2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Wilson who was terminated at the end of the season.

2019 UTSA Roadrunners football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Kastl (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJason Rollins (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumAlamodome
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Florida Atlantic xy$   7 1     11 3  
Marshall   6 2     8 5  
Western Kentucky   6 2     9 4  
Charlotte   5 3     7 6  
Middle Tennessee   3 5     4 8  
FIU   3 5     6 7  
Old Dominion   0 8     1 11  
West Division
UAB xy   6 2     9 5  
Louisiana Tech x   6 2     10 3  
Southern Miss   5 3     7 6  
North Texas   3 5     4 8  
UTSA   3 5     4 8  
Rice   3 5     3 9  
UTEP   0 8     1 11  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 49, UAB 6
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

Preseason

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Award watch lists

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Listed in the order that they were released.

Award Player Position Year
Wuerffel Trophy[1] Andrew Martel LB SR
Patrick Mannelly Award[2] Grant Merka LS SR

CUSA media poll

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Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Roadrunners predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.[3]

West Division
Predicted finish Team (# of 1st place votes)
1 North Texas (20)
2 Southern Miss (4)
3 Louisiana Tech
4 UAB (2)
5 UTSA
6 Rice
7 UTEP

Preseason All-Conference USA teams

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2019 Preseason All-Conference USA[4]

All-CUSA Offense[4]
Position Player Class
OL Josh Dunlop Sr.
All-CUSA Defense[4]
Position Player Class
No players were selected
All-CUSA Special Teams[4]
Position Player Class
KR Brett Winnegan Sr.

Schedule

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UTSA announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019.[5] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.Incarnate Word*
ESPN3W 35–726,787
September 73:00 p.m.at Baylor*FSNL 14–6340,274
September 142:30 p.m.Army*
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
NFLNL 13–3130,718
September 216:30 p.m.at North TexasStadiumL 3–4519,922
October 57:00 p.m.at UTEPESPN+W 26–1613,876
October 125:00 p.m.UAB
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 14–3315,728
October 195:00 p.m.Rice 
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN3W 31–2717,657
November 211:00 a.m.at Texas A&M*SECNL 14–45100,635
November 91:00 p.m.at Old DominionESPN3W 24–2316,297
November 165:00 p.m.Southern Miss
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 17–3614,179
November 235:00 p.m.Florida Atlantic
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
ESPN+L 26–4014,335
November 302:30 p.m.at Louisiana TechESPN+L 27–4114,782
Schedule Source:[6]

Game summaries

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Incarnate Word

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Hometown Showdown
Incarnate Word Cardinals at UTSA Roadrunners
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 0 7 007
Roadrunners 7 14 7735

at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

  • Date: August 31, 2019
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 26,787
  • Referee: Joe Lehring
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McLane (analyst)
  • Box Score
Game information

At Baylor

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Pregame line Over/under
BU –25.5
Texas–San Antonio at Baylor – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Roadrunners 0 0 7714
Bears 14 21 141463

at McLane Stadium, Waco, TX

  • Date: September 7
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: 99 °F (37 °C); fair
  • Game attendance: 40,274
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV: FOX Sports
  • [1] [2] [3]
Game information
Statistics UTSA Baylor
First downs 14 25
Total yards 266 546
Rushing yards 164 368
Passing yards 102 178
Turnovers 1 0
Time of possession 31:31 28:29

Army

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1 2 3 4 Total
Black Knights 10 0 7 14 31
Roadrunners 0 0 7 6 13

At North Texas

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1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 3 0 0 3
Mean Green 7 17 14 7 45

At UTEP

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1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 3 6 10 26
Miners 0 3 7 6 16
1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 3 13 7 10 33
Roadrunners 0 7 7 0 14

Rice

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Pregame line Over/under
Rice –5.5
Rice at Texas–San Antonio – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Owls 3 7 14327
Roadrunners 7 0 17731

at Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

  • Date: October 19, 2019
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 74 °F (23 °C) • Weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 17,657
  • Referee: Rodney Burnette
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Lincoln Rose (play-by-play), LaDarrin McClane (analyst) & Brooke Shoemaker (sideline)
  • [4]
Game information
Statistics Rice UTSA
First downs 21 19
Total yards 369 361
Rushing yards 146 149
Passing yards 223 212
Turnovers 4 1
Time of possession 34:44 25:16

At Texas A&M

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1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 0 0 7 14
Aggies 14 7 14 10 45

Statistics

Statistics UTSA Texas A&M
First downs 14 23
Total yards 231 505
Rushing yards 93 267
Passing yards 138 238
Turnovers 1 1
Time of possession 24:17 35:43
Team Category Player Statistics
UTSA Passing Lowell Narcisse 7–14, 90 yards
Rushing Lowell Narcisse 15 carries, 54 yards, TD
Receiving Zakhari Franklin 4 receptions, 46 yards
Texas A&M Passing Kellen Mond 16–21, 211 yards, TD
Rushing Isaiah Spiller 20 carries, 217 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Jhamon Ausbon 5 receptions, 90 yards

At Old Dominion

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1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 10 0 0 14 24
Monarchs 10 10 3 0 23

Southern Miss

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1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 9 13 7 36
Roadrunners 7 3 7 0 17

Florida Atlantic

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1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 10 16 7 40
Roadrunners 3 0 8 15 26

At Louisiana Tech

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Pregame line Over/under
Louisiana Tech –20.5
Texas–San Antonio at Louisiana Tech – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Roadrunners 10 7 3727
Bulldogs 14 10 10741

at Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, LA

  • Date: November 30
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m. CST
  • Game attendance: 14,782
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [5]
Game information
Statistics UTSA Louisiana Tech
First downs 17 24
Total yards 408 499
Rushing yards 128 168
Passing yards 280 331
Turnovers 2 2
Time of possession 27:45 32:15

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List". July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List" (PDF). August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "FB: Preseason Media Poll".
  4. ^ a b c d "FB: 2019 Coaches Preseason Awards". www.conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Conference USA unveils 2019 football schedule". University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 UTSA Roadrunners Football Schedule". UTSA Athletic Department. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.