2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

{{Infobox NCAA team season

| mode = football

| year = 2019

| team = Mississippi College Choctaws

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Gulf South Conference

| short_conf = GSC

| record = 5–5

| conf_record = 4–4

| head_coach = John Bland

| hc_year = 6th

| off_coach = Tommy Laurendine

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Tony Gilbert

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| stadium = Robinson-Hale Stadium

}}

The 2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach John Bland. The Choctaws played their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).

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.{{cite web |title=GSC Preseason Release: Football|url=https://www.gochoctaws.com/news/2019/8/1/FB_GSCPreseason.aspx?path=football|publisher=Mississippi College Department of Athletics|accessdate=August 29, 2019}}

class="wikitable"
align="center" {{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Mississippi College Choctaws\|Predicted finish\|Team\|Votes (1st place)}}
align="center" \| 1	Valdosta State	64 (8)
align="center" \| 2	West Georgia	55
align="center" \| 3	West Alabama	49
align="center" \| 4	West Florida	44 (1)
align="center" \| 5	Florida Tech	37
align="center" \| 6	Delta State	28
align="center" \| 7	North Greenville	24
align="center" \| 8	Mississippi College	15
align="center" \| 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.[https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2019/8/1/FB_2019_Preseason_All_GSC.pdf Gulf South Conference] Retrieved March 10, 2023

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.{{cite web |title=Choctaws Featured Twice on GSC Football Game of the Week|url=https://www.gochoctaws.com/news/2019/8/5/FB_ESPN3Release.aspx?path=football|publisher=Mississippi College Department of Athletics|accessdate=August 29, 2019}}

{{CFB schedule

| opprank = y

| rankyear = 2019

| rankdivision = NCAA Division II

| poll = AFCA

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 7

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Alcorn State

| site_stadium = Spinks-Casem Stadium

| site_cityst = Lorman, MS

| tv = Braves All-Access

| score = 7-45

| attend = 7,358

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 14

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = Albany State

| site_stadium = Robinson-Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Clinton, MS

| tv = Choctaws All-Access

| score = 24-17

| attend = 3,347

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 21

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank =

| opponent = North Greenville

| site_stadium = Robinson–Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Clinton, MS

| tv = Choctaws All-Access

| score = 39-27

| attend = 3,134

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = West Florida

| site_stadium = Blue Wahoos Stadium

| site_cityst = Pensacola, FL

| tv = YurView Sports

| score = 21-27

| overtime = OT

| attend = 4,909

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Valdosta State

| opprank = 1

| site_stadium = Bazemore–Hyder Stadium

| site_cityst = Valdosta, GA

| tv =

| score = 17-42

| attend = 4,199

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank =

| opponent = Florida Tech

| site_stadium = Robinson–Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Clinton, MS

| tv = Choctaws All-Access

| score = 34-14

| attend = 2,507

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank =

| opponent = Shorter

| site_stadium = Robinson–Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Clinton, MS

| tv = Choctaws All-Access

| score = 41-20

| attend = 3,087

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = West Georgia

| site_stadium = University Stadium

| site_cityst = Carrollton, GA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 21-35

| attend = 2,023

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = West Alabama

| site_stadium = Tiger Stadium

| site_cityst = Livingston, AL

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 21-35

| attend = 2,424

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank =

| opponent = Delta State

| site_stadium = Robinson–Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Clinton, MS

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = Choctaws All-Access

| score = 37-13

| attend = 5,341

}}

:Schedule Source:{{cite web |title=2019 Football Schedule|url=https://www.gochoctaws.com/news/2019/7/19/FB_ScheduleRelease.aspx?path=football|publisher=Mississippi College Department of Athletics|accessdate=August 29, 2019}}

=Rankings=

{{Ranking movements

|poll1title = AFCA

|poll1firstweek = 0

|poll1lastweek = 12

|poll1_0=NR

|poll1_1=NR

|poll1_2=NR

|poll1_3=NR

|poll1_4=NR

|poll1_5=NR

|poll1_6=NR

|poll1_7=NR

|poll1_8=NR

|poll1_9=NR

|poll1_10=NR

|poll1_11=NR

|poll1_12=NR

|poll1_13=

|poll1_14=

}}

References

Mississippi College

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