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The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in seventh place.
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Sycamores were predicted to finish in fourth place.[ 1]
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 Sycamores had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[ 2]
Offense
Ryan Boyle – QB
Dante Hendrix – WR
Wyatt Wozniak – OL
Jerry Nunez – K
Defense
Jonas Griffith – LB
Preseason All–American team[ edit ]
The Sycamores had one player, Jonas Griffith – LB, selected to the preseason All-American team. Griffith was also named to the Buck Buchanan Award -watch list.[ 3]
Ryan Boyle was named to the "College Football Performance Award" Watch List.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 12:00 p.m. at Kansas * No. 16 FSN L 17–2432,611 [ 4]
September 7 1:00 p.m. Dayton * No. 14 ESPN+ L 35–424,950 [ 5]
September 14 1:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky * Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 19–74,590 [ 6]
September 21 1:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois * Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 16–66,216 [ 7]
October 5 3:00 p.m. at South Dakota ESPN+ L 0–385,255 [ 8]
October 12 1:00 p.m. Western Illinois Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 20–107,243 [ 9]
October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 3 South Dakota State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 23–424,642 [ 10]
October 26 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Illinois State ESPN3 L 7–248,510 [ 11]
November 2 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ L 14–234,110 [ 12]
November 9 5:00 p.m. at No. 5 Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 9–178,442 [ 13]
November 16 1:00 p.m. Youngstown State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN ESPN+ W 24–173,645 [ 14]
November 23 3:00 p.m. at Missouri State ESPN+ W 51–243,352 [ 15]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 16] [ 17]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Sycamores
0
3
0
14
17
Jayhawks
7
3
6
8
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Flyers
7
14
14
7
42
No. 14 Sycamores
7
7
7
14
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
0
0
7
0
7
Sycamores
3
7
0
9
19
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
6
0
6
Sycamores
10
3
0
3
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
0
0
0
0
Coyotes
14
10
14
0
38
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
0
10
0
0
10
Sycamores
0
0
10
10
20
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
28
0
7
42
Sycamores
7
3
7
6
23
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
0
7
0
0
7
No. 8 Redbirds
0
7
3
14
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
10
3
3
23
Sycamores
0
7
7
0
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
3
3
3
0
9
No. 5 Panthers
7
10
0
0
17
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
0
10
0
7
17
Sycamores
3
14
7
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Sycamores
7
14
23
7
51
Bears
0
7
7
10
24
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS 16 14 Coaches 16 15
^ "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 .
^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team" . valley-football.org . Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
^ "Indiana State vs. Kansas - Game Summary - August 31, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Dayton vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Eastern Kentucky vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Eastern Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - September 21, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Indiana State vs. South Dakota - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Western Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "South Dakota State vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Indiana State vs. Illinois State - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Southern Illinois vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Indiana State vs. Northern Iowa - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Youngstown State vs. Indiana State - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "Indiana State vs. Missouri State - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN" . ESPN.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "2019 Football Schedule" . Indiana State University Athletics . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
^ "2019 Indiana State Football Schedule" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
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