quality control | Texas A&M University–Commerce (2015) | 2019 |
Beau Blair | Football Assistant – Offensive Line | Stephen F. Austin (2014) | 2019 |
Bret Huth | Director of Strength and Conditioning | John Carroll (2010) | 2018 |
Tad Blaylock | Assistant AD / Football Operations | Mississippi State (2012) | 2018 |
Miguel Rodriguez | Player Personnel | UTSA (2014) | 2017 |
Source: [7]
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The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2019 season: [8]
All–Southland Conference Third–Team
OL Terence Hickman II – Senior
OL Brandon Floores – Senior
LB Kelechi Anyalebechi – Sophomore
DB Jaylon Jimmerson – Freshman
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Roadrunners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
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Tigers | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
Cardinals | 14 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 63 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Bearkats | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
at Bowers Stadium, Huntsville, Texas
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Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
Cardinals | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
Huskies | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 36 |
at Husky Stadium, Houston, Texas
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Cardinals | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
No. 23 Lions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, Louisiana
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Cardinals (LU) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Cardinals (UIW) | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Demons | 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 44 |
Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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No. 25 Colonels | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
Cardinals | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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Cardinals | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Lumberjacks | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
at Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, Texas
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Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Aggies | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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No. 11 Bears | 3 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 52 |
Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium, San Antonio, Texas
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