# 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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.

## Preseason
### Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.
| Award | Player | Position | Year |
| Wuerffel Trophy | Andrew Martel | LB | SR |
| Patrick Mannelly Award | Grant Merka | LS | SR |

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

### Preseason All-Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA
All-CUSA Offense :
| Position | Player | Class |
| OL | Josh Dunlop | Sr. |
All-CUSA Defense :
| Position | Player | Class |
| No players were selected |||
All-CUSA Special Teams :
| Position | Player | Class |
| KR | Brett Winnegan | Sr. |

## Schedule

UTSA announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 5:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Hometown Showdown) | ESPN3 | W 35–7 | 26,787 |
| September 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at Baylor* | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FSN | L 14–63 | 40,274 |
| September 14 | 2:30 p.m. | Army* | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | NFLN | L 13–31 | 30,718 |
| September 21 | 6:30 p.m. | at North Texas | Apogee StadiumDenton, TX | Stadium | L 3–45 | 19,922 |
| October 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at UTEP | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ESPN+ | W 26–16 | 13,876 |
| October 12 | 5:00 p.m. | UAB | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 14–33 | 15,728 |
| October 19 | 5:00 p.m. | Rice | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN3 | W 31–27 | 17,657 |
| November 2 | 11:00 a.m. | at Texas A&M* | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX | SECN | L 14–45 | 100,635 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | S.B. Ballard StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | W 24–23 | 16,297 |
| November 16 | 5:00 p.m. | Southern Miss | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 17–36 | 14,179 |
| November 23 | 5:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ESPN+ | L 26–40 | 14,335 |
| November 30 | 2:30 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | ESPN+ | L 27–41 | 14,782 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and College Football Playoff Rankings after November 5 released prior to gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Incarnate Word

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
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 :
First Quarter
UTSA – 9:18 Carlos Strickland II 16 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 7–0 Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 2:24
Second Quarter
UTSA – 14:27 Brenden Brady 10 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 14–0 Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 7:10
UIW – 12:12 Ameer King 11 yard pass from Jon Copeland, Carson Mohr kick UTSA 14–7 Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:15
UTSA – 7:38 Deven Boston 6 yard run, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 21–7 Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards, 4:34
Third Quarter
UTSA – 9:26 Gavin Sharp 5 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 28–7 Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards, 3:31
Fourth Quarter
UTSA – 9:53 Tykee Ogle-Kellogg 36 yard pass from Frank Harris, Hunter Duplessis kick UTSA 35–7 Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 3:36
Passing
UIW – Jon Copeland 15/31, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
UTSA – Frank Harris 28/36, 206 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
UIW – Kevin Brown 6 ATT, 36 YDS
UTSA – Frank Harris 15 ATT, 123 YDS
Receiving
UIW – Lamont Johnson 5 REC, 70 YDS
UTSA – Brenden Brady 5 REC, 47 YDS :

### At Baylor

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| BU –25.5 | |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Bears | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
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 :
First quarter
(08:22) BAY TD – Denzel Mims 9-yard pass from Charlie Brewer, John Mayers kick Baylor 7–0; Drive: 4 plays, 70 yards, 1:23
(00:43) BAY TD – Charlie Brewer 5-yard rush, John Mayers kick Baylor 14–0; Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 3:50
Second quarter
(09:27) BAY TD – Denzel Mims 30-yard pass from Charlie Brewer, John Mayers kick Baylor 21–0; Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards, 4:02
(07:09) BAY TD – Grayland Arnold 73-yard punt returned, John Mayers kick Baylor 28–0; Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards, 2:18
(01:30) BAY TD – Denzel Mims 26-yard pass from Charlie Brewer, John Mayers kick Baylor 35–0; Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:06
Third quarter
(11:25) BAY TD – Gerry Bohanon 3-yard rush, John Mayers kick Baylor 42–0; Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 3:35
(06:11) BAY TD – JaMycal Hasty 1-yard rush, John Mayers kick Baylor 49–0; Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards, 2:50
(00:03) UTSA TD – Sincere McCormick 2-yard rush, Hunter Duplessis kick Baylor 49–7; Drive: 16 plays, 79 yards, 6:08
Fourth quarter
(12:22) UTSA TD – Sincere McCormick 54-yard rush, Hunter Duplessis kick Baylor 49–14; Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, 1:46
(08:30) BAY TD – Chris Platt 15-yard rush, Noah Rauschenberg kick Baylor 56–14; Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards, 0:43
(05:33) BAY TD – Qualan Jones 61-yard rush, Noah Rauschenberg kick Baylor 63–14; Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 1:37
Top passers
UTSA – Frank Harris – 15/24, 93 yards
BAY – Charlie Brewer – 12/16, 163 yards, 3 TD
Top rushers
UTSA – Sincere McCormick – 12 carries, 87 yards, 2 TD
BAY – Gerry Bohanon – 7 carries, 93 yards, TD
Top receivers
UTSA – Joshua Cephus – 2 receptions, 23 yards
BAY – Denzel Mims – 7 receptions, 101 yards, 3 TD :
| Statistics | UTSA | Baylor |
| First downs | 14 | 25 |
| Total yards | 266 | 546 |
| Rushing yards | 164 | 368 |
| Passing yards | 102 | 178 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 31:31 | 28:29 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Knights | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |

### At North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mean Green | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### At UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| Miners | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |

### UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blazers | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| Roadrunners | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### Rice

