2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

2019 South Dakota Coyotes football
2019 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	5–7 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Bob Nielson (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ted Schlafke (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Travis Johansen (1st season)
Home stadium	DakotaDome
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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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

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Coyotes were predicted to finish in sixth place.^[1]

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

Offense

Darakai Allen – WR

Defense

Darin Greenfield – DL

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:00 p.m.	No. 25 Montana*	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	L 17–31	5,193
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at No. 4 (FBS) Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	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*	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Pluto TV	W 14–6	5,745
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Indiana State	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 38–0	5,255
October 12	2:00 p.m.	at Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	W 45–10	5,784
October 19	4:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	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	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	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	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN+	L 14–49
November 23	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 South Dakota State	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–21
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "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.
^ "2019 South Dakota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

v t e South Dakota Coyotes football
Venues	Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium (1926–1978) DakotaDome (1979–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota) South Dakota State
Culture & lore	"Hail, South Dakota!" Charlie Coyote Dakota Days
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890–1893 1894 1895–1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024