2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

The 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jared Elliott and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.

2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2019 record1–11 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorTy Howle (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDavid Rocco (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Anthony (1st season)
Home stadiumHanson Field
(Capacity: 17,128)
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

The Leathernecks finished the 2018 season 5–6, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in fifth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Leathernecks were predicted to finish in eighth 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 Leathernecks had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. at North Alabama* ESPN+ L 17–26 10,567
September 7 3:00 p.m. at Colorado State* AT&T RM L 13–38 18,231
September 14 3:00 p.m. No. 10 Montana State* ESPN+ L 14–23 4,728
September 21 3:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech*
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN3 L 24–38 1,594
October 5 3:00 p.m. Missouri State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN+ L 31–37 3OT 3,149
October 12 12:00 p.m. at Indiana State ESPN+ L 10–20 7,243
October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN+ L 14–28 2,984
October 26 1:00 p.m. at Youngstown State ESPN+ L 14–59 10,437
November 2 1:00 p.m. South Dakota
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN+ W 38–34 1,728
November 9 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN+ L 21–57 17,441
November 16 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN+ L 21–45 1,739
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 7–38 8,920

[3][4]

Game summaries

at North Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 14 3 0 17
Lions 6 13 7 0 26

at Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 3 3 0 7 13
Rams 14 14 7 3 38

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 0 10 6 23
Leathernecks 0 7 7 0 14

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 7 10 14 38
Leathernecks 0 3 7 14 24

Missouri State

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Bears 0 7 0 14736 37
Leathernecks 7 7 0 7730 31

at Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 10 0 0 10
Sycamores 0 0 10 10 20

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 7 7 0 14 28
Leathernecks 0 0 7 7 14

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 7 14
Penguins 28 17 14 0 59

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 10 3 14 34
Leathernecks 7 0 10 21 38

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 0 7 14 21
No. 1 Bison 13 14 13 17 57

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 3 21 14 45
Leathernecks 0 7 0 14 21

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 0 7
No. 9 Panthers 7 10 14 7 38

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 FCS RV  
Coaches

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 Western Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". Western Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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