2019 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–7 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTravis Johansen (1st season)
Home stadiumDakotaDome
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   8 – 0     16 – 0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^   6 – 2     10 – 5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^   5 – 3     10 – 5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Southern Illinois   5 – 3     7 – 5  
South Dakota   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Indiana State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Youngstown State   2 – 6     6 – 6  
Missouri State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Western Illinois   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

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 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 Coyotes had two players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 2:00 p.m. No. 25 Montana*
ESPN+ L 17–31 5,193
September 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 4 (FBS) Oklahoma*
FSOK PPV L 14–70 82,181
September 14 2:00 p.m. Houston Baptist*
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
 ESPN+ L 52–53 5,077
September 21 3:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado*
Pluto TV W 14–6 5,745
October 5 2:00 p.m. Indiana Statedagger
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
 ESPN+ W 38–0 5,255
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
November 16 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State
ESPN+ L 14–49
November 23 2:00 p.m. No. 5 South Dakota State
ESPN+ W 24–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Grizzlies 0 17 14 0 31
Coyotes 0 10 7 0 17

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

At Oklahoma

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 0 14 0 14
No. 4 (FBS) Sooners 14 14 28 14 70

See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Houston Baptist

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 0 17 21 15 53
Coyotes 10 14 14 14 52

See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

At Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 7 0 7 14
Bears 0 0 6 0 6

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
Coyotes 14 10 14 0 38

See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

At Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 10 21 14 0 45
Bears 7 0 0 3 10

See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 21 3 3 0 27
No. 14 Panthers 14 7 14 7 42

See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 27 7 7 48
Coyotes 7 0 14 7 28

See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 10 3 14 34
Leathernecks 7 0 10 21 38

See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 7 7 0 7 21
Coyotes 21 14 14 7 56

See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

At North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 7 0 7 14
No. 1 Bison 14 14 14 7 49

See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits 7 0 7 7 21
Coyotes 0 10 14 0 24

See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
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STATS FCSRV
CoachesRV

References

  1. ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 South Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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