American college football season
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.
On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State.[1]
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) |
1 | North Dakota State | 392 (32) |
2 | South Dakota State | 348 (4) |
3 | Illinois State | 289 (3) |
4 | Indiana State | 279 (1) |
5 | Northern Iowa | 266 |
6 | South Dakota | 176 |
7 | Youngstown State | 153 |
8 | Western Illinois | 128 |
9 | Southern Illinois | 89 |
10 | Missouri State | 80 |
Preseason All–MVFC team
[edit] The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[3]
Defense Angelo Garbutt – LB |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 8:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona* | | Pluto TV | L 23–37 | 6,891 |
September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane* | | ESPN3 | L 6–58 | 18,846 |
September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State* | | ESPN+ | L 24–35 | 11,421 |
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | | ESPN+ | W 37–31 3OT | 3,149 |
October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | South Dakota | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 10–45 | 5,784 |
October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 0–22 | 18,252 |
October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 11 Northern Iowa | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 6–29 | 6,583 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 South Dakota State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN3 | L 14–35 | 5,108 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | | ESPN3 | L 14–37 | 4,678 |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Illinois State | | ESPN+ | L 12–17 | 5,701 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Indiana State | - Robert W. Plaster Stadium
- Springfield, MO
| ESPN+ | L 24–51 | 3,352 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[4][5][6]
At Northern Arizona
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
Lumberjacks | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Green Wave | 10 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 58 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 7 Owls | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
Bears | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 24 |
At Western Illinois
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
Leathernecks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Coyotes | 7 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
At North Dakota State
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 1 Bison | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Panthers | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 4 Jackrabbits | 6 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
At Southern Illinois
[edit] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Salukis | 13 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
No. 7 Redbirds | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Sycamores | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 51 |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
- ^ "Missouri State buys out Dave Steckel, looking for new coach". Jefferson City News Tribune via Associated Press. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Missouri State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (April 6, 2019). "Missouri State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Missouri State. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
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