2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football
2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 25 (tie)
Record	7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Nick Hill (4th season);
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium; (Capacity: 15,000)
	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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Nick Hill and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.

Previous season

The Salukis finished the 2018 season 2–9, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Salukis were predicted to finish in ninth 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 Salukis had four players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.^[2]

Offense

D.J. Davis – RB

Defense

Anthony Knighton – DL

Jeremy Chinn – DB

Je'Quan Burton – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	L 26–44	8,312
September 7	2:30 p.m.	at UMass*	McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA	FloSports	W 45–20	10,524
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin*	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 28–14	8,983
September 21	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State*	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 28–41	24,176
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at No. 3 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN+	L 10–28	13,776
October 12	6:00 p.m.	No. 14 Illinois State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 7–21	5,525
October 19	2:00 p.m.	No. 19 Youngstown State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 35–10	7,670
October 26	4:00 p.m.	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 48–28	4,734
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 23–14	4,110
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 37–14	4,678
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+	W 45–21	1,739
November 23	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 North Dakota State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 7–21	5,423
*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

at Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	0	12	26
No. 17 Redhawks	0	20	17	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–38–8	2018	L, 44–48

at UMass

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	17	14	14	45
Minutemen	6	7	0	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2007 FCS Playoffs	W, 34–27

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	7	0	0	14
Salukis	0	14	14	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2006 FCS Playoffs	W, 36–30

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	14	0	14	0	28
Red Wolves	14	17	7	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–28–1	1995	L, 9–14

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	3	7	0	0	10
No. 3 Jackrabbits	6	3	12	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2018	L, 38–57

Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Redbirds	7	7	7	0	21
Salukis	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–37–3	2018	L, 3–51

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Penguins	3	7	0	0	10
Salukis	14	14	7	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–16–1	2018	L, 14–17

at South Dakota

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2018	L, 24–31

at Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	10	3	3	23
Sycamores	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–27	2018	L, 21–24

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	7	7	14
Salukis	13	17	0	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–19	2018	W, 49–35

at Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	3	21	14	45
Leathernecks	0	7	0	14	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–36–4	2018	L, 31–34

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Bison	7	0	7	7	21
Salukis	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	2018	L, 17–65

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	64	Jeremy Chinn	S	Carolina Panthers

References

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

[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 Southern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

[4] "2019 Football Schedule". Southern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.

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