Gulf South Conference 2019 Football Weekly Release // NCAA Championship Game
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Gulf South Conference 2019 football weekly release // NCAA championship game Contact: Nick Moeller, Assistant Commissioner for Communications // [email protected] Twitter: @GulfSouth // Facebook: The Gulf South Conference // Instagram: gscsports 2019 GSC STANDINGS Conference Overall A/D2 Team W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral Streak 1/1 Valdosta State 8 0 1.000 307 142 10 1 .909 428 204 5-1 5-0 0-0 L-1 20/19 West Florida 7 1 .875 271 131 12 2 .857 500 255 5-0 7-2 0-0 W-5 Delta State 5 3 .625 180 189 6 4 .600 228 227 4-1 2-3 0-0 L-1 West Georgia 4 4 .500 200 244 6 5 .545 275 293 2-3 4-2 0-0 L-2 Mississippi College 4 4 .500 231 213 5 5 .500 262 275 5-0 0-5 0-0 W-1 West Alabama 3 5 .375 205 199 6 5 .545 323 247 4-2 2-3 0-0 L-1 Florida Tech 3 5 .375 197 197 5 6 .455 279 280 2-3 3-3 0-0 W-2 North Greenville 2 6 .250 136 197 3 7 .300 170 224 1-4 2-3 0-0 L-3 Shorter 0 8 .000 84 299 1 10 .091 154 384 1-4 0-6 0-0 L-1 A-AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll | D2-D2Football.com Poll LAST WEEK’S GAMES LEADING PASSER LEADING RUSHER LEADING RECEIVER LEADING TACKLER West Florida 28 Austin Reed, UWF Marvin Campbell, FSU Tate Lehtio, UWF Trent Archie, UWF Ferris State 14 18-for-44, 299 yds, 3 TDs 23 att, 104 yds 7 rec, 118 yds, 2 TD 12 tackles NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME GSC NCAA FOOTBALL TITLES Saturday, December 21 1971: West Alabama 1995: North Alabama West Florida vs. Minnesota State 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT 1984: Troy State 2000: Delta State 1987: Troy State 2004: Valdosta State The NCAA Division II National Championship Game will broadcast live 1992: Jacksonville State 2007: Valdosta State on ESPNU and stream live on the ESPN app. The game will be played 1993: North Alabama 2012: Valdosta State at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas. 1994: North Alabama 2018: Valdosta State 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa championship game PREVIEW #20 WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS GAME NOTES 12-2 (7-1 GSC) - The GSC has now won 16 regional championships in the last 18 VS. years. #4 MINNESOTA STATE MAVERICKS 14-0 (11-0 NSIC) - This is the 20 Championship Game appearance for the GSC, and the fourth straight season that a GSC team has been in the title game Series Record: ............................................................................................................................ First Meeting (2016 - UNA; 2017 - UWF; 2018 - VSU). Last Meeting: ................................................................................................................................................N/A UWF’s Last Game: ...............................................................................................@ Ferris State // W, 28-14 MSU’s Last Game: ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� @ Slippery Rock // W, 58-15 - This is a matchup between the 2014 National Runner-Up (Minnesota State) and the 2017 National Runner-Up (West Florida). Neither team has won the national title. WEST FLORIDA TEAM STATS MINNESOTA STATE 35.7 Points 48.0 - West Florida is 8-1 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs and 8-0 on the road. per game 263.6 Passing Offense 221.5 yards per game - Last week, UWF won at Ferris State, who had a 14-game home winning streak. The week before, they won at Lenoir-Rhyne, who had 137.7 Rushing Offense 293.1 yards per game a 15-game home winning streak, and the week before, UWF beat VSU, who had a 25-game winning streak and a 13-game home winning 18.2 Points Allowed 12.9 per game streak. 