2016 Valley Football Standings (FINAL) Noteworthy Schedule/Results
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For Immediate Release Aug. 28, 2017 Mike Kern Illinois State • Indiana State • Missouri State • North Dakota State • Northern Iowa South Dakota • South Dakota State • Southern Illinois • Western Illinois • Youngstown State 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • (314) 444-4360 • FAX (314) 444-4361 2016 Valley Football Standings (FINAL) Schedule/Results MVFC Points Overall Points Thursday, Aug. 31 Team W-L Pct. For Opp W-L Pct. For Opp H A Stk. Eastern Illinois at Indiana State, 7 pm ET North Dakota St. 7-1 .875 213 106 12-2 .857 408 232 7-2 5-0 L1 Terre Haute, Ind. • ESPN3 South Dakota St. 7-1 .875 283 187 9-4 .692 431 355 6-1 3-3 L1 Western Illinois at Tennessee Tech, 6 pm CT Youngstown State 6-2 .750 176 128 12-4 .750 442 319 8-0 4-3 L1 Cookeville, Tenn. Illinois State 4-4 .500 208 187 6-6 .500 312 262 4-2 2-4 L1 Duquesne at South Dakota State, 7 pm CT Northern Iowa 4-4 .500 251 168 5-6 .455 320 242 2-3 3-3 L1 Brookings, S.D. • MidcoSN/ESPN3 Western Illinois 3-5 .375 219 282 6-5 .545 319 346 2-3 4-2 L3 South Dakota 3-5 .375 212 235 4-7 .364 329 379 3-2 1-5 L4 Saturday, Sept. 2 Southern Illinois 2-6 .250 230 261 4-7 .364 340 338 4-2 0-5 W1 Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, 1 pm ET Indiana State 2-6 .250 178 252 4-7 .364 274 359 2-3 2-4 L3 Pittsburgh, Pa. • ACC Network Missouri State 2-6 .250 172 336 4-7 .364 257 393 2-3 2-4 L3 South Dakota at Drake, 6 pm CT Des Moines, Iowa UNI at Iowa State, 7 pm CT Noteworthy Ames, Iowa • Cyclones.tv • • Media Services • • Missouri State at Missouri, 11 am CT Best in the FCS Columbia, Mo. • SEC Network Players of the Week Mississippi Valley St. at NDSU, 2:30 pm CT Each week a panel will select players of The MVFC is well represented on national pre- Fargo, N.D. • NBC ND/ESPN3 season rankings/player recognition lists. The the week for offense, defense, newcomer, Butler at Illinois State, 6:30 pm CT Conference has an FCS-best five teams on the offensive line and special teams. Normal, Ill. • ESPN3 FCS coaches poll; an FCS-best six teams on the MVFC Media Vault STATS FCS top-25 poll; an FCS-best five student- Saturday, Sept. 9 By Tuesday of each week, the league will athletes on the STATS Buck Buchanan Award collect school weekly coach press confer- Watch List; an FCS-best 17 student-athletes on Indiana State at Tennessee, 4 pm ET the STATS FCS pre-season All-America teams, ences (audio/video links) and PDF links to Knoxville, Tenn. • SEC Network which includes an FCS-best seven individuals on weekly notes in the MVFC Media Vault. Missouri State at North Dakota, 4 pm CT the first-team unit. South Dakota State, mean- Grand Forks, N.D. • MidcoSN while, has an FCS-best three student-athletes NDSU at Eastern Washington, 3 pm CT Statistics on the STATS Walter Payton Award Watch List Interactive school and league statistics Cheney, Wash. • NBC ND/ESPN3 (TE Dallas Goedert, QB Taryn Christion, and WR Cal Poly at UNI, 4 pm CT are available, courtesy of the league’s part- Jake Wieneke). Cedar Falls, Iowa • PSN/ESPN3 nership with SIDEARM. South Dakota at Bowling Green, 5 pm CT Against the FBS Bowling Green, Ohio • ESPN3 Weekly Features South Dakota State at Montana State, 7 pm CT The league produces weekly video MVFC schools set a league record with four wins against FBS schools last year. Three MVFC Bozeman, Mont. • PlutoTV segments (Two Minute Drill and The Extra games this weekend are at FBS sites. The Con- Mississippi Valley St. at S. Illinois, 6 pm CT Point) and a bimonthly audio podcast (First ference has had at least one FBS win in each of Carbondale, Ill. • ESPN3 and Goal). Each is available by visiting the the last seven seasons. Western Illinois at Northern Arizona, TBD league’s web site (valleyfootball.org) - under Flagstaff, Ariz. • PlutoTV the Multimedia tab on the main menu bar. Home Sweet Home Robert Morris at Youngstown State, 2 pm ET Youngstown, Ohio • ESPN3 www.valley-football.org Last year, MVFC schools recorded a 16-4 re- cord in home non-conference games. In the last facebook.com/ValleyFootball eight seasons (since 2009), MVFC schools have @valleyfootball • @FCS_Insider combined for a 131-17 (.885) record in games @ESPNCFB • @NCAA_FCS played at MVFC sites. @FCS_STATS • @HeroSportsNews ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) S2 Butler ESPN3 6:30 p.m. A31 Eastern Illinois ESPN3 7:00 p.m. ET S16 at Eastern Illinois TV TBD 2:00 p.m. S9 at Tennessee SEC Network 4:00 p.m. ET S23 *at Missouri State ESPN3 2:00 p.m. S16 at Liberty Big South Net 6:00 p.m. ET S30 *Indiana State ESPN3 6:30 p.m. S30 *at Illinois State ESPN3 7:30 p.m. ET O7 at Northern Arizona TV TBD TBA O7 *North Dakota State ESPN3 1:00 p.m. ET O14 *at Southern Illinois ESPN3 2:00 p.m. O14 *South Dakota ESPN3 3:00 p.m. ET O21 *South Dakota (HC) CSN / ESPN3 2:00 p.m. O21 *Southern Illinois (HC) ESPN3 3:00 p.m. ET O28 *at Youngstown State ESPN3 1:00 p.m. O28 *at Missouri State ESPN3 3:00 p.m. ET N4 *Western Illinois ESPN3 Noon N4 *Youngstown State ESPN3 1:00 p.m. ET N11 *at South Dakota State ESPN3 2:00 p.m. N11 *Western Illinois ESPN3 1:00 p.m. ET N18 *North Dakota State CSN / ESPN3 Noon N18 *at UNI ESPN3 5:00 p.m. ET *MVFC game *MVFC game Pioneer League Lid Lifter New Era The Redbirds are a combined 10-6 against current members of the The Curt Mallory era is set to begin Thursday under the lights Pioneer League, with the only losing record coming at the hands of against regional rival Eastern Illinois. Mallory was announced as In- Valparaiso. ISU has winning records against Butler (1-0), Dayton (1-0), diana State’s 21st head coach on Jan. 23, and since he has brought Drake (5-3) and Morehead State (2-1), but has only defeated Valpo in in an entirely new coaching staff and an upbeat feel to the Sycamore one out of its three games in the all-time series. Football program. This is Mallory’s first stint as a head coach, but the former Michigan linebacker has had an illustrious career as an assistant coach at Ball State, Central Michigan, Indiana (where his Home Sweet Home father Bill led the program to unprecedented success from 1984-96), The Redbirds have played well at home under the leadership of Illinois (where he helped lead the Illini to a Rose Bowl as the co-de- head coach Brock Spack, including in their home openers the last fensive coordinator in 2007), Akron, Michigan and, most recently, at eight seasons. ISU is a perfect 8-0 in home openers in the past eight Wyoming with former North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl. seasons, and the Redbirds hope to extend that streak to eight against Valparaiso last season. In 2015, the ‘Birds put an early exclamation point on the season with a 67-14 drubbing of Morgan State in the All of the Lights home opener. For the first time in seven seasons, the Sycamores will be playing under the lights at Memorial Stadium. ISU’s last home night game was on Sept. 4, 2010 (vs. St. Joseph’s) and its last Thursday night Go For Four game was held Aug. 27, 2009 (vs. Quincy). When Illinois State heard its name called on the NCAA FCS selec- tion show in 2016, the Redbirds punched their third-straight ticket to Harker Earns Starting Job the playoffs for the first time in program history. ISU made its seventh For the second straight season, Isaac Harker has won the starting playoff appearance overall, and had previously advanced to the QB job following a spring practice and training camp battle. Harker, playoffs in back-to-back seasons in 1998-99. The four playoff appear- a Second-Team All-MVFC honoree in 2016, had a superb sophomore ances in the last five years for the Redbirds is also unprecedented for season last year. He was the first Valley QB to 2,000 yards passing the ISU football program, but one streak the team hopes to continue (ending with 2,559, the third-best passing season in school history), in the future. he recorded five 300-yard games (coming one game shy of Mike Perish’s 2014 single-season record of six games) and nearly broke Perish’s single-season TD record of 21 with 19 passing TD. Runnin’ Runnin and Runnin’ Runnin’ Indiana State’s depth at the running back slot resulted in two talented tailbacks moving to the defense. Redshirt senior and Pre- season Honorable Mention All-MVFC running back LeMonte Booker, who missed all of 2016 due to injury, enters his final year with 2,321 career all-purpose yards and will be featured as the main point of at- tack in the new run-first system. MISSOURI STATE BEARS NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) S2 at Missouri SEC Network 11:00 a.m.