American college football season
Conference Ohio Valley Conference STATS No. 17 FCS Coaches No. 16 Record 9–4 (7–1 OVC) Head coach Offensive coordinator Jeromy McDowell (2nd season) Defensive coordinator Bryce Saia (6th season) Home stadium Houck Stadium Seasons
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 .
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Preseason Preseason coaches' poll 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 The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]
Offense
Daniel Santacaterina – QB
Kristian Wilkerson – WR
Defense
Clarence Thornton – DL
Zach Hall – LB
Justin Swift – LB
Bydarrius Knighten – DB
Schedule Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 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 Martin 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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
[3] [4]
Game summaries Southern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
7
7
0
12
26
No. 17 Redhawks
0
20
17
7
44
At Montana State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Redhawks
0
10
0
7
17
No. 13 Bobcats
10
0
28
0
38
At Missouri
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Redhawks
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
27
10
10
3
50
West Virginia State
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
0
0
10
0
10
No. 23 Redhawks
14
14
7
21
56
Tennessee Tech
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Golden Eagles
7
13
7
3 7 0
37
No. 23 Redhawks
6
14
3
7 7 6
43
At Austin Peay
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Redhawks
3
0
14
7
24
Governors
0
7
7
14
28
At Jacksonville State
1
2
3
4
Total
Redhawks
0
7
3
14
24
No. 16 Gamecocks
0
7
0
14
21
UT Martin
1
2
3
4
Total
Skyhawks
7
3
0
0
10
No. 24 Redhawks
3
0
7
7
17
At Tennessee State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Redhawks
9
6
10
7
32
Tigers
0
0
7
6
13
Eastern Kentucky
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonels
7
17
7
0
31
No. 17 Redhawks
7
7
7
17
38
At Eastern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Redhawks
0
6
7
13
26
Panthers
7
0
3
2
12
Murray State
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
7
17
0
0
24
No. 13 Redhawks
3
14
0
14
31
Illinois State–NCAA Division I First Round 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
Ranking movements Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS 17 12 19 23 23 23 20 RV 24 18 17 15 13 12 Coaches 18 13 20 25 RV 25-T 22 RV RV 21 18 17 16 13
References
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Pre-divisional NCAA College Division Division II I-AA/FCS National championships in bold
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