# 2019 North Alabama Lions football team

The 2019 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium as a first-year member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–4 in Big South play, however due to their transition to NCAA Division I, their official conference record is 0–0.

## Preseason
### Big South poll

The Big South preseason poll was released on July 21, 2019. Due to their transition to NCAA Division I, North Alabama was not ranked.
| 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 Lions had one player selected to the preseason all-Big South team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Western Illinois* | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | W 26–17 | 10,576 |
| September 7 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Montana* | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | Pluto TV | L 17–61 | 24,023 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Alabama A&M* | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | L 24–31 | 12,767 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Jacksonville State* | JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 12–30 | 21,976 |
| September 28 | 3:00 p.m. | Presbyterian | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | W 41–21 | 8,573 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | ESPN+ | L 34–40 | 4,213 |
| October 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | L 20–25 | 6,878 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Kennesaw State | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | L 17–41 | 4,546 |
| November 2 | 1:30 p.m. | Campbell | Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL | ESPN+ | W 25–24 | 8,953 |
| November 9 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 19 Monmouth | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN+ | L 38–49 | 3,132 |
| November 16 | 12:30 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | Ernest W. Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | ESPN+ | W 34–30 | 1,486 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Leathernecks | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Lions | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 26 |

### At Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Grizzlies | 10 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 61 |

### Alabama A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Lions | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 |

### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| No. 10 Gamecocks | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 30 |

### Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Lions | 7 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 41 |

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 2 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| Pirates | 6 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 40 |

### Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| Lions | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 |

### At Kennesaw State

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

### Campbell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fighting Camels | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Lions | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 25 |

### At Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| No. 19 Hawks | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 49 |

### At Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 |