2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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2019 Indiana State Sycamores football
Indiana State Sycamores wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Switzer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Wilson (3rd season)
Home stadium Memorial 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.

Contents

Preseason

MVFC poll

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

Preseason All–MVFC team

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

Preseason All–American team

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3112:00 p.m.at Kansas *No. 16 FSN L 17–2432,611 [4]
September 71:00 p.m. Dayton *No. 14 ESPN+ 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 Dakota ESPN+L 0–385,255 [8]
October 121:00 p.m. Western Illinois Dagger-14-plain.png
  • 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
ESPN3 L 23–424,642 [10]
October 263:00 p.m.No. 8 Illinois State ESPN3L 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 Iowa ESPN+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 State ESPN+W 51–243,352 [15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[16] [17]

Game summaries

At Kansas

1234Total
No. 16 Sycamores0301417
Jayhawks736824

Dayton

1234Total
Flyers71414742
No. 14 Sycamores7771435

Eastern Kentucky

1234Total
Colonels00707
Sycamores370919

Eastern Illinois

1234Total
Panthers00606
Sycamores1030316

At South Dakota

1234Total
Sycamores00000
Coyotes141014038

Western Illinois

1234Total
Leathernecks0100010
Sycamores00101020

South Dakota State

1234Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits7280742
Sycamores737623

At Illinois State

1234Total
Sycamores07007
No. 8 Redbirds0731424

Southern Illinois

1234Total
Salukis7103323
Sycamores077014

At Northern Iowa

1234Total
Sycamores33309
No. 5 Panthers7100017

Youngstown State

1234Total
Penguins0100717
Sycamores3147024

At Missouri State

1234Total
Sycamores71423751
Bears0771024

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS 1614
Coaches 1615

References

  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.