Gulf South Conference 2019 Football Weekly Release // NCAA Semifinals
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Gulf South Conference 2019 football weekly release // NCAA semifinals 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 11 2 .846 472 241 5-0 6-2 0-0 W-4 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 43 Austin Reed, UWF Jace Jordan, LR Quentin Randolph, UWF Clayton Horn, LR Lenoir-Rhyne 38 21-for-36, 360 yds, 3 TDs 11 att, 114 yds, 1 TD 8 rec, 114 yds, 1 TD 9 tackles THIS WEEK’S SEMIFINAL GAMES NEXT WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, December 14 Saturday, December 21 #3 Minnesota State at #2 Slippery Rock 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT The NCAA Championship Game will take place next week and will air #4 West Florida at #1 Ferris State 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT live on ESPNU. The game will be played at McKinney ISD Stadium in McKinney, Texas and start at 2:00 p.m. CT. 2019 GSC FOOTBALL - ncaa SEMIfinals PREVIEW #20 WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS GAME NOTES 11-2 (7-1 GSC) - The GSC has now won 16 regional championships in the last 18 VS. years. #2 FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS 12-0 (8-0 GLIAC) - This is a matchup between the 2018 National Runner-Up (Ferris State) and the 2017 National Runner-Up (West Florida). Series Record: ............................................................................................................................ First Meeting Last Meeting: ................................................................................................................................................N/A - West Florida is 7-1 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs and 7-0 on the road. UWF’s Last Game: ..........................................................................................@ Lenoir-Rhyne // W, 43-38 FSU’s Last Game:......................................................................................... NW Missouri State // W, 25-3 - Last week, UWF beat Lenoir-Rhyne, who had a 15-game home winning streak, which was the best mark in DII. The week before, UWF WEST FLORIDA TEAM STATS FERRIS STATE beat VSU, who had a 25-game winning streak and a 13-game home 36.3 Points 38.3 winning streak. Coming into this game, Ferris State has a 14-game per game home winning streak, the new best mark in DII. 260.9 Passing Offense 247.8 yards per game - Ferris State advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the fourth 143.2 Rushing Offense 262.5 yards per game straight year, and Bulldogs are now in the NCAA Semifinals for the third time in four years. 18.5 Points Allowed 12.5 per game 175.7 Passing Defense 162.0 - FSU’s Austin Edwards won the Gene Upshaw Award, which honors yards allowed per game the Division II Lineman of the Year. 162.0 Rushing Defense 101.4 yards allowed per game - This is the third time that Ferris State has faced a GSC team in the playoffs. FSU lost to North Alabama in the 1995 Semifinals (45-7) and WEST FLORIDA STATISTICAL LEADERS FERRIS STATE lost to Valdosta State in the 2018 Championship Game (49-47). Austin Reed Passing Travis Russell 228-for-392, 3262 yds, 31 TDs 74-for-134, 1380 yds, 6 TDs - UWF’s Austin Reed currently has 31 touchdown passes this year, Anthony Johnson Rushing Marvin Campbell three shy of a tie for 10th place in league history. 137 att, 588 yds, 8 TDs 154 att, 744 yds, 10 TDs Tate Lehtio Receiving Sy Barnett - West Florida is in the NCAA Semifinals for the second time in the 75 rec, 863 yds, 3 TDs 34 rec, 781 yds, 5 TDs program’s four-year history. Two years ago, the Argos also had to head Chan Ferguson Tackles Avonte Bell far up north, traveling to Pennsylvania and taking down then #1 IUP. 79 tackles 68 tackles, 13.0 TFL, 6.5 sacks Gael Laurent Sacks Austin Edwards 7.0 sacks, 37 yds 10.5 sacks, 87 yds - The Argos have never played a team from the GLIAC or a game in the state of Michigan. Henry Montgomery & Interceptions James Ceasar Sharod Oliver 6 INTs 2 INTs - This will be the 51st game in UWF history, and it will be the Argos’ 19th game against a ranked opponent. West Florida is currently 10-8 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 135-63 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.