For Immediate Release Sept. 9, 2020 Mike Kern

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2019 Valley Football Standings (FINAL) 2019 -- Another FCS Title Last season, four MVFC teams earned MVFC Points Overall Points selection to the NCAA Division I Champion- Team W-L Pct. For Opp W-L Pct. For Opp H A Stk. ship. North Dakota State won its eighth North Dakota State 8-0 1.000 311 92 16-0 1.000 596 197 9-0 5-0 W37 national championship in nine years, and the Northern Iowa 6-2 .750 195 157 10-5 .667 315 265 7-0 3-5 L1 MVFC’s four teams went a combined 8-3 in Illinois State 5-3 .625 133 143 10-5 .667 297 240 4-2 6-3 L1 South Dakota State 5-3 .625 236 156 8-5 .615 386 217 5-3 3-2 L2 the playoffs with only one of those losses at Southern Illinois 5-3 .625 212 157 7-5 .583 339 276 3-2 4-3 L1 the hands of a non-conference team. South Dakota 4-4 .500 266 229 5-7 .417 363 389 3-3 2-4 W1 Indiana State 3-5 .375 148 195 5-7 .417 235 274 4-3 1-4 W2 Youngstown State 2-6 .250 187 247 6-6 .500 365 321 5-2 0-4 W1 Against Non-League Foes Missouri State 1-7 .125 117 267 1-10 .091 170 397 0-5 1-5 L7 Last year, the league fashioned a 27-19 Western Illinois 1-7 .125 156 318 1-11 .083 224 443 1-5 0-6 L3 non-conference record and won the Big Sky- MVFC Challenge Series for the third-straight year. The season featured another MVFC MVFC Fall Schedule MVFC - NFL Opening Day Rosters win against an FBS school as Southern (scheduled games as of Sept. 9) A total of 24 former athletes Illinois handled UMass, 45-20. Notably, Mis- from current MVFC schools souri Valley schools have had at least one Saturday, Sept. 12 appear on NFL season- win against an FBS opponent in each of the Missouri State at #5 Oklahoma, 6 pm CT opening rosters. Notably, FCS past 10 seasons, had 19-such victories from Norman, Okla. • SoonerSportsTV has 143 for- 2010-19, and the league has a total of 46 mer players on NFL season- FBS wins in MVFC history. Saturday, Sept. 26 opening rosters and another 66 signed to All-time, there have been four FCS wins Missouri State at #11 Central Arkansas, 7 pm CT practice squads. All 32 NFL rosters have an over AP-ranked FBS programs; most recently Conway, Ark. • TV TBA FCS player. NDSU beat No. 13 Iowa, 23-21, in 2016. Buccaneers – (North Dakota State) Saturday, Oct. 3 MVFC vs. the FBS...... 46 all-time wins 49ers - Tom Compton (South Dakota) MVFC vs. the Big 12...... 6-51 #11 Central Arkansas at #1 NDSU, 2:30 pm CT Texans – Dylan Cole (MSU), David Johnson (UNI) MVFC vs. the Big 8...... 5-17 Broncos - (ILS), Shelby Harris (ILS) Fargo, N.D. • TV TBA MVFC vs. Oklahoma...... 0-2 Lions - Kenny Golladay (UND) Indiana State (L, 49-0, 1999) Eagles - Dallas Goedert (SDSU), Craig James (SIU), South Dakota (L, 70-14, 2019) Saturday, Oct. 17 (North Dakota State) Titans - MyCole Pruitt (Southern Illinois) #11 Central Arkansas at Missouri State, 7 pm CT Chiefs - Khalen Saunders (Western Illinois) UND Brings Membership to 11 Springfield, Mo. • TV TBA Ravens - Chris Board (NDSU), L.J. Fort (UNI) This fall the league has undergone a face- Cardinals - Chris Streveler (South Dakota) Colts - Bruce Anderson III (North Dakota State) lift as perennial FCS power North Dakota Packers - Robert Tonyan (INS), Billy Turner (NDSU) has joined the league, bringing membership Panthers - Jeremy Chinn (Southern Illinois) to 11 institutions for the first time in confer- Spring Schedule Update Washington Football Team – Mike Liedtke (ILS) On Aug. 7, the Missouri Valley Football Chargers - (North Dakota State) ence history. Conference Presidents Council announced Jaguars - James O’Shaughnessy (Illinois State), James Robinson (Illinois State) the league’s schools will not conduct con- Patriots - Derek Rivers (Youngstown State) MVFC Post-Season Success ference competition this fall. In its unwav- A league school has reached the title ering commitment to providing meaningful game 10 times since 2011 (North Dakota and safe competitive opportunities for the In the FCS Polls State-8, Illinois State-1, Youngstown State-1). Conference’s student-athletes, the MVFC North Dakota State, which has won an While NDSU’s title run (5-straight FCS Cham- plans to play a full 8-game spring league FCS record 37-straight games, is a unani- pionships) ended in 2016, Youngstown State schedule with the expectation to culminate mous No. 1 in the Stats Perform preseason represented the league in the title game in the season with the FCS Playoffs. Top 25 poll. Five MVFC teams are ranked, 2016, falling to JMU. NDSU, meanwhile, including NDSU (1), UNI (3), South Dakota has another national championship streak State (5), Illinois State (9) and Southern going, having won the past three title games. Illinois (24). North Dakota and Youngstown Counting last year, an MVFC member has State were among schools receiving votes. reached the FCS semifinals 24 times in the past 24 seasons (and 27 times overall).