2019 South Florida Bulls football team explained

Year:2019
Team:South Florida Bulls
Sport:football
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:AAC
Record:4–8
Conf Record:2–6
Head Coach:Charlie Strong
Hc Year:3rd
Off Coach:Kerwin Bell
Oc Year:1st
Off Scheme:Fun and gun
Def Coach:Brian Jean-Mary
Dc Year:3rd
Def Scheme:3–3–5

The 2019 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by third-year head coach Charlie Strong and played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. They competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

On December 2, head coach Charlie Strong was fired.[1] He finished at South Florida with a three-year record of 21–16.

Preseason

Coaching changes

In January 2019, South Florida hired Kerwin Bell as their new offensive coordinator, replacing Sterlin Gilbert, who left to take the head coaching job at McNeese State. Bell had spent the previous three seasons as the head coach at Valdosta State, where he led the school to an NCAA Division II national title in 2018.[2]

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 16, 2019, with the Bulls predicted to finish third in the AAC East Division.[3]

Media poll (East)
1 UCF 169 (19)
2 Cincinnati 157 (11)
3 USF 107
4 Temple 101
5 East Carolina 66
6 UConn 30

Pre-season award watch lists

Heading into the 2019 season, five Bulls were named to various award watch lists: Blake Barnett (Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award),[4] Coby Weiss (Lou Groza Award),[5] Marcus Norman (Outland Trophy),[6] Mike Hampton (Jim Thorpe Award),[7] and Mitchell Wilcox (John Mackey Award).[8]

Schedule

South Florida's 2019 schedule will begin with three non-conference games: at home against Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference, then on the road against Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and then at home again against South Carolina State of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Their fourth non-conference game will be played at home against BYU, a football independent, after the start of the conference schedule. In American Athletic Conference play, the Bulls will play the other members of the East Division and draw Memphis, Navy, and SMU from the West Division. They will not play Houston, Tulane, or Tulsa as part of the regular season.Source:[9]

Game summaries

Wisconsin

See also: 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team.

At Georgia Tech

See also: 2019 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team.

South Carolina State

See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team.

SMU

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team.

At UConn

See also: 2019 UConn Huskies football team.

BYU

See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team.

At Navy

See also: 2019 Navy Midshipmen football team.

At East Carolina

See also: 2019 East Carolina Pirates football team.

Temple

See also: 2019 Temple Owls football team.

Cincinnati

See also: 2019 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.

Memphis

See also: 2019 Memphis Tigers football team.

At UCF

See also: 2019 UCF Knights football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlie Strong fired at South Florida after 3 seasons. December 2019.
  2. Web site: Kerwin Bell hired as USF offensive coordinator. Joey. Knight. Tampa Bay Times. January 10, 2019.
  3. Web site: Page . Fletcher . Media picks UCF to win AAC, ranks UC second in East Division . Cincinnati.com . 16 July 2019.
  4. Web site: Barnett Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List. USF Athletics. en. 2019-08-26.
  5. Web site: Weiss Named to Lou Groza Award Watch List. USF Athletics. en. 2019-08-26.
  6. Web site: Norman Named to Outland Trophy Watch List. USF Athletics. en. 2019-08-26.
  7. Web site: Hampton Named to Thorpe Award Watch List. USF Athletics. en. 2019-08-26.
  8. Web site: Wilcox Named to Mackey Award Watch List. USF Athletics. en. 2019-08-26.
  9. Web site: 2019 USF Football Schedule. FBSchedules.com. February 28, 2019.