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MISSOURI STATE MissouriStateBears.com | @MoStateFootball | /MissouriStBears 2019 SCHEDULE Game 10 - missouri state bears (1-8, 1-5) at No. 7 illinois state redbirds (7-3, 4-2) Saturday, Nov. 16 • 12:00 p.m. (CT) Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Hancock Stadium (13,391) • Normal, Ill. Aug. 29 at (RV) Northern Arizona (Pluto) L, 23-37 Radio: KTXR 101.3 FM/Bears Football Radio Network (Art Hains, Dennis Heim) Sept. 14 at Tulane (ESPN3) L, 6-58 TV: ESPN+ (TBA) Live Stats: GoRedbirds.com • Twitter: @MoSateFootball Sept. 21 (6) Kennesaw State (ESPN+) L, 24-35 (ESPN+) Oct. 5 at Western Illinois* W(3OT), 37-31 Location .......................................................................... Springfield, Mo. Location .................................................................................. Normal, Ill. Oct. 12 South Dakota* (ESPN3) L, 10-45 Enrollment .................................................................................... 26,182 Enrollment .................................................................................... 21,039 Oct. 19 at (1) North Dakota State* (ESPN+) L, 0-22 Conference .................................................................................... MVFC Conference .................................................................................... MVFC Head Coach ........................................................................ Dave Steckel Head Coach ......................................................................... Brock Spack Oct. 26 (11) UNI* (H) (ESPN+) L, 6-29 Alma Mater .......................................................... Kutztown (1982) Alma Mater ............................................................. Purdue (1984) Nov. 2 (4) South Dakota State* (ESPN3) L, 14-35 Career Record ......................................................13-40 (5th year) Career Record ....................................................81-48 (11th year) Record at MSU .....................................................13-40 (5th year) Record at USD ....................................................81-48 (11th year) Nov. 9 at (RV) Southern Illinois* (ESPN3) L, 14-37 2018 Overall/MVFC (finish) .................................................4-7/2-6 (9th) 2018 Overall/MVFC (finish) .............................................. 6-5/3-5 (t-6th) Nov. 16 at (7) Illinois State* (ESPN+) 12:00 p.m. Nov. 23 Indiana State* (ESPN+) 2:05 p.m. Bears head to normal for final road contest against Illinois state *Missouri Valley Football Conference game; (H) Homecoming; all times The Game Central; Radio broadcasts of all MSU games carried live on KTXR FM SERIES summary 101.3 in Springfield and the Bears Football Radio Network throughout The Missouri State Bears (1-8, 1-5 MVFC) return to the state of Missouri the state of Illinois for their final road game of the 2019 MSU vs. Illinois State ................................................17-21-1 season Saturday (Nov. 16), when they square off against Home ........................................................................9-10-1 HEAD TO HEAD the No. 7 Illinois State Redbirds (7-3, 4-2 MVFC) at Road ............................................................................ 8-11 Hancock Stadium in Normal. Neutral ...........................................................................0-0 Current Streak ..........................................................Won 1 MSU Category ISU Dave Steckel vs. Illinois State .........................................1-3 14.9 Scoring Offense 22.6 Saturday’s 12 p.m. (CST) game will be broadcast live on ESPN+. The contest will also be carried on the Missouri Last 10 Meetings ...............................................................3-7 62.3 Rushing Offense 171.2 State Radio Network, as Art Hains and Dennis Heim will 10/31/09..................... Springfield ...............................L, 14-24 208.6 Pass Offense 151.1 once again have the call. 9/25/10....................... Normal .........................L (2 OT), 41-44 10/8/11 ....................... Springfield ...............................L, 13-38 114.1 Pass Efficiency 113.2 • Missouri State will be looking to halt a five-game los- 10/20/12..................... Normal ...................................W, 24-17 270.9 Total Offense 322.3 ing streak, which represents the Bears’ longest since 9/28/13....................... Springfield ..............................W, 37-10 153 First Downs 159 dropping nine straight contests in 2015. 