# 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Curt Mallory and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in seventh place.

## Preseason
### MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Sycamores were predicted to finish in fourth 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 Sycamores had five players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.

### Preseason All–American team

The Sycamores had one player, Jonas Griffith – LB, selected to the preseason All-American team. Griffith was also named to the Buck Buchanan Award-watch list.
Ryan Boyle was named to the "College Football Performance Award" Watch List.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 12:00 p.m. | at Kansas* | No. 16 | David Booth Kansas Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FSN | L 17–24 | 32,611 |
| September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Dayton* | No. 14 | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | L 35–42 | 4,950 |
| September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | W 19–7 | 4,590 |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois* | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | W 16–6 | 6,216 |
| October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at South Dakota | | DakotaDomeVermillion, SD | ESPN+ | L 0–38 | 5,255 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Western Illinois | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | W 20–10 | 7,243 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 South Dakota State | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | L 23–42 | 4,642 |
| October 26 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 8 Illinois State | | Hancock StadiumNormal, IL | ESPN3 | L 7–24 | 8,510 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Southern Illinois | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | L 14–23 | 4,110 |
| November 9 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Northern Iowa | | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA | ESPN+ | L 9–17 | 8,442 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Youngstown State | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN+ | W 24–17 | 3,645 |
| November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | at Missouri State | | Robert W. Plaster StadiumSpringfield, MO | ESPN+ | W 51–24 | 3,352 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Sycamores | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Jayhawks | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 |

### Dayton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flyers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| No. 14 Sycamores | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sycamores | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 19 |

### Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sycamores | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 |

### At South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coyotes | 14 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 38 |

### Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Leathernecks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |

### South Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Jackrabbits | 7 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| Sycamores | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |

### At Illinois State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sycamores | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 8 Redbirds | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |

### Southern Illinois

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

### At Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sycamores | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| No. 5 Panthers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |

### Youngstown State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penguins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Sycamores | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### At Missouri State

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

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS | 16 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |