2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

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2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football
Conference Gulf South Conference
Record5–5 (4–4 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tommy Laurendine (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Gilbert (1st season)
Home stadium Robinson-Hale Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Valdosta State $^  8 0   10 1  
No. 1 West Florida ^  7 1   13 2  
Delta State  5 3   6 4  
West Georgia  4 4   6 5  
Mississippi College  4 4   5 5  
West Alabama  3 5   6 5  
Florida Tech  3 5   5 6  
North Greenville  2 6   3 7  
Shorter  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team will represent Mississippi College during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They will led by sixth-year head coach John Bland. The Choctaws play their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).

Contents

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Choctaws predicted to finish in 8th place in the conference. [1]

Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Valdosta State64 (8)
2West Georgia55
3West Alabama49
4West Florida44 (1)
5Florida Tech37
6Delta State28
7North Greenville24
8Mississippi College15
9Shorter8

Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team

The Choctaws had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team. [2]

Schedule

Mississippi College 2019 football schedule consists of five home and five away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, North Greenville, and Shorter, and will travel to Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, West Georgia.

The Choctaws will host one of the two non-conference games against Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and will travel to Alcorn State, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

Two of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3 and ESPN+, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week. [3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 76:00 p.m.at Alcorn State *Braves All-AccessL 7-457,358
September 147:00 p.m. Albany State *Choctaws All-AccessW 24-173,347
September 217:00 p.m. North Greenville
  • Robinson–Hale Stadium
  • Clinton, MS
Choctaws All-AccessW 39-273,134
September 286:00 p.m.at West Florida YurView SportsL 21-27 OT4,909
October 51:00 p.m.at No. 1 Valdosta State L 17-424,199
October 127:00 p.m. Florida Tech
  • Robinson–Hale Stadium
  • Clinton, MS
Choctaws All-AccessW 34-142,507
October 263:00 p.m. Shorter Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Robinson–Hale Stadium
  • Clinton, MS
Choctaws All-AccessW 41-203,087
November 21:00 p.m.at West Georgia ESPN+ L 21-352,023
November 912:00 p.m.at West Alabama ESPN3 L 21-352,424
November 162:00 p.m. Delta State
  • Robinson–Hale Stadium
  • Clinton, MS (rivalry)
Choctaws All-AccessW 37-135,341
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA

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References

  1. "GSC Preseason Release: Football". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. Gulf South Conference Retrieved March 10, 2023
  3. "Choctaws Featured Twice on GSC Football Game of the Week". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.