10/25/14..................... Normal ......................................L, 7-21 • The Bears have forced a total of five turnovers over 10/17/15..................... Springfield .................................L, 2-38 36.6 Scoring Defense 17.8 11/12/16 ..................... Normal ......................................L, 0-37 their last two games, nearly doubling their season 219.8 Rushing Defense 117.6 9/23/17....................... Springfield .................................L, 9-34 total in takeaways in the process; ISU has converted 9/29/18....................... Springfield ..............................W, 24-21 239.8 Pass Defense 199.6 nine turnovers into 29 total points in its last two wins 166.2 Pass Defense Efficiency 122.6 over South Dakota State and Western Illinois. • Illinois State enters the game ranked as high as No. 7 459.6 Total Defense 317.2 completions (507) and passing yardage, as well as (STATS) in this week’s polls, marking MSU’s fifth Top second for passing TD’s (36). -3 Turnover Margin +3 25 opponent on the year and the sixth-straight season • Currie leads the MVFC in receptions per game (5.1), 16.3 Kickoff Returns 19.8 (and nine of the last 10 seasons since 2010) in which while his average of 51.6 yards per outing ranks the Bears will have played at least five ranked foes. 4.2 Punt Returns 2.9 seventh among all league receivers. series notes • Huslig enters Saturday’s game third among all MVFC 38.4 Net Punting 37.3 quarterbacks in passing yardage (208.6 ypg.). 30:19 Time of Possession 30:10 • The Redbirds hold a 21-17-1 all-time edge in the • On the defensive side of the ball, McNeece Egbim 45.0 Tackles for Loss 69.0 series with MSU, including an 11-8 advantage in leads all Valley defenders in tackles (11.2 tpg.) during Normal. conference play, while Tyler Lovelace leads the 7-49 Sacks-Yards 35-217 • Saturday’s game will represent the seventh meeting MVFC in takeaways (2 FR, 3 INT); Egbim needs 13 19-100 Sacks Allowed-Yards 17-94 with a ranked Redbirds team for the Bears since tackles to match the career total of Dennis Heim in 2012; MSU has claimed three of the previous six such then No. 13 spot on MSU’s career tackles list. Team Leaders contests, topping an 11th-ranked ISU squad in Normal • Brendan Withrow’s average of 42.7 yards per punt ranks second in the MVFC and 14th nationally. MSU ISU by a 24-17 score on Oct. 20, 2012, before posting a pair of home wins in 2013 and 2018. Rushing ............................. Ypg Rushing .............................. Ypg The redbirds Donovan Daniels ...............17.1 James Robinson .............. 107.9 • MSU has five wins in 11 overall meetings with nationally-ranked ISU teams since 1998. DJ Frost ............................11.9 Jeff Proctor ........................ 44.1 • Under the direction of 11th-year head coach Brock • ISU has held the Bears to nine points or fewer in Passing ............................. Ypg Passing ............................... Ypg Spack, the Redbirds enter their final home game of four of the last five games in the series, including a Peyton Huslig ..................208.6 Brady Davis ..................... 150.5 the season riding a string of four wins in their last five 37-0 blanking of MSU in the last meeting at Hancock Receiving .......................... Ypg Receiving ............................ Ypg MVFC contests. Stadium in 2016. Tyler Currie .......................51.6 Kacper Rutkiewicz ............. 40.7 • ISU is led by the MVFC’s leading rusher and scorer, Lorenzo Thomas ...............39.8 Braxton Haley .................... 21.2 The Bears James Robinson (107.9 ypg.), a STATS FCS Walter Tackles .............................Total Tackles ...............................Total Payton Award candidate. McNeece Egbim ...................83 Luther Kirk ............................ 65 • Led by preseason all-league selection Tyler Currie, • Defensively, ISU ranks fourth nationally in sacks per Titus Wall .............................48 Two with ................................ 56 the Bears offense brings back six starters, including game (3.5), paced by Romeo McKnight’s 8.0 sacks. Sacks ...............................Total Sacks .................................Total quarterback Peyton Huslig, the MVFC’s active leader • ISU is allowing just 117.6 rushing yards per outing, Matt McClellan ....................3.0 Romeo McKnight ................. 8.0 in career passing yardage (5,971) who ranks third which is good for second in the MVFC and 21st on the Bears’ all-time lists for total offense (6,990), among all FCS defenses. Game 10 at illinois State | November 16, 2019 2019 Missouri State Football Game Notes Last time out former bear holliman taken in xfl draft MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS Missouri State dropped its fifth conference game in a row Former Bears standout Deion Holliman was one of 85 Founded ...........................................................................................1905 with a 37-14 road setback to Southern Illinois. players selected from FCS programs in the XFL Draft Location ...........................................................................Springfield,