The 2019 Missouri State Bears football team represented

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in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach

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and played their home games at the

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. They were a member of the

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. 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.

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2018 season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Bears were predicted to finish in tenth place.

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-MVFC team. Defense Angelo Garbutt – LB

Schedule

Game summaries

At Northern Arizona

At Tulane

Kennesaw State

At Western Illinois

South Dakota

At North Dakota State

Northern Iowa

South Dakota State

At Southern Illinois

At Illinois State

Indiana State

References

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Missouri State Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

Missouri State Bears football seasons

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