# 2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

The 2019 Mississippi College Choctaws football team represented Mississippi College during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach John Bland. The Choctaws played their home games at Robinson-Hale Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference (GSC).

## Preseason
### Gulf South Conference coaches poll

On August 1, 2019, the Gulf South Conference released their preseason coaches poll with the Choctaws predicted to finish in 8th place in the conference.
| 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 Choctaws had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-Gulf South Conference team.

## Schedule

Mississippi College 2019 football schedule consists of five home and five away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, North Greenville, and Shorter, and will travel to Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, West Georgia.
The Choctaws will host one of the two non-conference games against Albany State from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and will travel to Alcorn State, from the Southwestern 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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Alcorn State* | Spinks-Casem StadiumLorman, MS | Braves All-Access | L 7-45 | 7,358 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Albany State* | Robinson-Hale StadiumClinton, MS | Choctaws All-Access | W 24-17 | 3,347 |
| September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | North Greenville | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | Choctaws All-Access | W 39-27 | 3,134 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at West Florida | Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL | YurView Sports | L 21-27 $^{OT}$ | 4,909 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Valdosta State | Bazemore–Hyder StadiumValdosta, GA | | L 17-42 | 4,199 |
| October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Tech | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | Choctaws All-Access | W 34-14 | 2,507 |
| October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Shorter | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS | Choctaws All-Access | W 41-20 | 3,087 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at West Georgia | University StadiumCarrollton, GA | ESPN+ | L 21-35 | 2,023 |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at West Alabama | Tiger StadiumLivingston, AL | ESPN3 | L 21-35 | 2,424 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Delta State | Robinson–Hale StadiumClinton, MS (rivalry) | Choctaws All-Access | W 37-13 | 5,341 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||
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### Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |