2019 Furman Paladins football team
2019 Furman Paladins football | |
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FCS Playoffs First Round, L 6–42 vs. Austin Peay | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 21 |
FCS Coaches | No. 19 |
2019 record | 8–5 (6–2 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | George Quarles |
Defensive coordinator | Duane Vaughn |
Home stadium | Paladin Stadium (Capacity: 16,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Wofford $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Furman Paladins football team represents Furman University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Clay Hendrix and play their home games at Paladin Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference.
Previous season[]
The Paladins finished the 2018 season 6–4, 6–2 in SoCon play finish in a three way tie for the SoCon championship with Wofford and East Tennessee State. After tiebreakers, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and they did not receive an at-large bid.
Preseason[]
Preseason polls[]
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Paladins were picked to finish in second place in both polls.[1][2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
4 | Mercer | 146 |
5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
6 | Samford | 125 |
7 | The Citadel | 111 |
8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
9 | VMI | 32 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
5 | Mercer | 34 |
6 | Samford | 33 |
7 | The Citadel | 22 |
8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
9 | VMI | 12 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams[]
The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense 1st team Bo Layton – OL 2nd team Devin Wynn – RB Andy Godwin – OL Thomas Gordon – WR |
Defense 1st team Adrian Hope – LB 2nd team Elijah McKoy – LB |
Specialists 1st team Grayson Atkins – K |
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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August 31 | 1:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern* | No. 19 | ESPN+ | W 46–13 | 6,146 | |||
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Georgia State* | No. 17 |
| ESPN3 | L 42–48 | 20,351 | ||
September 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Virginia Tech* | No. 16 | ACCN | L 17–24 | 52,314 | |||
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Mercer | No. 17 |
| Nexstar/ESPN+ | W 45–10 | 7,667 | ||
September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | East Tennessee State | No. 16 |
| Nexstar/ESPN+ | W 17–10 | 5,031 | ||
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Samford | No. 14 | Nexstar/ESPN+ | W 58–14 | 6,169 | |||
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | The Citadel | No. 8 |
| ESPN3 | L 10–27 | 6,603 | ||
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina | No. 14 |
| ESPN3 | W 28–7 | 8,174 | ||
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 35–20 | 7,431 | |||
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | VMI | No. 9 |
| ESPN+ | W 60–21 | 7,229 | ||
November 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Wofford | No. 9 | Nexstar/ESPN+ | L 7–24 | 6,457 | |||
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Point* | No. 17 |
| ESPN+ | W 64–7 | 3,207 | ||
November 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Austin Peay* | No. 16 |
| ESPN3 | L 6–42 | 3,559 | ||
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- Source:[3]
Game summaries[]
Charleston Southern[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
No. 19 Paladins | 7 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 46 |
at Georgia State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 17 Paladins | 13 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
Panthers | 3 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
at Virginia Tech[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 16 Paladins | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Hokies | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
Mercer[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 17 Paladins | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
East Tennessee State[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
No. 16 Paladins | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Samford[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Paladins | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 58 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
The Citadel[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
No. 8 Paladins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Western Carolina[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Paladins | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
Catamounts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Chattanooga[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 13 Paladins | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Mocs | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
VMI[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Keydets | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
No. 9 Paladins | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 60 |
at Wofford[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 9 Paladins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 21 Terriers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
Point[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Skyhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 17 Paladins | 21 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 64 |
FCS Playoffs[]
The Paladins were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Austin Peay.[4]
at Austin Peay–First Round[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 16 Paladins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
No. 18 Governors | 7 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 42 |
Rankings[]
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final | ||||||
STATS FCS | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
Coaches | 17 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 16 |
References[]
- ^ "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Furman Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
- ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- 2019 Southern Conference football season
- Furman Paladins football seasons
- 2019 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
- 2019 in sports in South Carolina
- College football 2010s season stubs