171.9 Passing Defense 175.9 yards allowed per game - This was the third straight year that Minnesota State advanced to 168.6 Rushing Defense 71.3 the NCAA Semifinals, previously falling to 2017 Champion Texas A&M yards allowed per game Commerce and 2018 Runner-up Ferris State. WEST FLORIDA STATISTICAL LEADERS MINNESOTA STATE - This is the 93rd year that MSU has played football, but it is just the Austin Reed Passing Ryan Schlichte fourth year of West Florida’s football program. 246-for-436, 3561 yds, 34 TDs 88-for-158, 1532 yds, 16 TDs Anthony Johnson Rushing Nate Gunn - The potent Minnesota State offense is led by Nate Gunn and Shane 153 att, 633 yds, 8 TDs 241 att, 1611 yds, 29 TDs Zylstra, who were each named AFCA All-Americans. Gunn ranks third Tate Lehtio Receiving Shane Zylstra in the country in rushing yards and second in rushing touchdowns. 82 rec, 981 yds, 5 TDs 70 rec, 1531 yds, 17 TDs Zylstra is first in the country in receiving yards and fourth in receiving Chan Ferguson Tackles Zach Robertson touchdowns 88 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 0.5 sack 73 tackles, 13.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks Gael Laurent Sacks Brayden Thomas 7.0 sacks, 37 yds 11.0 sacks, 86 yds - Tate Lehtio has 82 catches this year for the Argos. He is six catches away from 9th place in league history in a single season. His 203 Four Tied Interceptions Cole Schroedermeier 2 INTs 5 INTs career catches currently ranks 10th all-time in the GSC. He is six catches away from tying Santiago Collins from Harding (2000-03) for 9th place. - UWF’s Austin Reed currently has 34 touchdown passes this year, which is tied for 10th place in league history (Micah Davis, DSU - 2010). - The Argos have never played a team from the NSIC. - The Mavericks have only played one team from the GSC in the playoffs in their history. MSU fell to Valdosta State 35-19 in the 2012 Semifinals. VSU would go on to win the national title. - This will be the 52nd game in UWF history, and it will be the Argos’ 20th game against a ranked opponent. West Florida is currently 11-8 in those games. 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - polls and records AFCA POLL D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL GSC COACHES CAREER RECORDS November 18, 2019 November 19, 2019 Todd Cooley Delta State 34-27 # School Record Points Prev # # School Record Prev # Steve Englehart Florida Tech 70-49 1 Valdosta State (30) 10-0 774 1 1 Valdosta State 10-0 1 John Bland Mississippi College 90-71 2 Ferris State 10-0 739 2 2 Ferris State 10-0 2 Jeff Farrington North Greenville 39-38 3 Tarleton State (1) 11-0 710 3 3 Minnesota State 11-0 3 Zach Morrison Shorter 1-21 4 Minnesota State 11-0 688 4 4 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 4 Gary Goff Valdosta State 48-50 5 Ouachita Baptist 11-0 624 5 5 Tarleton State 11-0 5 Brett Gilliland West Alabama 43-26 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 11-0 619 6 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 11-0 6 Pete Shinnick West Florida 136-63 7 Colorado School of Mines 11-0 590 7 7 Colo. School of Mines 11-0 7 David Dean West Georgia 104-38 8 Slippery Rock 11-0 564 8 8 Slippery Rock 11-0 8 9 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 500 10 9 CSU-Pueblo 10-1 9 10 Northwest Missouri State 10-1 490 12 10 Harding 10-1 11 11 Bowie State 11-0 464 11 11 Northwest Missouri St. 10-1 12 12 Harding 10-1 416 14 12 Bowie State 11-0 13 13 Notre Dame (OH) 10-1 358 15 13 Indianapolis 9-1 14 14 Indianapolis 9-1 344 16 14 Central Missouri 10-1 10 15 Central Missouri 10-1 339 9 15 Notre Dame 10-1 16 16 Wingate 10-1 321 17 16 IUP 10-1 17 17 Kutztown 10-1 303 13 17 Wingate 10-1 18 18 Indiana (Pa.) 10-1 272 18 18 Kutztown 10-1 15 19 Tiffin 9-1 203 21 19 West Florida 8-2 21 20 West Florida 8-2 186 22 20 Texas A&M-Commerce 9-2 22 21 Texas A&M-Commerce 8-2 165 23 21 Tiffin 9-1 24 22 West Chester 9-2 