American college football season
The 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jared Elliott and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 1–11, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.
Preseason
MVFC poll
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Leathernecks were predicted to finish in eighth place.[1]
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 Leathernecks had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at North Alabama* | | ESPN+ | L 17–26 | 10,567 |
September 7 | 3:00 p.m. | at Colorado State* | | AT&T RM | L 13–38 | 18,231 |
September 14 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 10 Montana State* | | ESPN+ | L 14–23 | 4,728 |
September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | | ESPN3 | L 24–38 | 1,594 |
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | Missouri State | | ESPN+ | L 31–37 3OT | 3,149 |
October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at Indiana State | | ESPN+ | L 10–20 | 7,243 |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 Illinois State | | ESPN+ | L 14–28 | 2,984 |
October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Youngstown State | | ESPN+ | L 14–59 | 10,437 |
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | South Dakota | | ESPN+ | W 38–34 | 1,728 |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 1 North Dakota State | | ESPN+ | L 21–57 | 17,441 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Southern Illinois | | ESPN+ | L 21–45 | 1,739 |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Northern Iowa | | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 8,920 |
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Game summaries
At North Alabama
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Lions | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
At Colorado State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Rams | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
Montana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 10 Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
Leathernecks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Tennessee Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Eagles | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
Leathernecks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
Missouri State
| 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 |
At Indiana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Illinois State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 11 Redbirds | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Leathernecks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
At Youngstown State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Penguins | 28 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 59 |
South Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Coyotes | 7 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 34 |
Leathernecks | 7 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
At North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
No. 1 Bison | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 57 |
Southern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 7 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 45 |
Leathernecks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
At Northern Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Leathernecks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 9 Panthers | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
- ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Western Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Western Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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