1986 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team

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1986 Southwest Missouri State Bears football
Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (1–5 GCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Briggs Stadium
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Eastern Illinois $^ 5 1 011 2 0
No. 17 Southern Illinois 4 2 07 4 0
Northern Iowa 4 2 07 3 1
Illinois State 3 3 05 5 0
Western Illinois 2 4 06 5 0
SW Missouri State 1 5 03 7 0
Indiana State 1 5 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team represented Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University) as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jesse Branch, the Bears compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the GCAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Illinois State W 17–166,458 [1]
September 13at Indiana State L 10–14 [2]
September 20 Western Illinois L 10–27 [3]
September 27at Northern Iowa L 3–4513,000 [4]
October 4No. 12 Nicholls State *
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 0–31 [5]
October 11at Jackson State *W 10–620,000 [6]
October 18 Middle Tennessee *
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 19–423,000 [7]
October 25No. T–8 Eastern Illinois
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 20–346,000 [8]
November 1 Southern Illinois
  • Briggs Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
L 14–353,000 [9]
November 8at Central Missouri State *W 24–13 [10]

References

  1. "SW Missouri State rallies by Redbirds". The Pantagraph. September 7, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Indiana State wins". The Times. September 14, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Western Illinois wins". The Pantagraph. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bears no match for rugged UNI". The Daily Nonpareil. September 28, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Nicholls State blanks Southwest Mo. State". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Southwest Missouri halts JSU 10–6". The Clarion-Ledger. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Raider eruption sinks SMSU". The Daily News-Journal. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bears discover unfriendly skies with Eastern". The Springfield News-Leader. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "SIU: Move over Eastern Illinois". Southern Illinoisan. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Bears bag win over CMS". The Springfield News-Leader. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 6, 2024 via Newspapers.com.