# 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing tenth in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.
The Huskies' five wins set a new program record.

## Preseason
### Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Huskies were picked to finish in eleventh place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Nicholls | 200 (20) |
| 2 | Central Arkansas | 154 |
| 3 | Incarnate Word | 150 (1) |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 146 |
| 5 | Lamar | 123 |
| 6 | McNeese State | 114 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 112 (1) |
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 |
| 9 | Stephen F. Austin | 63 |
| 10 | Northwestern State | 56 |
| 11 | Houston Baptist | 21 |

### Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Huskies placed three players on the preseason all–Southland teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at UTEP* | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | ESPN+ | L 34–36 | 34,646 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Wesleyan* | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | Husky SN | W 58–13 | 2,203 |
| September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at South Dakota* | DakotaDomeVermillion, SD | ESPN3 | W 53–52 | 5,077 |
| September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Northwestern State | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 48–21 | 1,941 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas Southern* | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 68–31 | 3,215 |
| October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | L 36–38 | 2,289 |
| October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian | Wildcat StadiumAbilene, TX | ESPN3 | L 20–45 | 7,636 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at McNeese State | Cowboy StadiumLake Charles, LA | COWBOYINSIDER | L 27–42 | 8,083 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | L 13–52 | 2,158 |
| November 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Nicholls | John L. Guidry StadiumThibodaux, LA | CST/ESPN+ | L 27–48 | 4,558 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Lamar | Husky StadiumHouston, TX | ESPN3 | W 31–26 | 2,126 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Sam Houston State | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX | ESPN+ | L 14–37 | 3,849 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At UTEP

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| Miners | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 36 |

### Texas Wesleyan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Huskies | 14 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 58 |

### At South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 53 |
| Coyotes | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 |

### Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Demons | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Huskies | 14 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 48 |

### Texas Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Huskies | 17 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 68 |

### Incarnate Word

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
| Huskies | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 36 |

### At Abilene Christian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |

### At McNeese State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Cowboys | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Southeastern Louisiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 14 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 52 |
| Huskies | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### At Nicholls

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| No. 25 Colonels | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 48 |

### Lamar

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Huskies | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |

### At Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Bearkats | 20 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 37 |