2019 Texas State Bobcats football team explained

Year:	2019
Team:	Texas State Bobcats
Sport:	football
Conference:	Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:	Sun Belt
Division:	West Division
Record:	3–9
Conf Record:	2–6
Hc Year:	1st
Oc Year:	1st
Def Coach:	Zac Spavital
Dc Year:	1st
Stadium:	Bobcat Stadium

The 2019 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at the Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas and competed in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Jake Spavital.

Preseason

Sun Belt media poll

The Sun Belt coaches poll was released on July 18, 2019. Texas State was picked to finish 5th in the West Division with 16 total votes.^[1]

West Division

1	Louisiana	46 (6)
2	Arkansas State	42 (3)
3	Louisiana–Monroe	27
4	South Alabama	19 (1)
5	Texas State	16

East Division

1	Appalachian State	46 (7)
2	Troy	39 (1)
3	Georgia Southern	35 (2)
4	Coastal Carolina	17
5	Georgia State	13

Preseason All-Sun Belt teams

Texas State placed three players to the All-Sun Belt team.^[2] Offense

2nd team

• Aaron Brewer – SR, Offensive Lineman

Defensive

1st team

• Bryan London II – SR, Linebacker

2nd team

• Nikolas Daniels – SR, Linebacker

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Bednarik Award	Bryan London II	LB	SR
Rimington Award	Aaron Brewer	OL	SR
Nagurski Award	Bryan London II	LB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy	Hutch White	WR	SR

References:^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Schedule

Texas State announced its 2019 football schedule on March 1, 2019.^[7] The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season.^[8]

Game summaries

At Texas A&M

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Texas A&M	–33.5

Statistics	Texas State	Texas A&M
First downs	15	22
Total yards	219	478
Rushing yards	8	246
Passing yards	211	232
Turnovers	4	2
Time of possession	24:14	35:46

Wyoming

See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team.

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Wyoming	–7.5

Statistics	Wyoming	Texas State
First downs	16	27
Total yards	293	444
Rushing yards	190	50
Passing yards	103	394
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	34:27	25:33

At SMU

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team.

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SMU	–17.5

Statistics	Texas State	SMU
First downs	15	23
Total yards	242	639
Rushing yards	17	390
Passing yards	225	249
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	29:06	30:54

Georgia State

See also: 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team.

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Texas State	–3.0

Statistics	Georgia State	Texas State
First downs	27	20
Total yards	423	350
Rushing yards	204	221
Passing yards	219	129
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	34:46	25:14

Nicholls

See also: 2019 Nicholls Colonels football team and Battle for the Paddle.

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Texas State	–4.0

Statistics	Nicholls	Texas State
First downs	12	16
Total yards	220	362
Rushing yards	75	109
Passing yards	145	253
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	27:17	32:43

Louisiana–Monroe

See also: 2019 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.

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Louisiana–Monroe	–3.5

Statistics	Louisiana–Monroe	Texas State
First downs	24	17
Total yards	429	338
Rushing yards	204	92
Passing yards	225	246
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	33:06	26:54

At Arkansas State

See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team.

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Arkansas State	–11.0

Statistics	Texas State	Arkansas State
First downs	8	21
Total yards	227	364
Rushing yards	81	206
Passing yards	146	158
Turnovers	3	0
Time of possession	22:40	37:20

At Louisiana

See also: 2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team.

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Louisiana	–23.0

Statistics	Texas State	Louisiana
First downs	17	24
Total yards	264	479
Rushing yards	58	296
Passing yards	206	183
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	29:28	30:32

South Alabama

See also: 2019 South Alabama Jaguars football team.

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Texas State	–7.0

Statistics	South Alabama	Texas State
First downs	20	21
Total yards	348	415
Rushing yards	184	42
Passing yards	164	373
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	30:00	30:00

Troy

See also: 2019 Troy Trojans football team.

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Troy	–7.0

Statistics	Troy	Texas State
First downs	25	21
Total yards	471	416
Rushing yards	103	153
Passing yards	368	263
Turnovers	0	4
Time of possession	31:27	28:33

At Appalachian State

See also: 2019 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.

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Appalachian State	–28.5

Statistics	Texas State	Appalachain State
First downs	11	23
Total yards	208	468
Rushing yards	54	280
Passing yards	154	188
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	26:55	33:05

At Coastal Carolina

See also: 2019 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team.

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Coastal Carolina	–7.0

Statistics	Texas State	Coastal Carolina
First downs	17	22
Total yards	329	380
Rushing yards	36	223
Passing yards	293	157
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	19:36	40:24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sun Belt Releases Preseason Football Poll . Texas State Athletics . May 10, 2020 . en . July 18, 2019.
2. Web site: Three Bobcats named to Sun Belt Conference preseason teams . Texas State Athletics . May 10, 2020 . en . July 18, 2019.
3. Web site: Bryan London II Named On Bednarik Award Watch List . Texas State Athletics . May 11, 2020 . en . July 15, 2019.
4. Web site: Brewer lands on Rimington Watch List . Texas State Athletics . May 11, 2020 . en . July 19, 2019.
5. Web site: Bryan London II Named to 2019 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List . Texas State Athletics . May 11, 2020 . en . July 23, 2019.
6. Web site: Hutch White Named to Preseason Watch List for Wuerffel Trophy . Texas State Athletics . May 11, 2020 . en . July 25, 2019.
7. Web site: Texas State Announces 2019 Football Schedule. Texas State University Department of Athletics. March 1, 2019. March 5, 2019.
8. Web site: 2019 Texas State Bobcats Football Schedule. FB Schedules. March 5, 2019.