2019 Shorter Hawks football team
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.
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2019 record | 1–10 (0–8 GSC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Blaise Holzer (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Chad Creamer (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Barron Stadium (Capacity: 6,500) |
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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 Hawks predicted to finish in 9th 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 Nehemiah Reddish – DB Special Teams No players were selected |
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]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | 7:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State* | ESPN+ | L 10-48 | 8,615 | |
| September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | West Florida | ESPN3 | L 14-42 | 1,177 | |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fort Valley State* | L 23-30 | 3,285 | ||
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Valdosta State |
| ESPN+ | L 7-44 | 1,471 |
| October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | West Georgia | L 34-44 | 1,907 | ||
| October 12 | 5:00 p.m. | West Alabama | L 0-41 | 5,922 | ||
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | North Greenville |
| L 0-7 | 946 | |
| October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Mississippi College |
| L 20-41 | 3,087 | |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Delta State |
| L 6-38 | 1,028 | |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Allen* |
| W 37-7 | 1,036 | |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Florida Tech | L 3-42 | 1,450 | ||
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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
- "2019 GSC Football Preseason". Shorter University Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 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.
- "GSC Announces 2019 Football Game of the Week Schedule". Gulf South Conference. Retrieved September 12, 2019.