2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team
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).
| 2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2019 record | 5–5 (4–4 GSC) |
| Head coach | John Bland (6th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Tommy Laurendine (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Tony Gilbert (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Robinson–Hale Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Valdosta State | 64 (8) |
| 2 | West Georgia | 55 |
| 3 | West Alabama | 49 |
| 4 | West Florida | 44 (1) |
| 5 | Florida Tech | 37 |
| 6 | Delta State | 28 |
| 7 | North Greenville | 24 |
| 8 | Mississippi College | 15 |
| 9 | Shorter | 8 |
Preseason All-Gulf South Conference Team
The Choctaws had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]
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Offense Detric Hawthorn – AP Defense Turner Rotenberry – DB Special Teams No players were selected |
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]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Alcorn State* | Braves All-Access | L 7-45 | 7,358 | |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Albany State* |
| Choctaws All-Access | W 24-17 | 3,347 |
| September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | North Greenville |
| Choctaws All-Access | W 39-27 | 3,134 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at West Florida |
| YurView Sports | L 21-27 OT | 4,909 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Valdosta State | L 17-42 | 4,199 | ||
| October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Tech |
| Choctaws All-Access | W 34-14 | 2,507 |
| October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Shorter |
| Choctaws All-Access | W 41-20 | 3,087 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Georgia | ESPN+ | L 21-35 | 2,023 | |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at West Alabama | ESPN3 | L 21-35 | 2,424 | |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| Choctaws All-Access | W 37-13 | 5,341 |
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- Schedule Source:[4]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | ||||||||
| AFCA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||||
References
- "GSC Preseason Release: Football". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2019/8/1/FB_2019_Preseason_All_GSC.pdf
- "Choctaws Featured Twice on GSC Football Game of the Week". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- "2019 Football Schedule". Mississippi College Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2019.