2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

The 2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represents the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions are led by second-year head coach Cedric Thomas and play their home games at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
2019 record	6–5 (3–4 SWAC)
Head coach	Cedric Thomas (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jermaine Gales (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jonathan Bradley (1st season)
Home stadium	Golden Lion Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Alcorn State x$		6	–	1					9	–	4
Alabama State		4	–	2					5	–	5
Alabama A&M		4	–	3					7	–	5
Jackson State		3	–	4					4	–	8
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	6					2	–	9
West Division
Southern x		6	–	1					8	–	5
Grambling State		4	–	3					6	–	5
Prairie View A&M		3	–	3					5	–	5
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		3	–	4					6	–	5
Texas Southern		0	–	7					0	–	11
Championship: Alcorn State 39, Southern 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Previous season

The Golden Lions finished the 2018 season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for last place in the West Division.

Preseason

Preseason polls

The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Golden Lions were picked to finish in fifth place in the West Division.[1]

West Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Southern	90
2	Prairie View A&M	78
3	Grambling State	74
4	Texas Southern	34
5	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	24

East Division

Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	Alcorn State	92
2	Alabama A&M	70
3	Jackson State	61
4	Alabama State	47
5	Mississippi Valley State	30

Preseason all–SWAC teams

The Golden Lions placed four players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.[1]

Offense 1st team Taeyler Porter – RB DeJuan Miller – WR

Defense 1st team Jalen Steward – DL

Specialists 2nd team Tyrin Ralph – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FSN	L 7–39	40,422
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL	YouTube	W 52–34	11,340
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Langston*	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	Golden Lions All-Access	W 53–15	9,613
September 21	2:00 p.m.	at Tennessee State*	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN+	W 37–31	8,683
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Southern	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	ESPN3	L 7–31	6,863
October 5	3:00 p.m.	Lane*	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	UAPB All Access	W 45–38	1,328
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	Golden Lions All-Access	W 38–6	6,225
October 26	1:00 p.m.	Grambling State	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	Golden Lions All-Access	L 33–39	7,513
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	JSUTV Facebook	L 12–21
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Prairie View A&M	Panther Stadium Prairie View, TX	PVAMU SN	L 20–37
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Texas Southern	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR	Golden Lions All Access	W 45–13	5,329
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

at TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	0	0	7	0	7
Horned Frogs	10	6	13	10	39

See also: 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	17	14	21	0	52
Bulldogs	14	0	20	0	34

See also: 2019 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–18	Nov. 3, 2018	L, 14–45

Langston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	6	3	6	15
Golden Lions	6	28	19	0	53

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–20–5	Sep. 1, 2012	W, 17–14

at Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	7	12	6	12	37
Tigers	7	3	14	7	31

See also: 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	Sep. 3, 2016	L, 0–44

Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	14	0	7	10	31
Golden Lions	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2019 Southern Jaguars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–49–4	Nov. 10, 2018	L, 24–56

Lane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons	3	3	25	7	38
Golden Lions	0	24	7	14	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–5–2	Nov. 16, 2002	L, 37–40

Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils	6	0	0	0	6
Golden Lions	7	14	7	10	38

See also: 2019 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–23–1	Oct. 20, 2018	L, 47–48

Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	9	13	7	10	39
Golden Lions	12	7	7	7	33

See also: 2019 Grambling State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–34–2	Oct. 27, 2018	L, 38–45

at Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	0	0	12	0	12
Tigers	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2019 Jackson State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–26–1	Oct. 6, 2018	L, 27–30

at Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	0	0	7	13	20
Panthers	0	16	7	14	37

See also: 2019 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–49–4	Sep. 22, 2018	L, 13–62

Texas Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	0	6	13
Golden Lions	10	21	0	14	45

See also: 2019 Texas Southern Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–26–1	Nov. 17, 2018	W, 17–10

References

1. "#SWACMD19: SWAC Releases 2019 Preseason All-SWAC Football Teams and Predicted Order of Finish". swac.org. Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. "Six Home Games Highlight 2019 #uapbfootball Schedule" (Press release). UAPB Athletics. February 6, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.