# 2019 Maine Black Bears football team

The 2019 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They were led by first-year head coach Nick Charlton. They finished the season 6–6, 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 Black Bears were predicted to finish in third 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 Black Bears had six different players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | No. 7 | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FloSports | W 42–14 | 7,478 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | No. 6 | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA | ESPN+ | L 18–26 | 17,202 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 Towson | No. 7 | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FloSports | L 23–45 | 6,256 |
| September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | No. 12 | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | W 35–21 | 5,606 |
| September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Villanova | No. 12 | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | FloSports | L 17–33 | 10,071 |
| October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Richmond | No. 18 | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FCS/WVII/WIPL | L 17–24 | 5,126 |
| October 19 | 6:00 p.m. | at Liberty* | | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN+ | L 44–59 | 18,657 |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | William & Mary | | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FCS/WVII/WIPL | W 34–25 | 8,123 |
| November 2 | 3:30 p.m. | at Albany | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | FloSports | W 47–31 | 3,315 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon | | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | FloSports | W 31–17 | 4,424 |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Rhode Island | | Alfond StadiumOrono, ME | FCS/WVII/WIPL | W 34–30 | 4,908 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | | Wildcat StadiumDurham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket) | FloSports | L 10–28 | 10,061 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Pioneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 7 Black Bears | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42 |

### At Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Black Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
| Eagles | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |

### Towson

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

### At Colgate

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Black Bears | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Raiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 12 Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| No. 8 Wildcats | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spiders | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| No. 18 Black Bears | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 3 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 44 |
| Flames | 17 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 59 |

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| Black Bears | 0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 34 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 10 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 47 |
| Great Danes | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |

### At Elon

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

### Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 34 |

### At New Hampshire

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12-T | 20 | 18 | RV | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20 | — | | | | | | |