The 2019 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Shawn Elliott. This was the Panthers' seventh season in the Sun Belt Conference, second within the East Division, and 10th since starting football. They played their home games at Georgia State Stadium.
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.
The Panthers had two players selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.
Offense
2nd Team
Hunter Atkinson â OL
Special teams
1st Team
Brandon Wright â P
Georgia State announced its 2019 football schedule on March 1, 2019. The 2019 schedule consisted of six home and six away games for the regular season. The Panthers hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Troy, Appalachian State, and South Alabama, and traveled to Texas State, Coastal Carolina, ULM, and in-state rivals Georgia Southern. Georgia State would not play Sun Belt foe Louisiana this year. The team would play four non-conference games, including home games against Furman, an FCS team from the Southern Conference, and Army, an FBS Independent, as well as away games at Tennessee of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference (MAC)