The 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represents

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in the

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. The Lions are led by second-year head coach

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and play their home games at

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. They are a member of the

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Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in eighth place.

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Lions placed five different players on the preseason all–Southland teams. Offense ''1st team'' Bransen Schwebel – TE/HB Juwan Petit-Frere – WR Defense ''1st team'' Juwan Petit-Frere – KR Devonte Williams – PR ''2nd team'' Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund – DL Austin Mitchell – PR

Roster

Schedule

''Source:''

Game summaries

Jacksonville State

At Ole Miss

Lamar

At Northwestern State

At McNeese State

Incarnate Word

At Houston Baptist

Stephen F. Austin

At Central Arkansas

At Abilene Christian

Nicholls

FCS Playoffs

The Lions were selected for the

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tournament, with a first-round pairing against Villanova.

Villanova (first round)

At Montana (second round)

Rankings

References

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