2021 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

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2021 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Midwestern State Mustangs logo.png
LSC champion
Conference Lone Star Conference
Record7–3 (6–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSkyler Mornhinweg (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinatorRich Renner (14th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2020
2022  
2021 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Midwestern State $  6 1   7 3  
No. 11 Angelo State ^  5 2   11 3  
West Texas A&M  5 2   7 4  
Texas A&M–Commerce  5 2   7 4  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  3 4   5 5  
UT Permian Basin #  3 4   5 6  
Eastern New Mexico  1 6   3 7  
Western New Mexico  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Heritage Bowl participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2021 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who was in his 20th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

Contents

Previous season

The Mustangs finished the 2020 season 1–2. On August 12, 2020, the Lone Star Conference postponed fall competition in 2020 for several sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] A few months later in January 2021, the conference announced that there will be no spring conference competition in football. [3] Teams that opt-in to compete would have to schedule on their own. The Mustangs played four games in Spring 2021. [4]

Preseason

LSC media poll

LSC media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Texas A&M–Commerce175 (15)
2Angelo State152 (2)
3West Texas A&M125 (1)
T4Texas–Permian Basin112 (5)
Midwestern State112
6Eastern New Mexico60
7Texas A&M–Kingsville59
8Western New Mexico33
Source: [5]

Schedule

Midwestern State announced their 2021 football schedule on March 24, 2021. [6]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 41:00 p.mat Quincy *W 48–271,500
September 116:00 p.mvs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Commerce W 31–306,712
September 186:00 p.mat No. 17 Angelo State No. 20W 35–174,122
September 257:00 p.m Eastern New Mexico No. 15W 31–24 OT [7] 7,122
October 28:00 p.mat Central Washington *No. 11
L 20–304,714
October 97:00 p.m Texas A&M–Kingsville No. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 30–136,891
October 236:00 p.mat Tarleton State *No. 19L 14–1716,216
October 307:00 p.m Western New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 24
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 52–108,200
November 66:00 p.mat West Texas A&M No. 21L 12–157,315
November 131:00 p.m Texas–Permian Basin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 36–307,222
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA RVRV2015112019192421RV

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