2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
OVC co-champion
NCAA Division I First Round, L 6–24 vs. Illinois State
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 17
FCS Coaches	No. 16
Record	9–4 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach	Tom Matukewicz (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jeromy McDowell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bryce Saia (6th season)
Home stadium	Houck Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Austin Peay +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 17 Southeast Missouri State +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
UT Martin	6	–	2	7	–	5
Eastern Kentucky	5	–	3	7	–	5
Tennessee Tech	3	–	5	6	–	6
Jacksonville State	3	–	5	6	–	6
Murray State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Tennessee State	2	–	6	3	–	9
Eastern Illinois	1	–	7	1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the OVC title with Austin Peay. Southeast Missouri State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Redhawks lost to Illinois State in the first round. The team played home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Redhawks were picked to finish in second place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Jacksonville State	135 (15)
2	Southeast Missouri State	115
3	Eastern Kentucky	99
4	Austin Peay	84
5	Tennessee State	75
6	UT Martin	58
7	Murray State	55
8	Eastern Illinois	38
9	Tennessee Tech	16

Preseason All-OVC team

The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.^[2]

Offense

Daniel Santacaterina – QB

Kristian Wilkerson – WR

Defense

Clarence Thornton – DL

Zach Hall – LB

Justin Swift – LB

Bydarrius Knighten – DB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:30 p.m.	Southern Illinois*	No. 17	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 44–26	8,312
September 7	7:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Montana State*	No. 12	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	Pluto TV	L 17–38	19,497
September 14	6:30 p.m.	at Missouri*	No. 19	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	SECN Alt.	L 0–50	56,620
September 21	1:00 p.m.	West Virginia State*	No. 23	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 56–10	5,324
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	No. 23	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 43–37 ^2OT	4,373
October 12	2:00 p.m.	at Austin Peay	No. 20	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	L 24–28	6,343
October 19	3:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Jacksonville State		JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	W 24–21	13,643
October 26	1:00 p.m.	UT Martin	No. 24	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 17–10	2,467
November 2	2:00 p.m.	at Tennessee State	No. 18	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	ESPN3	W 32–13	4,738
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	No. 17	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN3	W 38–31	3,750
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Eastern Illinois	No. 15	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	W 26–12	4,069
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Murray State	No. 13	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 31–24	2,764
November 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 Illinois State*	No. 12	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 6–24	3,274
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^[3]^[4]

Game summaries

Southern Illinois

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

At Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Redhawks	0	10	0	7	17
No. 13 Bobcats	10	0	28	0	38

At Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Redhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	27	10	10	3	50

West Virginia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	0	0	10	0	10
No. 23 Redhawks	14	14	7	21	56

Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Eagles	7	13	7	3	7	0	37
No. 23 Redhawks	6	14	3	7	7	6	43

At Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Redhawks	3	0	14	7	24
Governors	0	7	7	14	28

At Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	0	7	3	14	24
No. 16 Gamecocks	0	7	0	14	21

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	3	0	0	10
No. 24 Redhawks	3	0	7	7	17

At Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Redhawks	9	6	10	7	32
Tigers	0	0	7	6	13

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	7	17	7	0	31
No. 17 Redhawks	7	7	7	17	38

At Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Redhawks	0	6	7	13	26
Panthers	7	0	3	2	12

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	7	17	0	0	24
No. 13 Redhawks	3	14	0	14	31

Illinois State–NCAA Division I First Round

The Redhawks received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, with a first-round pairing against Illinois State.^[5]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Redbirds	14	7	0	3	24
No. 12 Redhawks	3	0	0	3	6

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	17	12	19	23	23	23	20	RV	24	18	17	15	13	12
Coaches	18	13	20	25	RV	25-T	22	RV	RV	21	18	17	16	13

References

^ "Media Pollsters Tab Jacksonville State as 2019 OVC Football Preseason Favorites". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
^ "JSU's Cooper, SEMO's Hall Named 2019 OVC Preseason Football Players of the Year". ovcsports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
^ "2019 Football Schedule". Southeast Missouri State University. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
^ "2019 Southeast Missouri Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.

v t e Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
Venues	Houck Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Ohio Valley Conference football champions
Pre-divisional	Evansville & Murray State (1948) Evansville (1949) Murray State (1950) Murray State (1951) Tennessee Tech & Western Kentucky (1952) Tennessee Tech (1953) Eastern Kentucky (1954) Tennessee Tech (1955)
NCAA College Division	Middle Tennessee (1956) Middle Tennessee (1957) Middle Tennessee & Tennessee Tech (1958) Middle Tennessee & Tennessee Tech (1959) Tennessee Tech (1960) Tennessee Tech (1961) East Tennessee State, Eastern Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, & Morehead State (1962) Western Kentucky (1963) Middle Tennessee (1964) Middle Tennessee (1965) Morehead State (1966) Eastern Kentucky (1967) Eastern Kentucky (1968) East Tennessee State (1969) Western Kentucky (1970) Western Kentucky (1971) Tennessee Tech (1972)
Division II	Western Kentucky (1973) Eastern Kentucky (1974) Tennessee Tech & Western Kentucky† (1975) Eastern Kentucky (1976) Austin Peay (1977) Western Kentucky (1978)
I-AA/FCS	Murray State (1979) Western Kentucky (1980) Eastern Kentucky (1981) Eastern Kentucky (1982) Eastern Kentucky (1983) Eastern Kentucky (1984) Middle Tennessee (1985) Eastern Kentucky & Murray State (1986) Eastern Kentucky & Youngstown State (1987) Eastern Kentucky (1988) Middle Tennessee (1989) Eastern Kentucky & Middle Tennessee (1990) Eastern Kentucky (1991) Middle Tennessee (1992) Eastern Kentucky (1993) Eastern Kentucky (1994) Murray State (1995) Murray State (1996) Eastern Kentucky (1997) Tennessee State (1998) Tennessee State (1999) Western Kentucky (2000) Eastern Illinois (2001) Eastern Illinois & Murray State (2002) Jacksonville State (2003) Jacksonville State (2004) Eastern Illinois (2005) Eastern Illinois & Tennessee–Martin (2006) Eastern Kentucky (2007) Eastern Kentucky (2008) Eastern Illinois (2009) Southeast Missouri State (2010) Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, & Tennessee Tech (2011) Eastern Illinois (2012) Eastern Illinois (2013) Jacksonville State (2014) Jacksonville State (2015) Jacksonville State (2016) Jacksonville State (2017) Jacksonville State (2018) Austin Peay & Southeast Missouri State (2019) Jacksonville State (2020) UT Martin (2021) Southeast Missouri State & UT Martin (2022)
National championships in bold † WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared

2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

Preseason All-OVC team

Schedule

Game summaries

Southern Illinois

At Montana State

At Missouri

West Virginia State

Tennessee Tech

At Austin Peay

At Jacksonville State

UT Martin

At Tennessee State

Eastern Kentucky

At Eastern Illinois

Murray State

Illinois State–NCAA Division I First Round

Ranking movements

References

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v t e 2019 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Central Arkansas Central Connecticut Furman Holy Cross Illinois State James Madison Kennesaw State Monmouth Montana Montana State Nicholls North Dakota North Dakota State Northern Iowa Sacramento State San Diego South Dakota State Southeast Missouri State Southeastern Louisiana Villanova Weber State Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State