American college football season
The 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by third-year head coach Danny Rocco , the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware . The stadium underwent renovations prior to the 2019 season.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in fifth place.[ 1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
James Madison
238 (20)
2
Towson
217 (3)
3
Maine
201 (1)
4
Elon
164
5
Delaware
162
6
Stony Brook
151
7
New Hampshire
109
8
Rhode Island
104
9
Villanova
84
10
Richmond
62
11
William & Mary
58
12
Albany
34
Preseason All–CAA team[ edit ] The Fightin' Blue Hens had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[ 1]
Offense
Mario Farinella – OL
Special teams
Nick Pritchard – P
Delaware scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs.[ 2] Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Delaware State * No. 22 FloSports W 31–1315,894
September 7 7:00 p.m. at Rhode Island No. 21 FloSports W 44–36 3OT 8,511
September 14 1:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 18 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE NBCSP L 22–4714,489
September 21 1:00 p.m. Penn * No. 20 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE YouTube W 28–2711,782
September 28 12:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh * No. 20 ACCRSN L 14–1768,400
October 12 2:00 p.m. at Elon No. 15 FloSports L 7–425,572
October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 22 New Hampshire No. 24 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports W 16–1016,730
October 26 1:00 p.m. Richmond No. 19 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports L 25–3515,308
November 2 2:00 p.m. at No. 21 Towson FloSports L 24–315,522
November 9 1:00 p.m. Albany Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports L 17–2113,742
November 16 1:00 p.m. Stony Brook Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports W 17–1011,981
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 10 Villanova FloSports L 33–555,319
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 4] [ 5]
Name
Position
Year
Alma mater
Danny Rocco
Head coach
3rd
Wake Forest (1984)
Jared Ambrose
Offensive coordinator
3rd
Shepherd (2007)
Chris Cosh
Defensive coordinator/defensive backs
3rd
Virginia Tech (1984)
Bill Cubit
Assistant head coach/running backs
1st
Delaware (1973)
Levern Belin
Defensive line coach
3rd
Wake Forest (1991)
Holman Copeland
Assistant coach - Corners
1st
Jalen Kindle
Assistant coach
2nd
Delaware (2017)
Dave Legg
Assistant coach – Outside linebackers/special teams
1st
Gregory Meyer
Tight ends coach
2nd
Buffalo State (2009)
Bill Polin
Offensive line coach/recruiting coordinator
3rd
Colby (2000)
Clint Sintim
Outside linebackers coach
3rd
Virginia (2009)
Alex Wood
Wide receivers coach
2nd
Iowa (1978)
Tony Palmieri
Video coordinator
3rd
North Florida (2009)
Carl Kotz
Director of football operations
3rd
Clemson (2003)
Chris Stewart
Strength and conditioning
3rd
Western Carolina (1998)
Felicia Bergman
Director of Football Advising
3rd
Colorado State (2009)
Jude Moser
Administrative Assistant
10th
University of Delaware (1984)
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
3
3
0
7
13
No. 22 Fightin' Blue Hens
3
13
9
6
31
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
No. 21 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
0
14
8 7 7 8
44
Rams
3
10
0
9 7 7 0
36
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Bison
10
17
6
14
47
No. 18 Fightin' Blue Hens
5
0
3
14
22
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
7
7
7
6
27
No. 20 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
0
14
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
7
7
0
14
Panthers
0
10
0
7
17
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
0
0
7
7
Phoenix
7
0
21
14
42
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Wildcats
0
10
0
0
10
No. 24 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
10
3
3
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Spiders
21
7
7
0
35
No. 19 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
3
15
0
25
1
2
3
4
Total
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
7
7
3
24
No. 21 Tigers
7
17
0
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
7
7
0
7
21
Fightin' Blue Hens
0
17
0
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Seawolves
0
10
0
0
10
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
3
0
7
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
10
0
16
33
No. 10 Wildcats
20
14
14
7
55
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