# 2019 Elon Phoenix football team

The 2019 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tony Trisciani and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 5–6, 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 Phoenix were predicted to finish in fourth 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 Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 20 North Carolina A&T* | No. 21 | BB&T StadiumGreensboro, NC | ESPN3 | L 21–24 | 16,358 |
| September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | The Citadel* | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | W 35–28 | 5,071 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Richmond | No. 25 | E. Claiborne Robins StadiumRichmond, VA | FloSports | W 42–20 | 7,703 |
| September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | No. 22 | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC | ACCRSN | L 7–49 | 24,079 |
| September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison | No. 24 | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | L 10–45 | 11,926 |
| October 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at New Hampshire | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH | FloSports | L 10–26 | 17,132 |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 15 Delaware | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | W 42–7 | 5,572 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | FloSports | W 38–13 | 8,911 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | L 29–31 $^{5OT}$ | 9,216 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Maine | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | L 17–31 | 4,424 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Towson | | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | W 25–23 | 4,537 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At North Carolina A&T

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 21 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| No. 20 Aggies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |

### The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Phoenix | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### At Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 25 Phoenix | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| Spiders | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |

### At Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Demon Deacons | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
| No. 24 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |

### At New Hampshire

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Fightin' Blue Hens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 42 |

### At Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
| Rams | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | Total |
| Tribe | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| Phoenix | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### At Towson

| | 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 :
| | 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 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 21 | RV | 25 | 22 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 21 | RV | RV | 22 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |