# 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

The 2019 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.
On January 10, 2020, Steckel was bought out of his contract with Missouri State.

## Preseason
### MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Bears were predicted to finish in tenth place.
| 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 Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona* | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | L 23–37 | 6,891 |
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA | ESPN3 | L 6–58 | 18,846 |
| September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State* | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | L 24–35 | 11,421 |
| October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Western Illinois | Hanson FieldMacomb, IL | ESPN+ | W 37–31 $^{3OT}$ | 3,149 |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | South Dakota | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | L 10–45 | 5,784 |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | FargodomeFargo, ND | ESPN+ | L 0–22 | 18,252 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 11 Northern Iowa | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | L 6–29 | 6,583 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 South Dakota State | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN3 | L 14–35 | 5,108 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3 | L 14–37 | 4,678 |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Illinois State | Hancock StadiumNormal, IL | ESPN+ | L 12–17 | 5,701 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Indiana State | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | L 24–51 | 3,352 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Lumberjacks | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 37 |

### At Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Green Wave | 10 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 58 |

### Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Owls | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| Bears | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 24 |

### At Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Leathernecks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 31 |

### South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Coyotes | 7 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |

### At North Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 1 Bison | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 22 |

### Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Panthers | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |

### South Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Jackrabbits | 6 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### At Southern Illinois

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

### At Illinois State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| No. 7 Redbirds | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |

### Indiana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sycamores | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 51 |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |