The 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team represented
Georgia State University
Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the ...
(GSU) in the
2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach
Shawn Elliott. This was the Panthers' seventh season in the
Sun Belt Conference
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, second within the East Division, and 10th since starting football. They played their home games at
Georgia State Stadium
Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served as ...
.
Previous season
The
Panthers
Panther may refer to:
Large cats
*Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis''
**''Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
***Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in Sout ...
finished the
2018 season 2–10, 1–7 in
Sun Belt play to finish in last place in the East Division.
Recruiting
Preseason
Sun Belt coaches poll
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.
Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams
The Panthers had two players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.
Offense
''2nd Team''
Hunter Atkinson – OL
Special Teams
''1st Team''
Brandon Wright – P
Personnel
Roster
Coaching and support staff
Schedule
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
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,
Troy
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,
Appalachian State
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...
, and
South Alabama
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, and travel to
Texas State
Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...
,
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
,
ULM
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, and in-state rivals
Georgia Southern
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. Georgia State will not play Sun Belt foe
Louisiana
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this year.
The team will play four non-conference games, including home games against
Furman, an
FCS team from the
Southern Conference
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, and
Army
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, an
FBS Independent, as well as away games at
Tennessee
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of the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC) and
Western Michigan
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of the
Mid-American Conference
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(MAC)
:Schedule Source:
Game summaries
at Tennessee
Furman
at Western Michigan
at Texas State
Arkansas State
at Coastal Carolina
Army
Troy
at Louisiana–Monroe
Appalachian State
South Alabama
at Georgia Southern
vs. Wyoming – Arizona Bowl
References
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* Georgia State University ("State", "Georgia State"), a state university
* Georgia (U.S. state) ("Georgia state"), a state of the United States of America
Sports
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Georgia State Panthers football seasons
Georgia State Panthers football
The Georgia State Panthers football team is the college football program for Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. The Panthers football team was founded in 2010 and competes at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team is a member of the ...