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American college football season
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
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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
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Defense
Anthony Knighton – DL
Jeremy Chinn – DB
Je'Quan Burton – RS
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:30 p.m. | at No. 17 Southeast Missouri State* | | ESPN+ | L 26–44 | 8,312
|
September 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at UMass* | | FloSports | W 45–20 | 10,524 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | UT Martin* | | ESPN+ | W 28–14 | 8,983
|
September 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State* | | ESPN3 | L 28–41 | 24,176
|
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 3 South Dakota State | | 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 | | ESPN+ | W 48–28 | 4,734
|
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indiana State | | 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 | | 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
|
[3][4]
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 |
UT Martin
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Salukis
|
0
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
28 |
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
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