The 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the

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as a member of the

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(CAA) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach

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, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the CAA. The team played home games at

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. The stadium underwent renovations prior to the 2019 season.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in fifth place.

Preseason All–CAA team

The Fightin' Blue Hens had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team. Offense Mario Farinella – OL Special teams Nick Pritchard – P

Schedule

Delaware scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Delaware State

At Rhode Island

North Dakota State

Penn

At Pittsburgh

At Elon

New Hampshire

Richmond

At Towson

Albany

Stony Brook

At Villanova

Ranking movements

References

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Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football seasons

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