American college football season
The 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in sixth place.
Previous season[]
The Coyotes finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.
Preseason[]
MVFC poll[]
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Coyotes were predicted to finish in sixth place.[1]
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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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
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Preseason All–MVFC team[]
The Coyotes had two players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Offense
Darakai Allen – WR
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Defense
Darin Greenfield – DL
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Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 25 Montana* | | ESPN+ | L 17–31 | 5,193
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September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 4 (FBS) Oklahoma* | | FSOK PPV | L 14–70 | 82,181
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September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Houston Baptist* | - DakotaDome
- Vermillion, SD
| ESPN+ | L 52–53 | 5,077
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September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Northern Colorado* | | Pluto TV | W 14–6 | 5,745
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October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Indiana State | - DakotaDome
- Vermillion, SD
| ESPN+ | W 38–0 | 5,255
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October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | | ESPN+ | W 45–10 | 5,784
|
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 14 Northern Iowa | | ESPN+ | L 27–42 | 10,201
|
October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Southern Illinois | - DakotaDome
- Vermillion, SD
| ESPN+ | L 28–48 | 4,734
|
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | | ESPN+ | L 34–38 | 1,728
|
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Youngstown State | - DakotaDome
- Vermillion, SD
| ESPN+ | W 56–21 |
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November 16 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 14–49 |
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November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 5 South Dakota State | - DakotaDome
- Vermillion, SD (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | W 24–21 |
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- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[3][4]
Game summaries[]
Montana[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 25 Grizzlies
|
0
|
17
|
14
|
0 |
31 |
Coyotes
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
at Oklahoma[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
14 |
No. 4 (FBS) Sooners
|
14
|
14
|
28
|
14 |
70 |
Houston Baptist[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
0
|
17
|
21
|
15 |
53 |
Coyotes
|
10
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
52 |
at Northern Colorado[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
Bears
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0 |
6 |
Indiana State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Sycamores
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Coyotes
|
14
|
10
|
14
|
0 |
38 |
at Missouri State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
10
|
21
|
14
|
0 |
45 |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
at Northern Iowa[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
21
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
27 |
No. 14 Panthers
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
42 |
Southern Illinois[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Salukis
|
7
|
27
|
7
|
7 |
48 |
Coyotes
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
28 |
at Western Illinois[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
7
|
10
|
3
|
14 |
34 |
Leathernecks
|
7
|
0
|
10
|
21 |
38 |
Youngstown State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Penguins
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Coyotes
|
21
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
56 |
at North Dakota State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Coyotes
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
No. 1 Bison
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
7 |
49 |
South Dakota State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 5 Jackrabbits
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Coyotes
|
0
|
10
|
14
|
0 |
24 |
Ranking movements[]
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes. | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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