2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Nick Hill, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Southern Illinois played home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. T–25
Record7–5 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBlake Rolan (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJason Petrino (1st season)
Home stadiumSaluki Stadium
(capacity: 15,000)
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
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

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)
1North Dakota State392 (32)
2South Dakota State348 (4)
3Illinois State289 (3)
4Indiana State279 (1)
5Northern Iowa266
6South Dakota176
7Youngstown State153
8Western Illinois128
9Southern Illinois89
10Missouri State80

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Salukis had four players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 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 Statedagger
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

At UMass
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 17 14 14 45
Minutemen 6 7 0 7 20
See also: 2019 UMass Minutemen football team

UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 7 7 0 0 14
Salukis 0 14 14 0 28
See also: 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

At Arkansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 14 0 14 0 28
Red Wolves 14 17 7 3 41
See also: 2019 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

At South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 3 7 0 0 10
No. 3 Jackrabbits 6 3 12 7 28
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Redbirds 7 7 7 0 21
Salukis 0 0 7 0 7
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Youngstown State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Penguins 3 7 0 0 10
Salukis 14 14 7 0 35
See also: 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

At South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 27 7 7 48
Coyotes 7 0 14 7 28
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

At Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 10 3 3 23
Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 7 7 14
Salukis 13 17 0 7 37
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

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

North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 7 0 7 7 21
Salukis 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

Postseason

NFL Draft
See also: 2020 NFL Draft

The following Saluki was drafted into the National Football League following the season.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL team
264Jeremy ChinnSafetyCarolina Panthers

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 Southern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "2019 Football Schedule". Southern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. "2020 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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