2019 Delta State Statesmen football team

The 2019 Delta State Statesmen football team will represent Delta State University in the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by seventh-year head coach Todd Cooley. The Statesmen will played their home games at McCool Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.

2019 Delta State Statesmen football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
2019 record	6-4 (5-3 GSC)
Head coach	Todd Cooley (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Kelvin Green (1st; 7th overall season season)
Home stadium	Parker Field at Horace McCool Stadium (Capacity: 8,125)

2019 Gulf South Conference football standings
	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

Preseason

Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Statesmen predicted to finish in 6th 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 Statesmen had three players at three positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.[1]

Offense Innis Claud V – OG Defense Eric Sadler – DL Special Teams Sam Barge – P

Schedule

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

The Statesmen will host one of the two non-conference games against Tusculum from the South Atlantic Conference and will travel to Grand Valley State from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate 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.[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:00 p.m.	Tusculum*	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	Statesmen Sports Network	W 24-10	5,123
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Grand Valley State*	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	ESPN3	L 24-28	10,680
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Florida Tech	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	ESPN3	W 30-28	6,665
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at North Greenville	Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC	North Greenville Sports Network	W 34-9	3,419
October 5	6:00 p.m.	at West Florida	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	YurView Sports	L 3-48	6,088
October 12	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Valdosta State	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	Statesmen Sports Network	L 13-34	3,165
October 19	6:00 p.m.	West Alabama	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	ESPN+	W 14-7	3,167
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Shorter	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		W 38-6	1,028
November 9	2:00 p.m.	West Georgia	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	Statesmen Sports Network	W 35-20	5,165
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Mississippi College	Robinson–Hale Stadium Clinton, MS (rivalry)	Choctaws All-Access	L 13-37	5,341
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "Statesmen Picked To Finish 6th in GSC Preseason Poll". Delta State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
2. "Statesmen To Be Featured Twice On GSC-TV Game of The Week". Delta State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.