2019 Morningside Mustangs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2019
| team = Morningside Mustangs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Great Plains Athletic Conference
| short_conf = GPAC
| record = 14–0
| conf_record = 8–0
| head_coach = Steve Ryan
| hc_year = 18th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| codef_coach1 = Casey Jacobsen
| codc1_year = 9th
| codef_coach2 = Nathan Turner
| codc2_year = 9th
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Elwood Olsen Stadium
| champion = NAIA national champion
GPAC champion
| bowl = NAIA National Championship Game
| bowl_result = W 40–38 vs. {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Marian Knights|title=Marian (IN)}}
}}
{{2019 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 2019 Morningside Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Morningside University as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) during the 2019 NAIA football season. In their 18th season under head coach Steve Ryan, the Mustangs compiled a perfect 14–0 record (8–0 against GPAC opponents) and won the NAIA national championship, defeating the {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Marian Knights|title=Marian Knights}}, 40–38, in the NAIA National Championship Game.{{cite web|title=2019-20 Football Schedule|publisher=Morningside Mustangs|accessdate=October 30, 2021|url=https://www.msidemustangs.com/sports/fball/2019-20/schedule}}
Quarterback Joe Dolincheck completed 295 of 433 passes (68.1%) for 4,303 yards and 49 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Running back Arnijae Ponder carried the ball 323 times for 1,884 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns.{{cite web|title=2019-20 Football Statistics - Morningside (Iowa)|publisher=NAIA|accessdate=October 30, 2021|url=https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2019-20/teams/morningside?tmpl=teaminfo-network-monospace-template}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2019
| rankdivision = NAIA
| poll = NAIA
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|August 31||{{cfb link|year=2019|team=St. Francis Fighting Saints|title=St. Francis (IL)}}
|September 14||{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Dordt Defenders|title=Dordt}}|1|Elwood Olsen Stadium|Sioux City, IA|W 56-14|1,100|
|September 21||{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Midland Warriors|title=Midland}}|1|Elwood Olsen Stadium|Sioux City, IA|W 51-29|5,600|
|October 5|at|{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Hastings Broncos|title=Hastings}}|1|Lloyd Wilson Field|Hastings, NE|W 69-13||
|October 12|at|{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Briar Cliff Chargers|title=Briar Cliff}}|1|Memorial Field|Sioux City, IA|W 49-14|1,000|
|October 19||{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Jamestown Jimmies|title=Jamestown}}|1|Elwood Olsen Stadium|Sioux City, IA|W 61-0|1,105|
|October 26|at|{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Dakota Wesleyan Tigers|title=Dakota Wesleyan}}|1|Joe Quintal Field|Mitchell, SD|W 69-0||
|November 2|at|{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Doane Tigers|title=Doane}}|1|Papik Field|Crete, NE|W 42-10|1,000|
|November 9||{{cfb link|year=2019|team=Concordia Bulldogs|title=Concordia (NE)}}|1|Elwood Olsen Stadium|Sioux City, IA|W 52-7|1,050|{{cite web|title=Concorida (NE) at Morningside|publisher=Morningside Mustangs|accessdate=October 30, 2021|url=https://www.msidemustangs.com/sports/fball/2019-20/boxscores/20191109_pe2m.xml}}
|November 16|at|No. 5 {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Northwestern Red Raiders|title=Northwestern (IA)}}|1|DeValois Stadium|Orange City, IA|W 37-27||{{cite web|title=Morningside at Northwestern|publisher=Morningside Mustangs|accessdate=October 30, 2021|url=https://www.msidemustangs.com/sports/fball/2019-20/boxscores/20191123_nnoz.xml}}
|November 23||No. 17 {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Dickinson State Blue Hawks|title=Dickinson State}}
|November 30||No. 9 {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Saint Xavier Cougars|title=Saint Xavier}}
|December 7||No. 4 {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Grand View Vikings|title=Grand View}}
|December 21|vs|No. 2 {{cfb link|year=2019|team=Marian Knights|title=Marian (IN)}}
}}
References
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Category:Morningside Mustangs football seasons
Category:NAIA football national champions
Category:Great Plains Athletic Conference football champion seasons