2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 2
FCS Coaches No. 5
2018 record 3–1 (1–1 MVFC)
Head coach John Stiegelmeier (22nd season)
Offensive coordinator Eric Eidsness
Defensive coordinator Clint Brown
Home stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
(Capacity: 19,340)[1]
2018 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State  2 –0     5 –0  
No. 24 South Dakota  2 –0     3 –2  
No. 12 Illinois State  1 –1     4 –1  
No. 2 South Dakota State  1 –1     3 –1  
Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Northern Iowa  1 –1     2 –3  
Western Illinois  1 –1     2 –3  
Youngstown State  1 –1     2 –3  
Indiana State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Illinois  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represents South Dakota State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 22nd-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and play their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Jackrabbits finished the 2017 season 11–3, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs[2] where they defeated Northern Iowa in the second round[3][4] and New Hampshire in the quarterfinals[5] before losing in the semifinals to James Madison.[6]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[7] Taryn Christion QB SR
Buck Buchanan Award[8] Christian Rozeboom LB JR

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Jackrabbits predicted to finish in second place.[9]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Jackrabbits placed seven players at eight positions on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[10]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. at Iowa State *No. 3
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]–
September 86:00 p.m.Montana State*No. 3
MidcoW 45–1414,614
September 156:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluff*No. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 90–614,526
September 292:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 3
ESPN+/MidcoL 17–2118,846
October 66:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 54–51 OT10,318
October 132:00 p.m.Youngstown StatedaggerNo. 2
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco
October 204:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa
ESPN3
October 2712:00 p.m.at Illinois State
ESPN3
November 32:00 p.m.Missouri State
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco
November 101:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN+
November 172:00 p.m.South Dakota
Midco
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. ↑ Game was cancelled due to inclement weather.[11]

Game summaries

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 0 8 6 14
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 17 14 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–10 2017 SDSU, 31–27

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 6 0 0 0 6
No. 3 Jackrabbits 28 21 21 20 90
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 0 10 0 17
No. 1 Bison 0 14 0 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–58–5 2017 SDSU, 33–21

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 7 7 24 48
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 21 6 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2015 SDSU, 24–7

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
No. 2 Jackrabbits 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2017 YSU, 19–7

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–30–2 2017 FCS Playoffs SDSU, 37–22

at Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Redbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2017 SDSU, 27–24

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Jackrabbits 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–1 2017 SDSU, 62–30

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Salukis 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 2017 SDSU, 49–14

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0
Jackrabbits 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
51–51–7 2017 SDSU, 31–28

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 3 3 3 3 3 3 2  
Coaches 3 3 3 3 3 4–T 5

References

  1. ↑ "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Gameday". September 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ "South Dakota State nabs No. 5 seed in FCS playoffs". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Northern Iowa vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ↑ Nelson, Jim. "College football: UNI falls to SDSU in second-round of FCS playoffs, 37–22". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. ↑ "New Hampshire vs. South Dakota State - Game Recap - December 9, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  6. ↑ "James Madison Dukes force 10 turnovers, end South Dakota State's season". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  7. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  10. ↑ http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
  11. ↑ "Jackrabbits, Cyclones Cancelled". South Dakota State Athletics. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
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