2019 Washington Valor season

The 2019 Washington Valor season was the third season for the Washington Valor in the Arena Football League. The Valor played at the Capital One Arena and were coached by Benji McDowell for the 2019 season.

2019 Washington Valor season
Owner	Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Head coach	Benji McDowell
Home field	Capital One Arena
Results
Record	7–5
League place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinals, Lost vs. #3 Philadelphia

Standings

2019 Arena Football League standings
Team	Overall			Points		Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	GB	STK
Albany Empire xy	10	2	.833	620	474	5–1	5–1	—	W2
Washington Valor x	7	5	.583	538	552	4–2	3–3	3	W2
Philadelphia Soul x	7	5	.583	523	530	4–2	3–3		L1
Baltimore Brigade x	7	5	.583	500	439	4–2	3–3		W1
Atlantic City Blackjacks	4	8	.333	518	550	3–3	1–5	6	L2
Columbus Destroyers	1	11	.083	394	548	1–5	0–6	9	L5

^y - clinched regular season title
^x - clinched playoff berth

Schedule

Regular season

The 2019 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2019. All times Eastern.

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Friday	April 26	7:00 p.m.	at Baltimore Brigade	L 51–59	0–1	Royal Farms Arena	5,195
2	Saturday	May 4	7:30 p.m.	at Albany Empire	L 27–36	0–2	Times Union Center	9,208
3	Saturday	May 11	7:00 p.m.	Atlantic City Blackjacks	W 41–34	1–2	Capital One Arena	8,044
4	Saturday	May 18	3:30 p.m.	Philadelphia Soul	W 53–46	2–2	Capital One Arena	6,357
5	Saturday	May 25	3:30 p.m.	at Columbus Destroyers	W 29–27	3–2	Nationwide Arena	6,122
6	Saturday	June 1	3:30 p.m.	at Albany Empire	L 48–58	3–3	Times Union Center	8,744
7	Sunday	June 9	4:00 p.m.	at Philadelphia Soul	W 48–41	4–3	Wells Fargo Center	7,164
8	Saturday	June 15	7:00 p.m.	Albany Empire	L 55–56	4–4	Capital One Arena	7,179
9	Thursday	June 20	7:00 p.m.	Baltimore Brigade	W 42–35	5–4	Capital One Arena	6,795
10	Saturday	June 29	7:00 p.m.	Atlantic City Blackjacks	L 41–70	5–5	Capital One Arena	7,136
11	Bye
12	Saturday	July 13	7:00 p.m.	at Baltimore Brigade	W 47–40	6–5	Royal Farms Arena	4,609
13	Saturday	July 20	3:30 p.m.	Columbus Destroyers	W 56–50	7–5	Capital One Arena	8,456

Postseason

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Report
SF–1	Sunday	July 28	3:30 p.m.	Philadelphia Soul	L 33–69	Capital One Arena	6,942
SF–2	Sunday	August 4	4:00 p.m.	at Philadelphia Soul	L 41–48	Wells Fargo Center	8,537
Aggregate score					L 74–117

Game summaries

Week 1: at Baltimore (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 13 18 7 13 51 Baltimore 14 14 10 21 59

Week 2: at Albany (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 7 7 6 27 Albany 7 14 7 8 36

Week 3: Atlantic City (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Atlantic City 0 7 14 13 34 Washington 6 14 7 14 41

Week 4: Philadelphia (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Philadelphia 6 14 14 12 46 Washington 14 14 14 11 53

Week 5: at Columbus (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 7 14 8 29 Columbus 14 7 3 3 27

Week 6: at Albany (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 12 0 21 15 48 Albany 7 23 21 7 58

Week 7: at Philadelphia (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 6 14 7 21 48 Philadelphia 7 7 13 14 41

Week 8: Albany (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Albany 7 7 21 21 56 Washington 14 20 7 14 55

Week 9: Baltimore (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Baltimore 7 14 7 7 35 Washington 7 14 7 14 42

Week 10: Atlantic City (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Atlantic City 14 21 14 21 70 Washington 7 21 7 6 41

Week 12: at Baltimore (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 13 6 14 14 47 Baltimore 14 12 0 14 40

Week 13: Columbus (W)

1 2 3 4 Total Columbus 13 14 14 9 50 Washington 13 14 7 22 56

Semifinal, Leg 1: Philadelphia (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Philadelphia 6 14 21 28 69 Washington 7 0 13 13 33

Semifinal, Leg 2: at Philadelphia (L)

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 6 22 13 0 41 Philadelphia 14 21 6 7 48