American college football season
The 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by 23rd-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa .
Previous season [ ]
The Jackrabbits finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Duquesne in the second round and Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals, before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.
Preseason [ ]
MVFC poll [ ]
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Jackrabbits were predicted to finish in second 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 [ ]
The Jackrabbits had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 29 9:00 p.m. at Minnesota * No. 3 FS1 L 21–2849,112
September 7 6:00 p.m. LIU * No. 3 ESPN3 W 38–310,153
September 14 1:00 p.m. Drake * No. 3 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD Midco W 38–1011,565
September 21 7:00 p.m. Southern Utah * No. 3 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD Midco W 43–714,269
October 5 2:00 p.m. Southern Illinois No. 3 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD ESPN+ W 28–1013,776
October 12 5:00 p.m. at No. 19 Youngstown State No. 3 ESPN+ W 38–2812,381
October 19 12:00 p.m. at Indiana State No. 3 ESPN3 W 42–234,642
October 26 2:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State No. 3 ESPN+ Midco L 16–2319,371
November 2 2:00 p.m. at Missouri State No. 4 ESPN3 W 35–145,108
November 9 2:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State No. 4 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD ESPN+ L 18–277,211
November 16 2:00 p.m. No. 4 Northern Iowa No. 8 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD ESPN3 W 38–77,317
November 23 2:00 p.m. at South Dakota No. 5 ESPN+ Midco L 21–245,405
December 7 1:00 p.m. No. 6 Northern Iowa* No. 10 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round ) ESPN3 L 10–134,102
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[3] [4]
Game summaries [ ]
at Minnesota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
0
7
14
0
21
Golden Gophers
0
13
7
8
28
LIU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Sharks
0
3
0
0
3
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
14
14
3
38
Drake [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
3
0
7
10
No. 3 Jackrabbits
10
7
14
7
38
Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
0
7
0
0
7
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
14
15
7
43
Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
3
7
0
0
10
No. 3 Jackrabbits
6
3
12
7
28
at Youngstown State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
3
0
13
22
38
No. 19 Penguins
7
7
7
7
28
at Indiana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
28
0
7
42
Sycamores
7
3
7
6
23
North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Bison
0
3
13
7
23
No. 3 Jackrabbits
6
0
3
7
16
at Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits
6
8
7
14
35
Bears
0
0
0
14
14
Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Redbirds
7
3
3
14
27
No. 4 Jackrabbits
3
8
7
0
18
Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Panthers
0
0
7
0
7
No. 8 Jackrabbits
0
7
10
21
38
at South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits
7
0
7
7
21
Coyotes
0
10
14
0
24
FCS Playoffs [ ]
The Jackrabbits entered the postseason tournament as the number seven seed, with a first-round bye.[5]
Northern Iowa–Second Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Panthers
0
3
7
3
13
No. 10 Jackrabbits
10
0
0
0
10
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
STATS FCS
3 (1)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
8
5
10
10
Coaches
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
4
9
5
12
12
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