2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team explained

Mode:	football
Year:	2019
Team:	Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Conference:	Southland Conference
Short Conf:	Southland
Statsrank:	19
Fcscoachrank:	18
Record:	8–5
Conf Record:	6–3
Head Coach:	Frank Scelfo
Hc Year:	2nd
Off Coach:	Greg Stevens
Oc Year:	4th
Def Coach:	Lance Guidry
Dc Year:	1st
Stadium:	Strawberry Stadium
Bowl:	FCS Playoffs Second Round
Bowl Result:	L 28–73 vs. Montana

The 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions are led by second-year head coach Frank Scelfo and play their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference.

Preseason

Preseason poll

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

Offense

1st team

Bransen Schwebel – TE/HB

Juwan Petit-Frere – WR

Defense

1st team

Juwan Petit-Frere – KR

Devonte Williams – PR

2nd team

Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund – DL

Austin Mitchell – PR

Schedule

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

Game summaries

Jacksonville State

See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team.

Statistics	Jacksonville State	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	23	20
Total yards	481	384
Rushing yards	67	146
Passing yards	414	238
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	34:11	25:49

At Ole Miss

See also: 2019 Ole Miss Rebels football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Ole Miss
First downs	20	24
Total yards	375	459
Rushing yards	66	220
Passing yards	309	239
Turnovers	4	2
Time of possession	27:56	32:04

Lamar

See also: 2019 Lamar Cardinals football team.

Statistics	Lamar	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	19	28
Total yards	436	520
Rushing yards	133	166
Passing yards	303	336
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	27:51	32:09

At Northwestern State

See also: 2019 Northwestern State Demons football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Northwestern State
First downs	26	27
Total yards	537	378
Rushing yards	143	45
Passing yards	394	333
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	30:30	29:30

At McNeese State

See also: 2019 McNeese State Cowboys football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	McNeese State
First downs	19	23
Total yards	452	473
Rushing yards	86	225
Passing yards	366	248
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	28:57	31:03

Incarnate Word

See also: 2019 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team.

Statistics	Incarnate Word	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	20	24
Total yards	317	515
Rushing yards	170	178
Passing yards	147	337
Turnovers	0	6
Time of possession	29:42	30:18

At Houston Baptist

See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Houston Baptist
First downs	32	15
Total yards	634	259
Rushing yards	145	48
Passing yards	489	211
Turnovers	2	3
Time of possession	36:36	23:24

Stephen F. Austin

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

Statistics	Stephen F. Austin	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	27	24
Total yards	471	421
Rushing yards	68	222
Passing yards	403	199
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	30:25	29:35

At Central Arkansas

See also: 2019 Central Arkansas Bears football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Central Arkansas
First downs	26	13
Total yards	490	261
Rushing yards	153	68
Passing yards	337	193
Turnovers	2	4
Time of possession	38:08	21:52

At Abilene Christian

See also: 2019 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Abilene Christian
First downs	22	12
Total yards	432	283
Rushing yards	152	35
Passing yards	280	248
Turnovers	1	6
Time of possession	36:27	23:33

Nicholls

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team.

Statistics	Nicholls	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	17	26
Total yards	468	460
Rushing yards	180	113
Passing yards	288	347
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	31:15	28:45

FCS Playoffs

The Lions were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Villanova.^[5]

Villanova (first round)

See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team.

Statistics	Villanova	Southeastern Louisiana
First downs	21	31
Total yards	501	602
Rushing yards	218	94
Passing yards	283	508
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	32:44	27:16

At Montana (second round)

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team.

Statistics	Southeastern Louisiana	Montana
First downs	23	30
Total yards	489	600
Rushing yards	22	123
Passing yards	467	477
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	30:44	29:16

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: Southeastern Announces 2019 Schedule . Southeastern Louisiana Athletics . February 6, 2019.
4. Web site: SOUTHLAND TV SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST FOUR WEEKS . Southland Conference . August 14, 2019 . August 13, 2019.
5. Web site: FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship . ncaa.com . November 24, 2019 . November 24, 2019.