2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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2019 UTSA Roadrunners football
UTSA Roadrunners logo.svg
Conference Conference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Kastl (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Jason Rollins (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Alamodome
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Conference USA football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$  7 1   11 3  
Marshall  6 2   8 5  
Western Kentucky  6 2   9 4  
Charlotte  5 3   7 6  
Middle Tennessee  3 5   4 8  
FIU  3 5   6 7  
Old Dominion  0 8   1 11  
West Division
UAB xy  6 2   9 5  
Louisiana Tech x  6 2   10 3  
Southern Miss  5 3   7 6  
North Texas  3 5   4 8  
UTSA  3 5   4 8  
Rice  3 5   3 9  
UTEP  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant

The 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Wilson who was terminated at the end of the season.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Wuerffel Trophy [1] Andrew MartelLBSR
Patrick Mannelly Award [2] Grant MerkaLSSR

CUSA media poll

Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Roadrunners predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division. [3]

West Division
Predicted finishTeam (# of 1st place votes)
1North Texas (20)
2Southern Miss (4)
3Louisiana Tech
4UAB (2)
5UTSA
6Rice
7UTEP

Preseason All-Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA [4]

All-CUSA Offense [4]
PositionPlayerClass
OL Josh DunlopSr.
All-CUSA Defense [4]
PositionPlayerClass
No players were selected
All-CUSA Special Teams [4]
PositionPlayerClass
KR Brett WinneganSr.

Schedule

UTSA announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. [5] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m. Incarnate Word *
ESPN3 W 35–726,787
September 73:00 p.m.at Baylor * FSN L 14–6340,274
September 142:30 p.m. Army *
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
NFLN L 13–3130,718
September 216:30 p.m.at North Texas Stadium L 3–4519,922
October 57:00 p.m.at UTEP ESPN+ W 26–1613,876
October 125:00 p.m. UAB
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 14–3315,728
October 195:00 p.m. Rice Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN3W 31–2717,657
November 211:00 a.m.at Texas A&M * SECN L 14–45100,635
November 91:00 p.m.at Old Dominion ESPN3W 24–2316,297
November 165:00 p.m. Southern Miss
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 17–3614,179
November 235:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 26–4014,335
November 302:30 p.m.at Louisiana Tech ESPN+L 27–4114,782
Schedule Source: [6]

Game summaries

Incarnate Word

Hometown Showdown
Incarnate Word Cardinals at UTSA Roadrunners
Quarter1234Total
Cardinals07007
Roadrunners7147735

at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

  • Date: August 31, 2019
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 26,787
  • Referee: Joe Lehring
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McLane (analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information

At Baylor

Pregame lineOver/under
BU –25.5
Texas–San Antonio at Baylor – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Roadrunners007714
Bears1421141463

at McLane Stadium, Waco, TX

  • Date: September 7
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 99 °F (37 °C); fair
  • Game attendance: 40,274
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV: FOX Sports
Game information
StatisticsUTSABaylor
First downs1425
Total yards266546
Rushing yards164368
Passing yards102178
Turnovers10
Time of possession31:3128:29

Army

1234Total
Black Knights10071431
Roadrunners007613

At North Texas

1234Total
Roadrunners03003
Mean Green71714745

At UTEP

1234Total
Roadrunners7361026
Miners037616

UAB

1234Total
Blazers31371033
Roadrunners077014

Rice

Pregame lineOver/under
Rice–5.5
Rice at Texas–San Antonio – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Owls3714327
Roadrunners7017731

at Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

  • Date: October 19, 2019
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 17,657
  • Referee: Rodney Burnette
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McClane (analyst) & Brooke Shoemaker (sideline)
Game information
StatisticsRiceUTSA
First downs2119
Total yards369361
Rushing yards146149
Passing yards223212
Turnovers41
Time of possession34:4425:16

At Texas A&M

1234Total
Roadrunners700714
Aggies147141045

Statistics

StatisticsUTSATexas A&M
First downs1423
Total yards231505
Rushing yards93267
Passing yards138238
Turnovers11
Time of possession24:1735:43
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UTSAPassingLowell Narcisse7–14, 90 yards
RushingLowell Narcisse15 carries, 54 yards, TD
Receiving Zakhari Franklin 4 receptions, 46 yards
Texas A&MPassing Kellen Mond 16–21, 211 yards, TD
Rushing Isaiah Spiller 20 carries, 217 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Jhamon Ausbon 5 receptions, 90 yards

At Old Dominion

1234Total
Roadrunners10001424
Monarchs10103023

Southern Miss

1234Total
Golden Eagles7913736
Roadrunners737017

Florida Atlantic

1234Total
Owls71016740
Roadrunners3081526

At Louisiana Tech

Pregame lineOver/under
Louisiana Tech–20.5
Texas–San Antonio at Louisiana Tech – Game summary
Quarter1234Total
Roadrunners1073727
Bulldogs141010741

at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA

  • Date: November 30
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 14,782
  • TV: ESPN+
Game information
StatisticsUTSALouisiana Tech
First downs1724
Total yards408499
Rushing yards128168
Passing yards280331
Turnovers22
Time of possession27:4532:15

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References

  1. "2019 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List". July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  2. "2019 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List" (PDF). August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  4. 1 2 3 4 "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. "Conference USA unveils 2019 football schedule". University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  6. "2019 UTSA Roadrunners Football Schedule". UTSA Athletic Department. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.