2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
OVC co-champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 17
FCS CoachesNo. 16
Record9–4 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeromy McDowell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBryce Saia (6th season)
Home stadiumHouck Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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

The 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Austin Peay. Southeast Missouri State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Redhawks lost to Illinois State in the first round. The team played home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Preseason[edit]

Preseason coaches' poll[edit]

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)
1 Jacksonville State 135 (15)
2 Southeast Missouri State 115
3 Eastern Kentucky 99
4 Austin Peay 84
5 Tennessee State 75
6 UT Martin 58
7 Murray State 55
8 Eastern Illinois 38
9 Tennessee Tech 16

Preseason All-OVC team[edit]

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

Schedule[edit]

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 Martindagger 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

Game summaries[edit]

Southern Illinois[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Illinois State–NCAA Division I First Round[edit]

The Redhawks received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, with a first-round pairing against Illinois State.[5]

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[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCS17121923232320RV241817151312
Coaches18132025RV25-T22RVRV2118171613

References[edit]

  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 Football Schedule". Southeast Missouri State University. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "2019 Southeast Missouri Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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