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2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record1–11 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorTy Howle (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorDavid Rocco (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Anthony (1st season)
Home stadiumHanson Field
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 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jared Elliott and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Leathernecks were predicted to finish in eighth 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 Leathernecks had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. at North Alabama*
ESPN+ L 17–26 10,567
September 7 3:00 p.m. at Colorado State*
AT&T RM L 13–38 18,231
September 14 3:00 p.m. No. 10 Montana State*
ESPN+ L 14–23 4,728
September 21 3:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech*
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
 ESPN3 L 24–38 1,594
October 5 3:00 p.m. Missouri State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
 ESPN+ L 31–37 3OT 3,149
October 12 12:00 p.m. at Indiana State
ESPN+ L 10–20 7,243
October 19 1:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN+ L 14–28 2,984
October 26 1:00 p.m. at Youngstown State
ESPN+ L 14–59 10,437
November 2 1:00 p.m. South Dakota
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
 ESPN+ W 38–34 1,728
November 9 2:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State
ESPN+ L 21–57 17,441
November 16 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
 ESPN+ L 21–45 1,739
November 23 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 Northern Iowa
ESPN+ L 7–38 8,920

[3][4]

Game summaries

At North Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 14 3 0 17
Lions 6 13 7 0 26
See also: 2019 North Alabama Lions football team

At Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 3 3 0 7 13
Rams 14 14 7 3 38
See also: 2019 Colorado State Rams football team

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 0 10 6 23
Leathernecks 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 7 10 14 38
Leathernecks 0 3 7 14 24
See also: 2019 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Missouri State

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total
Bears 0 7 0 14736 37
Leathernecks 7 7 0 7730 31
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

At Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 10 0 0 10
Sycamores 0 0 10 10 20
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 7 7 0 14 28
Leathernecks 0 0 7 7 14
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

At Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 7 14
Penguins 28 17 14 0 59
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 10 3 14 34
Leathernecks 7 0 10 21 38
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

At North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 0 7 14 21
No. 1 Bison 13 14 13 17 57
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 3 21 14 45
Leathernecks 0 7 0 14 21
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 0 7
No. 9 Panthers 7 10 14 7 38
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Ranking movements

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

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 Western Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Western Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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