# 2019 Towson Tigers football team

The 2019 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

## Preseason
### CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Tigers were predicted to finish in second place.
| 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

The Tigers had five players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | at The Citadel* | No. 11 | Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC | ESPN+ | W 28–21 | 8,008 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | No. 8 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | W 42–3 | 8,322 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Maine | No. 8 | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FloSports | W 45–23 | 6,256 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 18 Villanova | No. 5 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | L 45–52 $^{OT}$ | 8,811 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 9 (FBS) Florida* | No. 10 | Ben Hill Griffin StadiumGainesville, FL | SECN | L 0–38 | 79,126 |
| October 12 | 4:00 p.m. | Albany | No. 9 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | L 21–38 | 4,809 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | Bucknell* | No. 18 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | W 56–7 | 6,114 |
| October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison | No. 16 | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA | FloSports | L 10–27 | 23,983 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Delaware | No. 21 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | W 31–24 | 5,522 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | No. 21 | Kenneth P. Lavalle StadiumStony Brook, NY | FloSports | W 31–14 | 5,034 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 20 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | FloSports | W 31–10 | 6,738 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Elon | No. 19 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | L 23–25 | 4,537 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### At The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Tigers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### North Carolina Central

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| No. 8 Tigers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |

### At Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Tigers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| No. 7 Black Bears | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |

### At Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| No. 18 Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 |
| No. 5 Tigers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 45 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 10 Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 9 (FBS) Gators | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Great Danes | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| No. 9 Tigers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 56 |

### At James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Tigers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| No. 21 Tigers | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 31 |

### At Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 21 Tigers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Seawolves | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Tigers | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Tribe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 25 |
| No. 19 Tigers | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | RV | RV |
| Coaches | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10-T | 9 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | RV | RV |