2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team


The 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz and played their home games at Houck Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Redhawks finished the 2018 season 9–4, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Stony Brook in the first round before losing in the second round to Weber State.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

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

Preseason All-OVC team

The Redhawks had six players at five positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.
Offense
Daniel Santacaterina – QB
Kristian Wilkerson – WR
Defense
Clarence Thornton – DL
Zach Hall – LB
Justin Swift – LB
Bydarrius Knighten – DB

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

FCS Playoffs

The Redhawks were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Illinois State.

Illinois State–First Round

Ranking movements