2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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2019 Tennessee State Tigers football
Tennessee State Tigers wordmark.svg
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record3–9 (2–6 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShannon Harris (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGarry Fisher (3rd season)
Home stadium Nissan Stadium
Hale Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
Tennessee State  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.

Contents

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 finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State135 (15)
2Southeast Missouri State115
3Eastern Kentucky99
4Austin Peay84
5Tennessee State75
6UT Martin58
7Murray State55
8Eastern Illinois38
9Tennessee Tech16

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

1234Total
Delta Devils067720
Tigers7310626

At Middle Tennessee

1234Total
Tigers6013726
Blue Raiders010142145

Vs. Jackson State

1234Total
JSU Tigers21714749
TSU Tigers7792144

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1234Total
Golden Lions71261237
Tigers7314731

At Eastern Kentucky

1234Total
Tigers367016
Colonels71471442

At Jacksonville State

1234Total
Tigers1733023
No. 21 Gamecocks3147731

Murray State

1234Total
Racers71401031
Tigers730717

Austin Peay

1234Total
No. 20 Governors1077024
Tigers0971026

Southeast Missouri State

1234Total
No. 18 Redhawks9610732
Tigers007613

Eastern Illinois

1234Total
Panthers147141449
Tigers14213038

At UT Martin

1234Total
Tigers737017
Skyhawks7071428

At Tennessee Tech

1234Total
Tigers010131437
Golden Eagles14130027

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
7227 Lachavious Simmons OG Chicago Bears

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