2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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.

2019 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2019 record5–7 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Switzer (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Wilson (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
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

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The Sycamores finished the 2018 season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.

Preseason

MVFC poll

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)
1North Dakota State392 (32)
2South Dakota State348 (4)
3Illinois State289 (3)
4Indiana State279 (1)
5Northern Iowa266
6South Dakota176
7Youngstown State153
8Western Illinois128
9Southern Illinois89
10Missouri State80

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
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 Illinois
  • 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 9–17[13]
November 161:00 p.m.Youngstown State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN+W 24–17[14]
November 233:00 p.m.at Missouri State
ESPN+W 51–24[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Kansas
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS 16 14  
Coaches 16 15

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.
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