# 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team

The 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as fifth-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 5–1 in Big South play to finish in second place. The Owls received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Wofford in the first round before losing to Weber State in the second round.

## Preseason
### Big South poll

In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Owls were predicted to finish in first place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Kennesaw State | 134 (14) |
| 2 | Monmouth | 122 (5) |
| 3 | Charleston Southern | 79 (1) |
| 4 | Campbell | 73 |
| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 67 |
| 6 | Hampton | 64 |
| 7 | Presbyterian | 21 |
| — | North Alabama | n/a |

### Preseason All–Big South team

The Owls had six players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Point* | No. 10 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN+ | W 59–0 | 8,300 |
| September 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Kent State* | No. 9 | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN3 | L 23–26 $^{OT}$ | 18,679 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Alabama State* | No. 9 | New ASU StadiumMontgomery, AL | ASU All Access | W 42–7 | 15,887 |
| September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Missouri State* | No. 7 | Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | W 35–24 | 11,421 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Reinhardt* | No. 6 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN+ | W 31–7 | 6,978 |
| October 12 | 3:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | No. 7 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | W 45–23 | 8,258 |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at Presbyterian | No. 6 | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 55–10 | 1,635 |
| October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | North Alabama | No. 6 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | W 41–17 | 4,546 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Monmouth | No. 5 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | L 21–45 | 4,464 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Campbell | No. 15 | Barker–Lane StadiumBuies Creek, NC | ESPN+ | W 38–35 | 5,039 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | No. 16 | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | W 50–7 | 3,612 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | No. 16 | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3/ESPN+ | W 42–14 | 4,383 |
| November 30 | 3:00 p.m | at No. 11 Wofford* | No. 15 | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round) | ESPN3 | W 28–21 | 1,992 |
| December 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Weber State* | No. 15 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | L 20–26 | 5,422 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Point

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 10 Owls | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 59 |

### At Kent State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| No. 9 Owls | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Golden Flashes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 |

### At Alabama State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 9 Owls | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### At Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Owls | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| Bears | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 24 |

### Reinhardt

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 6 Owls | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| No. 7 Owls | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Owls | 14 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### North Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| No. 6 Owls | 6 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 3 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| No. 5 Owls | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Campbell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Owls | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Fighting Camels | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Owls | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 50 |
| Pirates | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 16 Owls | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## FCS Playoffs

The Owls were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Wofford.

### At Wofford–First Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Owls | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| No. 11 Terriers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Weber State–Second Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Owls | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 26 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
| Coaches | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 |