2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football team
Appearance
2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football | |
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Heritage Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Eastern New Mexico | |
Conference | Great American Conference |
Record | 8–4 (8–3 GAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Landon Keopple (11th season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Chad Adams (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Wilkins Stadium |
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No. 14 Ouachita Baptist $^ | 11 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Harding ^ | 10 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henderson State # | 9 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Arkansas # | 8 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma Baptist | 7 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas–Monticello | 5 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NW Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas Tech | 3 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Central | 3 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Nazarene | 2 | – | 9 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE Oklahoma State | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football team represented Southern Arkansas University as a member of the Great American Conference (GAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Bill Keopple, the Muleriders played their home games at Rip Powell Field at Wilkins Stadium in Magnolia, Arkansas.
Previous season
[edit]The Muleriders finished the 2018 season at 8–4 overall and 8–3 in GAC play. They were invited to the Live United Texarkana Bowl, where they lost to Missouri Western, 30–25.[1]
Offseason
[edit]Position key
[edit]Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB | |||
Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E | |||
Fullback | FB | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K | |||
Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB | |||
Long snapper | LS | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB | |||
Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |
Returning starters
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Coaching staff
[edit]Name | Position | Year entering |
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Bill Keopple | Head coach | 11th |
Chad Adams | Defensive coordinator | 2nd |
Landon Keopple | Offensive coordinator | 11th |
Boomer "El Llorón" Cunningham | Recruiting coordinator/offensive line | 4th |
Eriq Moore | Defensive backs/Strength and Conditioning | 2nd |
Rashad Pittman | Defensive line | 2nd |
Zach Parks | Graduate Assistant – Running backs/tight ends | 1st |
Tony Lombardo | Graduate Assistant – Defensive | 1st |
Wil Nicks | Graduate Assistant – Wide receivers | 2nd |
CJ Williams | Student Assistant Extraordinaire/Assistant Quarterbacks | 5th |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Nazarene | W 34–14 | 1,237 | |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Oklahoma Baptist |
| W 30–28 | 4,292 |
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 23 Harding |
| L 0–31 | 6,287 |
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Arkansas Tech |
| W 35–14 | 5,283 |
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Southwestern Oklahoma State |
| W 42–20 | 3,190 |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Northwestern Oklahoma State |
| W 40–7 | 2,850 |
October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | SE Oklahoma State |
| W 49–7 | 5,796 |
October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | at East Central |
| W 24–23 | 3,156 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 5 Ouachita Baptist |
| L 21–38 | 4,721 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Henderson State | L 31–38 | 3,054 | |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Arkansas–Monticello |
| W 34–32 | 2,147 |
December 7 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. Eastern New Mexico* | L 13–20 | 1,500 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "2018 Mulerider Football Schedule". MuleriderAthletics.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Game 1 Southern Nazarene (PDF)" (PDF). Southern Arkansas University Athletics.
- ^ "2019 Mulerider Football Coaches". MuleriderAthletics.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Retrieved November 25, 2019.