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2019 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Switzer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Wilson (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   8 0     16 0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^   6 2     10 5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^   5 3     10 5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^   5 3     8 5  
Southern Illinois   5 3     7 5  
South Dakota   4 4     5 7  
Indiana State   3 5     5 7  
Youngstown State   2 6     6 6  
Missouri State   1 7     1 10  
Western Illinois   1 7     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason[edit]

MVFC poll[edit]

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Sycamores were predicted to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Dakota State 392 (32)
2 South Dakota State 348 (4)
3 Illinois State 289 (3)
4 Indiana State 279 (1)
5 Northern Iowa 266
6 South Dakota 176
7 Youngstown State 153
8 Western Illinois 128
9 Southern Illinois 89
10 Missouri State 80

Preseason All–MVFC team[edit]

The Sycamores had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Preseason All–American team[edit]

The Sycamores had one player, Jonas Griffith – LB, selected to the preseason All-American team. Griffith was also named to the Buck Buchanan Award-watch list.[3]

Ryan Boyle was named to the "College Football Performance Award" Watch List.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3112:00 p.m.at Kansas*No. 16FSNL 17–2432,611[4]
September 71:00 p.m.Dayton*No. 14ESPN+L 35–424,950[5]
September 141:00 p.m.Eastern Kentucky*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 19–74,590[6]
September 211:00 p.m.Eastern Illinois*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 16–66,216[7]
October 53:00 p.m.at South DakotaESPN+L 0–385,255[8]
October 121:00 p.m.Western Illinoisdagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 20–107,243[9]
October 191:00 p.m.No. 3 South Dakota State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3L 23–424,642[10]
October 263:00 p.m.No. 8 Illinois StateESPN3L 7–248,510[11]
November 21:00 p.m.Southern Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+L 14–234,110[12]
November 95:00 p.m.at No. 5 Northern IowaESPN+L 9–178,442[13]
November 161:00 p.m.Youngstown State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 24–173,645[14]
November 233:00 p.m.at Missouri StateESPN+W 51–243,352[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[16][17]

Game summaries[edit]

At Kansas[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Sycamores 0 3 0 14 17
Jayhawks 7 3 6 8 24

Dayton[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 7 14 14 7 42
No. 14 Sycamores 7 7 7 14 35

Eastern Kentucky[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 0 7 0 7
Sycamores 3 7 0 9 19

Eastern Illinois[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 6 0 6
Sycamores 10 3 0 3 16

At South Dakota[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
Coyotes 14 10 14 0 38

Western Illinois[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 10 0 0 10
Sycamores 0 0 10 10 20

South Dakota State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 28 0 7 42
Sycamores 7 3 7 6 23

At Illinois State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 7 0 0 7
No. 8 Redbirds 0 7 3 14 24

Southern Illinois[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 10 3 3 23
Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14

At Northern Iowa[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 3 3 0 9
No. 5 Panthers 7 10 0 0 17

Youngstown State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0 10 0 7 17
Sycamores 3 14 7 0 24

At Missouri State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 14 23 7 51
Bears 0 7 7 10 24

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS1614
Coaches1615

References[edit]

  1. ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Indiana State vs. Kansas - Game Summary - August 31, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dayton vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Eastern Kentucky vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Eastern Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Indiana State vs. South Dakota - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Western Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "South Dakota State vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Indiana State vs. Illinois State - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Southern Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "Indiana State vs. Northern Iowa - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Youngstown State vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Indiana State vs. Missouri State - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Indiana State University Athletics. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  17. ^ "2019 Indiana State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

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