2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

American college football season

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

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### MVFC poll

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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)

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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

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

Offense

Darakai Allen – WR

Defense

Darin Greenfield – DL

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## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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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

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## Game summaries

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### Montana

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No. 25 Grizzlies | 0  | 17  | 14  | 0 | 31
Coyotes  | 0  | 10  | 7  | 0 | 17

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

### At Oklahoma

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Coyotes  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 0 | 14
No. 4 (FBS) Sooners | 14  | 14  | 28  | 14 | 70

See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team

### Houston Baptist

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Huskies | 0  | 17  | 21  | 15 | 53
Coyotes  | 10  | 14  | 14  | 14 | 52

See also: 2019 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

### At Northern Colorado

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Coyotes | 0  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 14
Bears  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 0 | 6

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

### Indiana State

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Sycamores  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Coyotes | 14  | 10  | 14  | 0 | 38

See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

### At Missouri State

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Coyotes | 10  | 21  | 14  | 0 | 45
Bears  | 7  | 0  | 0  | 3 | 10

See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

### At Northern Iowa

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Coyotes  | 21  | 3  | 3  | 0 | 27
No. 14 Panthers | 14  | 7  | 14  | 7 | 42

See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

### Southern Illinois

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Salukis | 7  | 27  | 7  | 7 | 48
Coyotes  | 7  | 0  | 14  | 7 | 28

See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

### At Western Illinois

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Coyotes  | 7  | 10  | 3  | 14 | 34
Leathernecks | 7  | 0  | 10  | 21 | 38

See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

### Youngstown State

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Penguins  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 21
Coyotes | 21  | 14  | 14  | 7 | 56

See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

### At North Dakota State

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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

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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

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Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
STATS FCS| RV| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Coaches| RV| | | | | | | | | | | | |

## References

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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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