2019 Missouri State Bears football team

2019 Missouri State Bears football
2019 Missouri State Bears football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach	Dave Steckel (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Justin Kramer (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Marcus Yokeley (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	McNeese Egbim; Peyton Huslig; Titus Wall;
Home stadium	Robert W. Plaster Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Dave Steckel in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Bears compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, tying for ninth place at the bottom of the MVFC standings. Missouri State played home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Missouri.

Record1–10 (1–7 MVFC)

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OffensivecoordinatorJustin Kramer (1st season)

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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

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On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	8:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona*	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	Pluto TV	L 23–37	6,891
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane*	Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	ESPN3	L 6–58	18,846
September 21	2:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State*	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 24–35	11,421
October 5	3:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+	W 37–31 ^3OT	3,149
October 12	2:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 10–45	5,784
October 19	2:30 p.m.	at No. 1 North Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN+	L 0–22	18,252
October 26	2:00 p.m.	No. 11 Northern Iowa	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 6–29	6,583
November 2	2:00 p.m.	No. 4 South Dakota State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN3	L 14–35	5,108
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 14–37	4,678
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Illinois State	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN+	L 12–17	5,701
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN+	L 24–51	3,352
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	3	10	7	23
Lumberjacks	3	17	14	3	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	6	0	0	6
Green Wave	10	28	13	7	58

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Owls	0	7	21	7	35
Bears	6	10	0	8	24

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Bears	0	7	0	14	7	3	6	37
Leathernecks	7	7	0	7	7	3	0	31

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