2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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

Preseason

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MVFC poll

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

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Dakota State 392 (32)
2 South Dakota State 348 (4)
3 Illinois State 289 (3)
4 Indiana State 279 (1)
5 Northern Iowa 266
6 South Dakota 176
7 Youngstown State 153
8 Western Illinois 128
9 Southern Illinois 89
10 Missouri State 80

Preseason All–MVFC team

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

Preseason All–American team

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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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 3112:00 p.m.at Kansas*No. 16
FSNL 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 Illinoisdagger
  • 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
ESPN3L 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

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At Kansas

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Sycamores 0 3 0 14 17
Jayhawks 7 3 6 8 24
See also: 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Dayton

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1 2 3 4 Total
Flyers 7 14 14 7 42
No. 14 Sycamores 7 7 7 14 35
See also: 2019 Dayton Flyers football team

Eastern Kentucky

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1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 0 7 0 7
Sycamores 3 7 0 9 19
See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Eastern Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 6 0 6
Sycamores 10 3 0 3 16
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

At South Dakota

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1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
Coyotes 14 10 14 0 38
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Western Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 10 0 0 10
Sycamores 0 0 10 10 20
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

South Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 28 0 7 42
Sycamores 7 3 7 6 23
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

At Illinois State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 7 0 0 7
No. 8 Redbirds 0 7 3 14 24
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Southern Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 10 3 3 23
Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

At Northern Iowa

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1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 3 3 0 9
No. 5 Panthers 7 10 0 0 17
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Youngstown State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0 10 0 7 17
Sycamores 3 14 7 0 24
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

At Missouri State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 14 23 7 51
Bears 0 7 7 10 24
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS1614
Coaches1615

References

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  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.
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