2019 Shorter Hawks football team

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2019 Shorter Hawks football
Shorter University Athletics.jpg
ConferenceGulf South Conference
2019 record1–10 (0–8 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBlaise Holzer (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorChad Creamer (2nd season)
Home stadiumBarron Stadium
(Capacity: 6,500)
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Gulf South Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Shorter Hawks football team represents Shorter University during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They are led by second-year head coach Zach Morrison. The Hawks play their home games at Barron Stadium, and are 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 Hawks predicted to finish in 9th 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 Crusaders had only one player selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[2]

Schedule[]

Shorter's 2019 football schedule consists of five home and six away games in the regular season. The Hawks will host GSC foes Delta State, North Greenville, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Florida Tech, Mississippi College, West Alabama, and West Georgia.[3]

The Hawks will host one of the three non-conference games against Allen Yellow Jackets from the Appalachian Athletic Conference and will travel to East Tennessee State Buccaneers football from the Southern Conference and Fort Valley State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Two of the eleven games will be broadcast on ESPN3 and ESPN+, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:30 p.m.at East Tennessee State*
ESPN+L 10-488,615
September 141:00 p.m.West Florida
ESPN3L 14-421,177
September 211:00 p.m.at Fort Valley State*
L 23-303,285
September 286:00 p.m.No. 1 Valdosta State
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
ESPN+L 7-441,471
October 512:00 p.m.West Georgia
L 34-441,907
October 125:00 p.m.
L 0-415,922
October 191:00 p.m.North Greenvilledagger
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 0-7946
October 264:00 p.m.Mississippi College
L 20-413,087
November 21:00 p.m.Delta State
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
L 6-381,028
November 91:00 p.m.Allen*
  • Barron Stadium
  • Rome, GA
W 37-71,036
November 162:00 p.m.at Florida Tech
L 3-421,450
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from NCAA Division II AFCA poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 GSC Football Preseason". Shorter University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  2. ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2019/8/1/FB_2019_Preseason_All_GSC.pdf
  3. ^ a b "NGU Football releases 2019 schedule" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. January 3, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "GSC Announces 2019 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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