2019 Missouri State Bears football team

The 2019 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.

2019 Missouri State Bears football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2019 record1–10 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coachDave Steckel (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorJustin Kramer (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorMarcus Yokeley (4th season)
Home stadiumRobert W. Plaster Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
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

On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State.[1]

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Missouri State Bears football team

The Bears finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Bears were predicted to finish in tenth place.[2]

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 Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 298:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona*
Pluto TVL 23–376,891
September 147:00 p.m.at Tulane*
ESPN3L 6–5818,846
September 212:00 p.m.Kennesaw State*
ESPN+L 24–3511,421
October 53:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN+W 37–31 3OT3,149
October 122:00 p.m.South Dakota
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 10–455,784
October 192:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State
ESPN+L 0–2218,252
October 262:00 p.m. No. 11 Northern Iowa
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 6–296,583
November 22:00 p.m. No. 4 South Dakota State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN3L 14–355,108
November 92:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN3L 14–374,678
November 1612:00 p.m.at No. 7 Illinois State
ESPN+L 12–175,701
November 232:00 p.m.Indiana State
  • Robert W. Plaster Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
ESPN+L 24–513,352
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[4][5][6]

Game summaries

at Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 3 10 7 23
Lumberjacks 3 17 14 3 37
See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2018 W, 40–8

at Tulane
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 6 0 0 6
Green Wave 10 28 13 7 58
See also: 2019 Tulane Green Wave football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Kennesaw State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Owls 0 7 21 7 35
Bears 6 10 0 8 24
See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Western Illinois
1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Bears 0 7 0 14736 37
Leathernecks 7 7 0 7730 31
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–18–1 2018 L, 14–31

South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 24 14 0 45
Bears 7 0 0 3 10
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2018 L, 28–35

at North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 1 Bison 8 7 0 7 22
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–9 2018 L, 7–48

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Panthers 0 19 10 0 29
Bears 0 0 0 6 6
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–34 2018 L, 0–37

South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits 6 8 7 14 35
Bears 0 0 0 14 14
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–10 2018 L, 7–59

at Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 7 7 14
Salukis 13 17 0 7 37
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–21 2018 L, 35–49

at Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 3 0 3 12
No. 7 Redbirds 7 7 0 3 17
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–21–1 2018 W, 24–21

Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 7 14 23 7 51
Bears 0 7 7 10 24
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–13 2018 W, 29–26

References
  1. "Missouri State buys out Dave Steckel, looking for new coach". Jefferson City News Tribune via Associated Press. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. "2019 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. Kelley, Kevin (April 6, 2019). "Missouri State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  6. "2019 Football Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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