2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

The 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa.

2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 10
FCS CoachesNo. 12
2019 record8–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJason Eck (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBrian Bergstrom (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJimmy Rogers (7th overall season)
Home stadiumDana J. Dykhouse Stadium
(Capacity: 19,340)
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 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

The Jackrabbits finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Duquesne in the second round and Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals, before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Jackrabbits were predicted to finish in second 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 Jackrabbits had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 299:00 p.m.at Minnesota*No. 3
FS1L 21–2849,112
September 76:00 p.m.LIU*No. 3
ESPN3W 38–310,153
September 141:00 p.m.Drake*No. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 38–1011,565
September 217:00 p.m.Southern Utah*No. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 43–714,269
October 52:00 p.m.Southern IllinoisNo. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN+W 28–1013,776
October 125:00 p.m.at No. 19 Youngstown StateNo. 3
ESPN+W 38–2812,381
October 1912:00 p.m.at Indiana StateNo. 3
ESPN3W 42–234,642
October 262:00 p.m.No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 3
ESPN+
Midco		L 16–2319,371
November 22:00 p.m.at Missouri StateNo. 4
ESPN3W 35–145,108
November 92:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois StateNo. 4
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN+L 18–277,211
November 162:00 p.m.No. 4 Northern IowaNo. 8
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN3W 38–77,317
November 232:00 p.m.at South DakotaNo. 5
ESPN+
Midco		L 21–245,405
December 71:00 p.m.No. 6 Northern Iowa*No. 10
ESPN3L 10–134,102

[3][4]

Game summaries

at Minnesota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 0 7 14 0 21
Golden Gophers 0 13 7 8 28
See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

LIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 3 0 0 3
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 14 3 38
See also: 2019 LIU Sharks football team

Drake
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 3 0 7 10
No. 3 Jackrabbits 10 7 14 7 38
See also: 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 0 0 7
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 15 7 43
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 3 7 0 0 10
No. 3 Jackrabbits 6 3 12 7 28
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

at Youngstown State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 3 0 13 22 38
No. 19 Penguins 7 7 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

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

North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 0 3 13 7 23
No. 3 Jackrabbits 6 0 3 7 16
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

at Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits 6 8 7 14 35
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 7 3 3 14 27
No. 4 Jackrabbits 3 8 7 0 18
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Panthers 0 0 7 0 7
No. 8 Jackrabbits 0 7 10 21 38
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

at South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits 7 0 7 7 21
Coyotes 0 10 14 0 24
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

FCS Playoffs

The Jackrabbits entered the postseason tournament as the number seven seed, with a first-round bye.[5]

Northern Iowa–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Panthers 0 3 7 3 13
No. 10 Jackrabbits 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers 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 13 Final 
STATS FCS 3 (1) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 5 10 10 
Coaches 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 9 5 12 12

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 State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". South Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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