2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

The 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz and played their home games at Houck Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
OVC co-champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 16
2019 record9–4 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeromy McDowell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBryce Saia (6th season)
Home stadiumHouck Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Austin Peay +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 17 Southeast Missouri State +^  7 –1     9 –3  
UT Martin  6 –2     7 –5  
Eastern Kentucky  5 –3     7 –5  
Tennessee Tech  3 –5     6 –6  
Jacksonville State  3 –5     6 –6  
Murray State  2 –6     4 –8  
Tennessee State  2 –6     3 –9  
Eastern Illinois  1 –7     1 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

The Redhawks finished the 2018 season 9–4, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Stony Brook in the first round before losing in the second round to Weber State.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Redhawks were picked to finish in second place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State135 (15)
2Southeast Missouri State115
3Eastern Kentucky99
4Austin Peay84
5Tennessee State75
6UT Martin58
7Murray State55
8Eastern Illinois38
9Tennessee Tech16

Preseason All-OVC team

The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 6:30 p.m. Southern Illinois* No. 17
ESPN+ W 44–26 8,312
September 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 13 Montana State* No. 12
 Pluto TV L 17–38 19,497
September 14 6:30 p.m. at Missouri* No. 19
SECN Alt. L 0–50 56,620
September 21 1:00 p.m. West Virginia State* No. 23
  • Houck Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
ESPN+ W 56–10 5,324
October 5 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech No. 23
  • Houck Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
ESPN+ W 43–37 2OT 4,373
October 12 2:00 p.m. at Austin Peay No. 20
ESPN+ L 24–28 6,343
October 19 3:00 p.m. at No. 16 Jacksonville State
ESPN3 W 24–21 13,643
October 26 1:00 p.m. UT Martin No. 24
  • Houck Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
ESPN+ W 17–10 2,467
November 2 2:00 p.m. at Tennessee State No. 18
ESPN3 W 32–13 4,738
November 9 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky No. 17
  • Houck Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
ESPN3 W 38–31 3,750
November 16 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois No. 15
ESPN+ W 26–12 4,069
November 23 1:00 p.m. Murray State No. 13
  • Houck Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
ESPN+ W 31–24 2,764
November 30 1:00 p.m. No. 13 Illinois State* No. 12
ESPN3 L 6–24 3,274
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3]

Game summaries

Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 7 0 12 26
No. 17 Redhawks 0 20 17 7 44
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

at Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Redhawks 0 10 0 7 17
No. 13 Bobcats 10 0 28 0 38
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

at Missouri
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Redhawks 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 27 10 10 3 50
See also: 2019 Missouri Tigers football team

West Virginia State
1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 0 0 10 0 10
No. 23 Redhawks 14 14 7 21 56
See also: West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football

Tennessee Tech
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Golden Eagles 7 13 7 370 37
No. 23 Redhawks 6 14 3 776 43
See also: 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

at Austin Peay
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Redhawks 3 0 14 7 24
Governors 0 7 7 14 28
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

at Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 0 7 3 14 24
No. 16 Gamecocks 0 7 0 14 21
See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 7 3 0 0 10
No. 24 Redhawks 3 0 7 7 17
See also: 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

at Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Redhawks 9 6 10 7 32
Tigers 0 0 7 6 13
See also: 2019 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Eastern Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 17 7 0 31
No. 17 Redhawks 7 7 7 17 38
See also: 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

at Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Redhawks 0 6 7 13 26
Panthers 7 0 3 2 12
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Murray State
1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 7 17 0 0 24
No. 13 Redhawks 3 14 0 14 31
See also: 2019 Murray State Racers football team

FCS Playoffs

The Redhawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Illinois State.[4]

Illinois State–First Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Redbirds 14 7 0 3 24
No. 12 Redhawks 3 0 0 3 6
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds 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 17 12 19 23 23 23 20 RV 24 18 17 15 13 12  
Coaches 18 13 20 25 RV 25-T 22 RV RV 21 18 17 16 13

References
  1. "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  3. "2019 Southeast Missouri Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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