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2019 North Carolina Central

4–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).

Schedule and results

North Carolina Central in 2019, game by game: lost at Austin Peay 10–41; lost at Towson 3–42; lost at Gardner-Webb 12–21; won vs. Elizabeth City State 45–7; won at Morgan State 27–17; lost at Florida A&M 21–28; lost vs. Bethune-Cookman 13–27; won vs. Delaware State 30–23; won at Howard 28–6; lost vs. Norfolk State 21–38; lost vs. South Carolina State 0–24; lost at North Carolina A&T 0–54+38−54Lost 10–41 at Austin Peay-31Austin PeayLost 3–42 at Towson-39TowsonLost 12–21 at Gardner-Webb-9Gardner-WebbWon 45–7 vs. Elizabeth City State+38Elizabeth City …Won 27–17 at Morgan State+10Morgan StateLost 21–28 at Florida A&M-7Florida A&MLost 13–27 vs. Bethune-Cookman-14Bethune-CookmanWon 30–23 vs. Delaware State+7Delaware StateWon 28–6 at Howard+22HowardLost 21–38 vs. Norfolk State-17Norfolk StateLost 0–24 vs. South Carolina State-24South Carolina …Lost 0–54 at North Carolina A&T-54North Carolina …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29atAustin PeayL 10–⁠4142%
Sep 7atTowsonL 3–⁠4228%
Sep 14atGardner-WebbL 12–⁠2148%
Sep 21vsElizabeth City StateW 45–⁠771%
Sep 28atMorgan StateW 27–⁠1749%
Oct 5atFlorida A&ML 21–⁠2836%
Oct 10vsBethune-CookmanL 13–⁠2740%
Oct 26vsDelaware StateW 30–⁠2375%
Nov 2atHowardW 28–⁠655%
Nov 9vsNorfolk StateL 21–⁠3862%
Nov 16vsSouth Carolina StateL 0–⁠2439%
Nov 23atNorth Carolina A&TL 0–⁠5414%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina A&T 54–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 21 on file).

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠328
Coach
—
Elo
1194 −94 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−43.0 No. 113 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 199

Top recruits in the 2019 class

Michael Cartwright OT★★★No. 1568
Nicholas Witherspoon WDE★★★No. 2068
Davius Richard DUAL
Alex Harper LS
Kendall Winston CB

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2019 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line13.00.836
Defensive line13.00.818
Whole class23.00.827

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida A&M7–⁠19–⁠2
North Carolina A&T6–⁠29–⁠3
South Carolina State6–⁠28–⁠3
Bethune-Cookman5–⁠37–⁠4
Norfolk State4–⁠45–⁠7
North Carolina Central3–⁠54–⁠8
Morgan State2–⁠63–⁠9
Howard2–⁠62–⁠10
Delaware State1–⁠72–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.