2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team explained

Year:2019
Team:Houston Baptist Huskies
Sport:football
Conference:Southland Conference
Short Conf:Southland
Record:5–7
Conf Record:2–6
Head Coach:Vic Shealy
Hc Year:7th
Off Coach:Zach Kittley
Oc Year:2nd
Off Scheme:Air raid
Codef Coach1:Roger Hinshaw
Codc1 Year:7th
Codef Coach2:Jeff Mills
Codc2 Year:2nd
Def Scheme:3–4 or 4–3

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.[1]

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.[2]

Offense

2nd team

Jerreth Sterns – WRDefense

2nd team

Andre Walker – DL

Caleb Johnson – LB

Schedule

[3] [4]

Game summaries

At UTEP

See also: 2019 UTEP Miners football team.

Texas Wesleyan

At South Dakota

See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team.

Northwestern State

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team.

Texas Southern

See also: 2019 Texas Southern Tigers football team.

Incarnate Word

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team.

At Abilene Christian

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team.

At McNeese State

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team.

Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team.

At Nicholls

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team.

Lamar

See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team.

At Sam Houston State

See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicholls Voted to Top Spot in 2019 Football Preseason Poll . www.southland.org . August 19, 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Southland Announces 2019 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams . www.southland.org . August 19, 2019 . en.
  3. Web site: 2019 Football Schedule . Houston Baptist University . February 28, 2019.
  4. Web site: Southland TV Selections Announced For First Four Weeks. Southland Conference . August 14, 2019 . August 13, 2019.