American college football season
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.
Preseason coaches' poll
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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
[edit]
The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[2]
Offense
Daniel Santacaterina – QB
Kristian Wilkerson – WR
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Defense
Clarence Thornton – DL
Zach Hall – LB
Justin Swift – LB
Bydarrius Knighten – DB
|
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 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
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
|
[3][4]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Salukis
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
12 |
26 |
No. 17 Redhawks
|
0
|
20
|
17
|
7 |
44 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 12 Redhawks
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
No. 13 Bobcats
|
10
|
0
|
28
|
0 |
38 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 19 Redhawks
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Tigers
|
27
|
10
|
10
|
3 |
50 |
West Virginia State
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Yellow Jackets
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
0 |
10 |
No. 23 Redhawks
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
21 |
56 |
|
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 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Redhawks
|
3
|
0
|
14
|
7 |
24 |
Governors
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
At Jacksonville State
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Redhawks
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
14 |
24 |
No. 16 Gamecocks
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
No. 24 Redhawks
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
17 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 18 Redhawks
|
9
|
6
|
10
|
7 |
32 |
Tigers
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
6 |
13 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
7
|
17
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
No. 17 Redhawks
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
17 |
38 |
At Eastern Illinois
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 15 Redhawks
|
0
|
6
|
7
|
13 |
26 |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
2 |
12 |
|
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
[edit]
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
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 17 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | RV | 24 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | |
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Coaches | 18 | 13 | 20 | 25 | RV | 25-T | 22 | RV | RV | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | |
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I-AA/FCS | |
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National championships in bold † WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared |