Mode: | football |
Year: | 2019 |
Team: | Georgia State Panthers |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Division: | East Division |
Record: | 7–6 |
Conf Record: | 4–4 |
Head Coach: | Shawn Elliott |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Off Coach: | Brad Glenn |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Def Coach: | Nate Fuqua |
Dc Year: | 3rd |
Stadium: | Georgia State Stadium |
Bowl: | Arizona Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 17–38 vs. Wyoming |
The 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Shawn Elliott. This was the Panthers' seventh season in the Sun Belt Conference, second within the East Division, and 10th since starting football. They played their home games at Georgia State Stadium.
Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB | |||
Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E | |||
Fullback | FB | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K | |||
Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB | |||
Long snapper | LS | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB | |||
Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |
The preseason poll was released prior to the Sun Belt media day on July 21, 2019. The Panthers were predicted to finish in fifth place in the Sun Belt East Division.[1]
1 | Appalachian State | 46 (7) | |
2 | Troy | 39 (1) | |
3 | Georgia Southern | 35 (2) | |
4 | Coastal Carolina | 17 | |
5 | Georgia State | 13 |
1 | Louisiana | 46 (6) | |
2 | Arkansas State | 42 (3) | |
3 | Louisiana–Monroe | 27 | |
4 | South Alabama | 19 (1) | |
5 | Texas State | 16 |
The Panthers had two players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[2]
Offense
2nd Team
Hunter Atkinson – OL
Special teams
1st Team
Brandon Wright – P
Name | Position | Consecutive season at Georgia State in current position | |
---|---|---|---|
3rd | |||
Offensive staff | |||
Brad Glenn | Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks | 1st | |
1st | |||
Trent McKnight | Assistant coach, wide receivers | 3rd | |
Jimmy Smith | 1st | ||
Josh Stepp | 3rd | ||
Defensive staff | |||
Nate Fuqua | Defensive coordinator, outside linebackers | 3rd | |
Chris Collins | 3rd | ||
Brad Lawing | 1st | ||
Aairon Savage | Assistant coach, Cornerbacks | 1st | |
1st | |||
Support staff | |||
Antreal Allen | Quality control coach | 2nd | |
Matt Axelrod | Video Coordinator | 7th | |
Taylor Isbell | Operations Assistant | 1st | |
Michael Lambros | Coaching Graduate Assistant | 2nd | |
Bob Murphy | Associate AD, Sports Medicine and Nutrition | 9th | |
Nate Simon | Equipment Manager | 1st | |
John Sisk | 1st | ||
Ginny Thompson | Director of On-Campus Recruiting/Player Personnel | 3rd | |
Daryl Vining | Coaching Graduate Assistant | 2nd | |
Steve Wojcikowski | Director of Football Operations | 4th | |
Reference:[3] |
Georgia State announced its 2019 football schedule on March 1, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of six home and six away games for the regular season. The Panthers host Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Troy, Appalachian State, and South Alabama, and travel to Texas State, Coastal Carolina, ULM, and in-state rivals Georgia Southern. Georgia State will not play Sun Belt foe Louisiana this year.[4] The team will play four non-conference games, including home games against Furman, an FCS team from the Southern Conference, and Army, an FBS Independent, as well as away games at Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Schedule Source:[4]
See also: 2019 Tennessee Volunteers football team.
See also: 2019 Western Michigan Broncos football team.
See also: 2019 Texas State Bobcats football team.
style= | Pregame line! | style= | Over/under |
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Texas State | –3.0 |
See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.
See also: 2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team.
See also: 2019 Army Black Knights football team.
See also: 2019 Troy Trojans football team.
See also: 2019 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.
style= | Pregame line! | style= | Over/under |
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Georgia State | –2.5 |
See also: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team.
See also: 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team and Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry.
See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team and 2019 Arizona Bowl.