2019 Nicholls Colonels football team explained

Year:	2019
Team:	Nicholls Colonels
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southland Conference
Short Conf:	Southland
Statsrank:	14
Fcscoachrank:	14
Record:	9–5
Conf Record:	7–2
Head Coach:	Tim Rebowe
Hc Year:	5th
Off Coach:	Rob Christophel
Oc Year:	5th
Off Scheme:	Multiple spread
Def Coach:	Tommy Rybacki
Dc Year:	5th
Def Scheme:	Multiple
Stadium:	John L. Guidry Stadium
Champion:	Southland co-champion
Bowl:	NCAA Division I Second Round
Bowl Result:	L 13–37 at North Dakota State

The 2019 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tim Rebowe, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 9–5 with a mark of 7–2 in conference play, sharing the Southland title with Central Arkansas. Nicholls State received the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship, beating North Dakota in the first round before losing to the eventual national champion, North Dakota State, in the second round. The team played home games at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Colonels were picked to finish in first 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 Colonels placed eleven players on the preseason all–Southland teams.^[2]

Offense

1st team

Chase Fourcade – QB

Dai'Jean Dixon – WR

P.J. Burkhalter – OL

Winston Jones – P

2nd team

Dontrell Taylor – RB

Jair Joseph – OLDefense

1st team

Sully Laiche – DL

Evan Veron – LB

Allen Pittman – LB

Darren Evans – DB

2nd team

Khristian Mims – DB

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Kansas State

See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	Kansas State
First downs	11	33
Total yards	276	575
Rushing yards	150	361
Passing yards	126	212
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	18:51	41:09

Kansas State scored touchdowns on their first four possessions and were successful 10 of 12 attempts on third down in 80 offensive plays. Kansas State also managed the clock, being on offense for more than 41 minutes. For Nicholls, this was largely different compared to last year's opener when they defeated the Kansas Jayhawks. The Colonel's Kendall Bussey and Julien Gums both produced second-half touchdown runs to put their team on the board, but it wasn't nearly enough.^[6] Despite the loss, Nicholls managed to move up in the FCS coaches poll, going from #11 to #10. They also jumped two spots to #10 in the FCS STATS Poll.^[7]

At Prairie View A&M

Statistics	Nicholls	Prairie View A&M
First downs	30	28
Total yards	463	463
Rushing yards	239	136
Passing yards	224	327
Turnovers	0	4
Time of possession	39:14	20:46

At Stephen F. Austin

See also: 2019 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	Stephen F. Austin
First downs	31	17
Total yards	436	414
Rushing yards	291	58
Passing yards	145	356
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	35:31	24:29

At Texas State

See also: 2019 Texas State Bobcats football team and Battle for the Paddle.

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Texas State	–4.0

Statistics	Nicholls	Texas State
First downs	12	16
Total yards	220	362
Rushing yards	75	109
Passing yards	145	253
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	27:17	32:43

Central Arkansas

See also: 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team.

Statistics	Central Arkansas	Nicholls
First downs	18	23
Total yards	320	477
Rushing yards	138	150
Passing yards	182	327
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	26:18	33:42

Northwestern State

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team.

Statistics	Northwestern State	Nicholls
First downs	21	30
Total yards	428	537
Rushing yards	41	349
Passing yards	387	188
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	22:32	37:28

At Sam Houston State

See also: 2019 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	Sam Houston State
First downs	14	13
Total yards	271	295
Rushing yards	55	104
Passing yards	216	191
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	29:26	30:34

Abilene Christian

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team.

Statistics	Abilene Christian	Nicholls
First downs	33	19
Total yards	472	369
Rushing yards	282	153
Passing yards	190	216
Turnovers	2	4
Time of possession	36:47	23:13

At Incarnate Word

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	Incarnate Word
First downs	17	27
Total yards	424	483
Rushing yards	274	102
Passing yards	150	381
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	28:51	31:09

Houston Baptist

See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team.

Statistics	Houston Baptist	Nicholls
First downs	21	26
Total yards	428	515
Rushing yards	182	207
Passing yards	246	308
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	23:02	36:58

McNeese State

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team.

Statistics	McNeese State	Nicholls
First downs	14	24
Total yards	236	519
Rushing yards	52	145
Passing yards	184	374
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	27:12	32:48

At Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team and River Bell Classic.

Statistics	Nicholls	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	17	26
Total yards	468	460
Rushing yards	180	113
Passing yards	228	347
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	31:15	28:45

North Dakota—NCAA Division I First Round

The Colonels received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against North Dakota.^[8]

See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team.

Statistics	North Dakota	Nicholls
First downs	21	23
Total yards	316	481
Rushing yards	44	316
Passing yards	272	165
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	25:02	34:58

At North Dakota State—NCAA Division I Second Round

See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	North Dakota State
First downs	18	21
Total yards	265	434
Rushing yards	171	265
Passing yards	94	169
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	26:31	33:29

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: Southland TV Selections Announced For First Four Weeks . Southland Conference . August 14, 2019 . August 13, 2019.
4. Web site: . Nicholls Colonels Schedule 2019 . . November 23, 2022 .
5. Web site: . 2019 Football Schedule . . November 23, 2022 .
6. Web site: K-State rolls Nicholls 49-14 in Klieman's coaching debut. ESPN. August 31, 2019. September 5, 2019.
7. Web site: Nicholls football climbs into FCS Top 10 thanks to... SLU?. September 5, 2019. Mike. Gegenheimer. September 2, 2019. The Daily Comet.
8. Web site: FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship . ncaa.com . November 24, 2019 . November 24, 2019.