2019 Missouri State Bears football team

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2019 Missouri State Bears football
Missouri State Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Kramer (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Yokeley (4th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Robert W. Plaster Stadium
Seasons
  2018
2020  
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 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.

Contents

On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State. [1]

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Bears were predicted to finish in tenth place. [2]

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 298:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona * Pluto TV L 23–376,891
September 147:00 p.m.at Tulane * ESPN3 L 6–5818,846
September 212:00 p.m. Kennesaw State * ESPN+ L 24–3511,421
October 53:00 p.m.at Western Illinois ESPN+W 37–31 3OT3,149
October 122:00 p.m. South Dakota
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 10–455,784
October 192:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN+L 0–2218,252
October 262:00 p.m. No. 11 Northern Iowa Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 6–296,583
November 22:00 p.m. No. 4 South Dakota State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN3L 14–355,108
November 92:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois ESPN3L 14–374,678
November 1612:00 p.m.at No. 7 Illinois State ESPN+L 12–175,701
November 232:00 p.m. Indiana State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 24–513,352
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4] [5] [6]

Game summaries

At Northern Arizona

1234Total
Bears3310723
Lumberjacks31714337

At Tulane

1234Total
Bears06006
Green Wave102813758

Kennesaw State

1234Total
No. 7 Owls0721735
Bears6100824

At Western Illinois

1234OT2OT3OTTotal
Bears0701473637
Leathernecks770773031

South Dakota

1234Total
Coyotes72414045
Bears700310

At North Dakota State

1234Total
Bears00000
No. 1 Bison870722

Northern Iowa

1234Total
No. 11 Panthers01910029
Bears00066

South Dakota State

1234Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits6871435
Bears0001414

At Southern Illinois

1234Total
Bears007714
Salukis13170737

At Illinois State

1234Total
Bears630312
No. 7 Redbirds770317

Indiana State

1234Total
Sycamores71423751
Bears0771024

References

  1. "Missouri State buys out Dave Steckel, looking for new coach". Jefferson City News Tribune via Associated Press. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. "2019 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. Kelley, Kevin (April 6, 2019). "Missouri State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  6. "2019 Football Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved July 31, 2019.