2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia and competed in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by second year head coach Chad Lunsford.[1]

2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Cure Bowl, L 16–23 vs. Liberty
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
2019 record	7–6 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Chad Lunsford (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob DeBesse (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Shotgun-pistol Option
Defensive coordinator	Scot Sloan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)

2019 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 19 Appalachian State x$		7	–	1					13	–	1
Georgia Southern		5	–	3					7	–	6
Georgia State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Troy		3	–	5					5	–	7
Coastal Carolina		2	–	6					5	–	7
West Division
Louisiana x		7	–	1					11	–	3
Arkansas State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana–Monroe		4	–	4					5	–	7
Texas State		2	–	6					3	–	9
South Alabama		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Appalachian State 45, Louisiana 38
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2018 season 10–3, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place in the East division. The Eagles received an invitation to the Camellia Bowl where they defeated Eastern Michigan.

Preseason

On August 2, 2019, it was announced that QB Shai Werts and DE Quan Griffin had been indefinitely suspended following their arrests, which were not related. The charges against Werts were subsequently dropped, after what was believed to be cocaine on his car was tested to be bird feces, and he has since been cleared to play.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at No. 6 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	L 3–55	97,420
September 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 6 (FCS) Maine*	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	W 26–18	17,202
September 14	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 32–35	41,021
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	L 24–37	19,220
October 3	7:30 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPNU	W 20–17 ^2OT	20,013
October 19	3:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 30–27 ^3OT	11,015
October 26	3:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 41–7	10,907
October 31	8:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 24–21	18,796
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN+	L 28–49	22,108
November 16	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN+	W 51–29	10,266
November 23	3:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN+	L 33–38	18,319
November 30	6:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 38–10	15,175
December 21	2:30 p.m.	vs. Liberty	Exploria Stadium Orlando, FL (Cure Bowl)	CBSSN	L 16–23	18,158
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Source:[3]

Game summaries

at LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	3	0	0	3
No. 6 Tigers	21	21	10	3	55

See also: 2019 LSU Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 (FCS) Black Bears	3	0	0	15	18
Eagles	0	10	6	10	26

See also: 2019 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	Dec. 10, 2011	W, 35–23

at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	10	0	12	32
Golden Gophers	14	7	0	14	35

See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	7	10	7	13	37
Eagles	3	10	8	3	24

See also: 2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	Nov. 25, 2017	W, 34–24

at South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Eagles	0	10	0	7	0	3	20
Jaguars	0	7	7	3	0	0	17

See also: 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	Oct. 6, 2018	W, 48–13

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Chanticleers	0	7	0	3	7	7	3	27
Eagles	3	7	0	0	7	7	6	30

See also: 2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	Nov. 17, 2018	W, 41–17

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	0	0	0	7
Eagles	7	21	13	0	41

See also: 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	Oct. 20, 2018	W, 48–31

at Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	3	14	0	24
No. 20 Mountaineers	0	7	0	14	21

See also: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–19–1	Oct. 25, 2018	W, 34–14

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	14	0	14	28
Trojans	14	13	0	22	49

See also: 2019 Troy Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–12	Nov. 10, 2018	L, 21–35

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	7	0	7	15	29
Eagles	7	17	7	20	51

See also: 2019 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–3	Nov. 3, 2018	L, 25–44

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	16	8	6	33
Red Wolves	14	21	3	0	38

See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	Sep. 29, 2018	W, 28–21

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	0	3	0	10
Eagles	7	10	14	7	38

See also: 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	Nov. 24, 2018	W, 35–14

vs. Liberty (Cure Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	9	7	0	23
Eagles	0	7	6	3	16

See also: 2019 Liberty Flames football team and 2019 Cure Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
5	163	Kindle Vildor	CB	Chicago Bears
6	188	Tyler Bass	K	Buffalo Bills

References

1. "2019 Georgia Southern Football Schedule Released". WTOC.com. March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
2. "Georgia Southern QB arrested, suspended from team activities". WJCL. 2 August 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
3. "2019 Georgia Southern Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 29, 2019.