2019 North Greenville Crusaders football team
The 2019 North Greenville Crusaders football team will represented North Greenville University during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Farrington. The Crusaders played their home games at Younts Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.
| 2019 North Greenville Crusaders football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2019 record | 3–7 (2–6 GSC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Brad Robbins (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Greg Harris (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Younts Stadium (Capacity: 5,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
Gulf South Conference coaches poll
On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Crusaders predicted to finish in 7th place in the conference.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 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]
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Offense No players were selected Defense Aaron Watson – DB Special Teams No players were selected |
Schedule
North Greenville 2019 football schedule consists of five home and five away games in the regular season. The Crusaders will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Valdosta State, and West Georgia, and will travel to Mississippi College, Shorter, West Alabama, and West Florida.[3]
The Crusaders will host one of the two non-conference games against Newberry from the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), and will travel to Western Carolina from the Southern Conference.
Two of the ten games will be broadcast on ESPN3, as part of the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week.[4]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Newberry* | W 17-7 | 4,117 | ||
| September 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina* | ESPN+ | L 17-20 | 7,216 | |
| September 21 | 8:00 p.m. | at Mississippi College |
| L 27-39 | 3,134 | |
| September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| L 9-34 | 3,419 | |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 25 West Alabama | ESPN3 | W 29-28 | 2,134 | |
| October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | West Georgia |
| ESPN3 | L 21-42 | 2,421 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Shorter | W 7-0 | 946 | ||
| October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 1 Valdosta State |
| L 15-20 | 2,437 | |
| November 2 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 20 West Florida | L 14-17 | 5,042 | ||
| November 9 | 1:30 p.m. | Florida Tech |
| L 14-17 2OT | 3,744 | |
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- Schedule Source:[3]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | ||||||||
| AFCA | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||||
References
- "NGU voted seventh in pre-season Coaches Poll". North Greenville University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gulfsouthconference.com/documents/2019/8/1/FB_2019_Preseason_All_GSC.pdf
- "NGU Football releases 2019 schedule" (Press release). North Greenville University Department of Athletics. January 3, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- "Crusaders set for two ESPN3 showings in 2019". North Greenville University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2019.