2019 Delta State Statesmen football team

2019 Delta State Statesmen football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Record6-4 (5-3 GSC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorKelvin Green (1st; 7th overall season season)
Home stadiumParker Field at Horace McCool Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 Delta State Statesmen football team represented Delta State University in the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Todd Cooley. The Statesmen played their home games at McCool Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Statesmen predicted to finish in 6th place in the conference.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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 Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[1]

Schedule

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

The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against Tusculum from the South Atlantic Conference and will travel to Grand Valley State from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate 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.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 p.m.Tusculum*
Statesmen Sports NetworkW 24-105,123
September 146:00 p.m.at No. 10 Grand Valley State*
ESPN3L 24-2810,680
September 216:00 p.m.Florida Tech
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
ESPN3W 30-286,665
September 286:00 p.m.at North Greenville
North Greenville Sports NetworkW 34-93,419
October 56:00 p.m.at West Florida
YurView SportsL 3-486,088
October 126:00 p.m.No. 1 Valdosta State
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
Statesmen Sports NetworkL 13-343,165
October 196:00 p.m.West Alabama
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
ESPN+W 14-73,167
November 212:00 p.m.at Shorter
W 38-61,028
November 92:00 p.m.West Georgiadagger
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
Statesmen Sports NetworkW 35-205,165
November 162:00 p.m.at Mississippi College
Choctaws All-AccessL 13-375,341
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA———RVRV————————

References

  1. ^ a b "Statesmen Picked To Finish 6th in GSC Preseason Poll". Delta State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Statesmen To Be Featured Twice On GSC-TV Game of The Week". Delta State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.