2019 Bryant Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Northeast Conference |
Record | 4–8 (3–4 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Darrius G. Smith (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Tom Masella (1st season) |
Home stadium | Beirne Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack * | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team represented Bryant University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Chris Merritt, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the NEC. Bryant played home games at Beirne Stadium in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in fifth place. [1]
Predicted finish | Team (1st place votes) |
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1 | Duquesne (7) |
2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
3 | Central Connecticut |
4 | Wagner |
5 | Bryant |
6 | Saint Francis |
7 | Robert Morris |
8 | LIU |
The Bulldogs had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team. [1]
Offense Vincent Nisivoccia – WR
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Defense Tomas Wright – DL
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook* | FloSports | L 10–35 | 9,652 | |||
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany* | FloSports | L 3–45 | 5,014 | |||
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham* | NEC Front Row | L 14–29 | 1,362 | |||
September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Brown* |
| NEC Front Row | L 30–35 | 2,242 | ||
September 28 | 1:00 p.m. |
Saint Francis (PA)![]() |
| NEC Front Row | L 6–16 | 2,894 | ||
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Merrimack | NEC Front Row | W 24–17 | 10,172 | |||
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | LIU |
| NEC Front Row | W 27–22 | 1,268 | ||
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Central Connecticut | NEC Front Row | L 14–52 | 5,114 | |||
October 26 | Noon | at Robert Morris | NEC Front Row | L 20–24 | 1,496 | |||
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart |
| NEC Front Row | L 17–24 | 3,778 | ||
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Duquesne |
| NEC Front Row | W 20–16 | 1,372 | ||
November 23 | Noon | at Wagner | NEC Front Row | W 14–10 | 1,814 | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Seawolves | 7 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Great Danes | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Rams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 29 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Bulldogs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Warriors | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
No. 25 Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Colonials | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Dukes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
2019 Bryant Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Northeast Conference |
Record | 4–8 (3–4 NEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Darrius G. Smith (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Tom Masella (1st season) |
Home stadium | Beirne Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wagner | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LIU | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack * | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team represented Bryant University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Chris Merritt, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the NEC. Bryant played home games at Beirne Stadium in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Bulldogs were picked to finish in fifth place. [1]
Predicted finish | Team (1st place votes) |
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1 | Duquesne (7) |
2 | Sacred Heart (1) |
3 | Central Connecticut |
4 | Wagner |
5 | Bryant |
6 | Saint Francis |
7 | Robert Morris |
8 | LIU |
The Bulldogs had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team. [1]
Offense Vincent Nisivoccia – WR
|
Defense Tomas Wright – DL
|
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook* | FloSports | L 10–35 | 9,652 | |||
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany* | FloSports | L 3–45 | 5,014 | |||
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Fordham* | NEC Front Row | L 14–29 | 1,362 | |||
September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Brown* |
| NEC Front Row | L 30–35 | 2,242 | ||
September 28 | 1:00 p.m. |
Saint Francis (PA)![]() |
| NEC Front Row | L 6–16 | 2,894 | ||
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Merrimack | NEC Front Row | W 24–17 | 10,172 | |||
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | LIU |
| NEC Front Row | W 27–22 | 1,268 | ||
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Central Connecticut | NEC Front Row | L 14–52 | 5,114 | |||
October 26 | Noon | at Robert Morris | NEC Front Row | L 20–24 | 1,496 | |||
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart |
| NEC Front Row | L 17–24 | 3,778 | ||
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Duquesne |
| NEC Front Row | W 20–16 | 1,372 | ||
November 23 | Noon | at Wagner | NEC Front Row | W 14–10 | 1,814 | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Seawolves | 7 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Great Danes | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Rams | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 29 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Bulldogs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Warriors | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Sharks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
No. 25 Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Colonials | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Pioneers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Dukes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
Bulldogs | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |