2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game

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DateDecember 7, 2019
Season2019
LocationBoone, NC
2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
2nd Sun Belt Championship Game
1234 Total
Louisiana 710714 38
Appalachian State 211473 45
DateDecember 7, 2019
Season2019
StadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
LocationBoone, NC
MVPRB Darrynton Evans, App State
FavoriteAppalachian State by 5.5[1]
RefereeJason Autrey
Attendance18,618
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersClay Matvick (play-by-play), Ryan Leaf (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (sideline)
Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
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2019 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 19 Appalachian State x$  7 1   13 1  
Georgia Southern  5 3   7 6  
Georgia State  4 4   7 6  
Troy  3 5   5 7  
Coastal Carolina  2 6   5 7  
West Division
Louisiana x  7 1   11 3  
Arkansas State  5 3   8 5  
Louisiana–Monroe  4 4   5 7  
Texas State  2 6   3 9  
South Alabama  1 7   2 10  
Championship: Appalachian State 45, Louisiana 38
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina, to determine the 2019 champion of the Sun Belt Conference. The game, the conference's second championship game, featured the East division champions Appalachian State and the West division champions Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.[2]

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game featured East Division champion Appalachian State against West Division champion Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns for the first title game for the conference. The Mountaineers defeated the Ragin' Cajuns by a score of 30–19.[3]

Teams

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game was contested by the Appalachian State Mountaineers, East Division champions, and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, West Division champions. The teams had met 7 times previously, with the Mountaineers holding a 7–0 edge in the series. The teams' most recent meeting was earlier in the 2019 season; Appalachian State won, 17–7. Louisiana had yet to win in the series, since they first met in 2014[4] This was the teams' second meeting in the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game, a rematch from the previous year.

Appalachian State

Appalachian State clinched its spot in the Championship Game after its November 23 win over Texas State.[5] The Mountaineers secured hosting rights on November 29 with a 48–13 win over Troy.[6] This is Appalachian State's second consecutive and overall appearance in the Championship Game. App State running back Darrynton Evans was named the championship game MVP for the second year in a row.[7]

Louisiana

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns earned their spot after clinching the West Division title on November 23 with a win over Troy.[8] This will be the Ragin' Cajuns' second consecutive and overall appearance in the Championship Game.

Game summary

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