104 24 22 Augustana 9-2 25 23 Truman State 9-2 83 25 23 Henderson State 9-2 20 24 Henderson State 9-2 75 20 24 Carson-Newman 8-2 NR 25 Carson-Newman 8-2 51 NR 25 Shepherd 9-2 NR Others Receiving Votes: Shepherd, 27; Augustana (S.D.), 14; Wayne State (MI), 12; Lindenwood, 8; Virginia Union, 6; Fayetteville State, 5; Dixie State, 4; Grand Valley State, 4; Virginia St., 4; Angelo State, 3; Charleston (W.Va.), 2; Eastern New Mexico, 1; Fort Hays State, 1; Missouri Western State, 1; West Texas A&M, 1. WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Below is a weekly look at each Gulf South Conference team’s spot in the AFCA Coaches and D2Football.com polls in 2019. The AFCA poll is released each Monday afternoon and the D2Football.com poll is released each Tuesday. DSU FT MC NGU SU VSU UWA UWF UWG Preseason --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 24/25 RV/-- 15/14 September 11 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 20/24 --/-- 14/13 September 18 --/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 20/23 RV/-- 15/13 September 25 RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 24/-- RV/-- RV/22 October 2 RV/-- RV/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 25/-- RV/-- --/-- October 9 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 25/25 --/-- October 16 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 24/24 --/-- October 23 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/20 --/-- October 30 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/20 --/-- November 6 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/19 --/-- November 13 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 22/21 --/-- November 20 --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- 1/1 --/-- 20/19 --/-- 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2016 2017 2018 2019 Offensive Offensive Offensive Offensive 09/05 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/04 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 09/03 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 09/09 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/12 QB-Kaleb Nobles, UWF 09/11 WR-Donta Armstrong, UWA 09/10 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/16 RB-Chauncey Williams, UWG 09/19 WR-Anas Hasic, UWF 09/18 RB-Antwuan Haynes, FT 09/17 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/23 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 09/26 QB-Jacob Tucker, UNA 09/25 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 09/24 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 09/30 QB-Mike Diliello, FT 10/03 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 10/02 QB-Harry Satterwhite, UWA 10/01 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/07 QB-Bryce Fields, NGU 10/10 QB-Austin Grammer, UWA 10/09 RB-Devontae Jackson, UWG 10/08 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/14 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 10/17 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 10/16 QB-Mark Cato, FT 10/15 RB-Devontae Jackson, UWG 10/21 WR-Brian Saunds, VSU 10/24 QB-Jacob Tucker, UNA 10/23 QB-Mark Cato, FT 10/22 WR-Romell Guerrier, FT 10/28 RB-Jordan Wright, MC 10/31 QB-Austin Grammer, UWA 10/30 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 10/29 QB-Patrick Shegog, DSU 11/04 QB-Garrett Bass, UWG 11/07 QB-Adam Robles, VSU 11/06 QB-Tyler Pullum, SU 11/05 QB-Willie Candler, UWG 11/11 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU* 11/14 RB-Antwuan Haynes, FT 11/13 RB-Chris Robinson, DSU 11/12 QB-Rogan Wells, VSU 11/18 WR-Quentin Randolph, UWF Defensive Defensive Defensive Defensive 09/05 LB-Dante Robinson, VSU 09/04 LB-Martes Wheeler, UWF 09/03 DB-Elijah Rogers, MC 09/09 LB-Vada King, DSU 09/12 DL-Adonis Davis, FT 09/11 LB-Ovenson Cledanord, DSU 09/10 LB-J.T.