The 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team represents

Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University (Central Connecticut, CCSU, Central Connecticut State, or informally Central) is a public university in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1849 as the State Normal School, CCSU is Connecticu ...

in the

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. They are led by first-year head coach Ryan McCarthy. They play their home games at

Arute Field Arute Field is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. It is home to the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils Football and Men's and Women's Lacrosse teams. The first incarnation of Arute Field ...

as a member of the

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Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–2 in NEC play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Blue Devils were picked to finish in third place.

Preseason All-NEC team

The Blue Devils had six players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team. Offense Tyshaun James – WR J'Von Brown – OL Connor Mignone – OL Cole Phelps – OL Defense Tajik Bagley – DB DJ Exilhomme – DB

Schedule

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Game summaries

at Fordham

Merrimack

at Valparaiso

at Eastern Michigan

at Sacred Heart

at Columbia

Bryant

LIU

at Wagner

Saint Francis

Robert Morris

at Duquesne

FCS Playoffs

The Blue Devils received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the

postseason The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

tournament, with a first-round pairing against Albany.

at Albany–First Round

Ranking movements

References

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Central Connecticut Blue Devils football The Central Connecticut Blue Devils football program is the intercollegiate football team for Central Connecticut State University located in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivi ...