# 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

The 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team represented Norfolk State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Latrell Scott and played their home games at William "Dick" Price Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place.

## Preseason
### MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Spartans were predicted to finish in seventh place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | North Carolina A&T | 304 (12) |
| 2 | Bethune–Cookman | 237 (1) |
| 3 | Florida A&M | 204 (2) |
| 4 | Howard | 166 |
| 5 | North Carolina Central | 161 (1) |
| 6 | South Carolina State | 152 |
| 7 | Norfolk State | 119 (1) |
| 8 | Morgan State | 87 (1) |
| 9 | Delaware State | 46 |

### Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Spartans had six players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion* | S.B. Ballard StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 21,944 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Virginia State* | William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | W 44–21 | 15,538 |
| September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Coastal Carolina* | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 7–46 | 13,659 |
| September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Montana State* | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | Pluto TV | L 21–56 | 17,647 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Florida A&M | William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | L 28–30 | 8,249 |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 North Carolina A&T | William "Dick Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | L 19–58 | 11,062 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard | William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. | ESPN3 | W 49–21 | 7,532 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bethune–Cookman | Daytona StadiumDaytona Beach, FL | ESPN3 | L 22–35 | 2,135 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Morgan State | William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | W 48–0 | 15,628 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at North Carolina Central | O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC | ESPN3 | W 38–21 | 12,319 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Delaware State | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN3 | W 33–17 | 827 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | South Carolina State | William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | L 17–20 $^{OT}$ | 2,844 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| Monarchs | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |

### Virginia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Trojans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Spartans | 7 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 44 |

### At Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Chanticleers | 12 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 46 |

### At Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 8 Bobcats | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Florida A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rattlers | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Spartans | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### North Carolina A&T

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Aggies | 13 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 58 |
| Spartans | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 19 |

### At Howard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
| Bison | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### At Bethune–Cookman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 35 |

### Morgan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spartans | 17 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 48 |

### At North Carolina Central

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Eagles | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Delaware State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 0 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| Hornets | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### South Carolina State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Spartans | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |