American college football season
The 2019 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.
On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State.[1]
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Bears were predicted to finish in tenth place.[2]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
North Dakota State |
392 (32)
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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 Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[3]
Defense
Angelo Garbutt – LB
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 8:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona* | | Pluto TV | L 23–37 | 6,891 |
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane* | | ESPN3 | L 6–58 | 18,846 |
September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State* | | ESPN+ | L 24–35 | 11,421 |
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 37–31 3OT | 3,149 |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | South Dakota | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 10–45 | 5,784 |
October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 0–22 | 18,252 |
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 11 Northern Iowa![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 6–29 | 6,583 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 South Dakota State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN3 | L 14–35 | 5,108 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | | ESPN3 | L 14–37 | 4,678 |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Illinois State | | ESPN+ | L 12–17 | 5,701 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Indiana State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 24–51 | 3,352 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[4][5][6]
At Northern Arizona
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
7 |
23 |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
17
|
14
|
3 |
37 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
Green Wave
|
10
|
28
|
13
|
7 |
58 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 7 Owls
|
0
|
7
|
21
|
7 |
35 |
Bears
|
6
|
10
|
0
|
8 |
24 |
At Western Illinois
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT |
Total |
Bears
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
14 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
37 |
Leathernecks
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
7
|
24
|
14
|
0 |
45 |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
At North Dakota State
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 1 Bison
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
22 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 11 Panthers
|
0
|
19
|
10
|
0 |
29 |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 4 Jackrabbits
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
14 |
At Southern Illinois
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
Salukis
|
13
|
17
|
0
|
7 |
37 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
12 |
No. 7 Redbirds
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
17 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Sycamores
|
7
|
14
|
23
|
7 |
51 |
Bears
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
10 |
24 |
- ^ "Missouri State buys out Dave Steckel, looking for new coach". Jefferson City News Tribune via Associated Press. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (April 6, 2019). "Missouri State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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