The 2019 Elon Phoenix football team represented

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctorate d ...

in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach

Tony Trisciani Tony Trisciani (born April 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina a position he has held since the 2019 season. Before becoming head coach, Trisciani was ...

and played their home games at

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. They were members of the

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(CAA). They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

Preseason

CAA poll

In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Phoenix were predicted to finish in fourth place.

Preseason All–CAA team

The Phoenix had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team. Offense Jaylan Thomas – RB Matt Foster – TE

Schedule

Game summaries

At North Carolina A&T

The Citadel

At Richmond

At Wake Forest

James Madison

At New Hampshire

Delaware

At Rhode Island

William & Mary

Maine

At Towson

Ranking movements

References

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Elon Phoenix football The Elon Phoenix football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Elon University located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The school first fielded a football team in 1909 and currently competes in the NCAA Division I ...