2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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2019 South Dakota Coyotes football
South Dakota Coyotes wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Travis Johansen (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadium DakotaDome
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 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in sixth place.

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Preseason

MVFC poll

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

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Coyotes had two players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 2:00 p.m. No. 25 Montana * ESPN+ L 17–31 5,193
September 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 4 (FBS) Oklahoma * FSOK PPV L 14–70 82,181
September 14 2:00 p.m. Houston Baptist *
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN+ L 52–53 5,077
September 21 3:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado * Pluto TV W 14–6 5,745
October 5 2:00 p.m. Indiana State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN+ W 38–0 5,255
October 12 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State ESPN+ W 45–10 5,784
October 19 4:00 p.m. at No. 14 Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 27–42 10,201
October 26 4:00 p.m. Southern Illinois
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN+ L 28–48 4,734
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Western Illinois ESPN+ L 34–38 1,728
November 9 2:00 p.m. Youngstown State
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN+ W 56–21
November 16 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN+ L 14–49
November 23 2:00 p.m. No. 5 South Dakota State
ESPN+ W 24–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3] [4]

Game summaries

Montana

1234Total
No. 25 Grizzlies01714031
Coyotes0107017

At Oklahoma

1234Total
Coyotes0014014
No. 4 (FBS) Sooners1414281470

Houston Baptist

1234Total
Huskies017211553
Coyotes1014141452

At Northern Colorado

1234Total
Coyotes070714
Bears00606

Indiana State

1234Total
Sycamores00000
Coyotes141014038

At Missouri State

1234Total
Coyotes102114045
Bears700310

At Northern Iowa

1234Total
Coyotes2133027
No. 14 Panthers14714742

Southern Illinois

1234Total
Salukis7277748
Coyotes7014728

At Western Illinois

1234Total
Coyotes71031434
Leathernecks70102138

Youngstown State

1234Total
Penguins770721
Coyotes211414756

At North Dakota State

1234Total
Coyotes070714
No. 1 Bison141414749

South Dakota State

1234Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits707721
Coyotes01014024

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS RV
Coaches RV

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. "2019 South Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.