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Rice | –5.5 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
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 :
First Quarter
(06:03) RICE FG – Chris Barnes 31-yard field goal Drive: 13 plays, 71 yards, 7:23; Rice 3–0
(00:59) UTSA TD – Zakhari Franklin 8-yard pass from Lowell Narcisse, Hunter Duplessis kick Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards, 5:04; UTSA 7–3
Second Quarter
(00:16) RICE TD – August Pitre III 2-yard pass from Wiley Green, Chris Barnes kick Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 3:49; Rice 10–7
Third Quarter
(14:50) UTSA TD – Rashad Wisdom 34-yard interception return, Lucas Dean pass intercepted Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00; UTSA 13–10
(12:33) RICE TD – Brad Rozner 19-yard pass from Tom Stewart, Chris Barnes kick Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:17; Rice 17–13
(08:58) UTSA FG – Hunter Duplessis 34-yard field goal Drive: 11 plays, 58 yards, 3:35; Rice 17–16
(03:09) RICE TD – Aston Walter 1-yard rush, Chris Barnes kick Drive: 2 plays, 22 yards, 0:47; Rice 24–16
(00:49) UTSA TD – Sincere McCormick 6-yard rush, Sheldon Jones pass Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:20; Tied 24–24
Fourth Quarter
(09:02) RICE FG – Chris Barnes 37-yard field goal Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards, 6:47; Rice 27–24
(05:06) UTSA TD – Zakhari Franklin 8-yard pass from Lowell Narcisse, Hunter Duplessis kick Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 3:56; UTSA 31–27
Passing
RICE – Wiley Green: 11/18, 135 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
UTSA – Lowell Narcisse: 19/29, 212 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
RICE – Aston Walter: 18 carries, 109 yards, 1 TD
UTSA – Sincere McCormick: 14 carries, 94 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
RICE – Brad Rozner: 9 receptions, 138 yards, 1 TD
UTSA – Carlos Strickland II: 6 receptions, 86 yards :
| Statistics | Rice | UTSA |
| First downs | 21 | 19 |
| Total yards | 369 | 361 |
| Rushing yards | 146 | 149 |
| Passing yards | 223 | 212 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 34:44 | 25:16 |

### At Texas A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Aggies | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 45 |
Statistics
| Statistics | UTSA | Texas A&M |
| First downs | 14 | 23 |
| Total yards | 231 | 505 |
| Rushing yards | 93 | 267 |
| Passing yards | 138 | 238 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 24:17 | 35:43 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| UTSA | Passing | Lowell Narcisse | 7–14, 90 yards |
| UTSA | Rushing | Lowell Narcisse | 15 carries, 54 yards, TD |
| UTSA | Receiving | Zakhari Franklin | 4 receptions, 46 yards |
| Texas A&M | Passing | Kellen Mond | 16–21, 211 yards, TD |
| Texas A&M | Rushing | Isaiah Spiller | 20 carries, 217 yards, 3 TD |
| Texas A&M | Receiving | Jhamon Ausbon | 5 receptions, 90 yards |

### At Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Monarchs | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| Roadrunners | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Florida Atlantic

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 26 |

### At Louisiana Tech

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Louisiana Tech | –20.5 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA
* Date: November 30
* Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
* Game attendance: 14,782
* TV: ESPN+
Game information :
First quarter
(12:02) LT FG – Hunter Duplessis 28-yard field goal Louisiana Tech 3–0; Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:58
(10:59) LT TD – Griffin Hebert 22-yard pass from J'Mar Smith, Bailey Hale kick Louisiana Tech 7–3; Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards, 1:03
(03:21) LT TD – J'Mar Smith 5-yard rush, Bailey Hale kick Louisiana Tech 14–3; Drive: 4 plays, 85 yards, 1:43
(00:16) UTSA TD – Brenden Brady 2-yard rush, Hunter Duplessis kick Louisiana Tech 14–10; Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:05
Second quarter
(11:35) UTSA TD – Blaze Moorhead 0-yard fumble returned, Hunter Duplessis kick Texas–San Antonio 17–14; Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 2:39
(08:39) LT TD – Isaiah Graham 39-yard pass from J'Mar Smith, Bailey Hale kick Louisiana Tech 21–17; Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 2:56
(00:00) LT FG – Bailey Hale 34-yard field goal Louisiana Tech 24–17; Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards, 3:08
Third quarter
(07:08) LT TD – James Jackson 17-yard interception returned, Bailey Hale kick Louisiana Tech 31–17; Drive: 5 plays, 9 yards, 2:23
(04:52) UTSA FG – Hunter Duplessis 27-yard field goal Louisiana Tech 31–20; Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 2:16
(01:17) LT FG – Bailey Hale 25-yard field goal Louisiana Tech 34–20; Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 3:35
Fourth quarter
(12:46) LT TD – Griffin Hebert 24-yard pass from J'Mar Smith, Bailey Hale kick Louisiana Tech 41–20; Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:05
(06:59) UTSA TD – Sincere McCormick 6-yard pass from Jordan Weeks, Hunter Duplessis kick Louisiana Tech 41–27; Drive: 3 plays, 68 yards, 0:47
Top passers
LT – J'Mar Smith – 25/35, 331 yards, 3 TD
UTSA – Jordan Weeks – 26/44, 280 yards, TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
LT – Justin Henderson – 20 carries, 105 yards
UTSA – Sincere McCormick – 17 carries, 119 yards
Top receivers
LT – Griffin Hebert – 3 receptions, 92 yards, 2 TD
UTSA – Sheldon Jones – 8 receptions, 115 yards :
| Statistics | UTSA | Louisiana Tech |
| First downs | 17 | 24 |
| Total yards | 408 | 499 |
| Rushing yards | 128 | 168 |
| Passing yards | 280 | 331 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 27:45 | 32:15 |