2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

2019 North Dakota State Bison football
NCAA Division I champion
MVFC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 1
FCS CoachesNo. 1
Record16–0 (8–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTyler Roehl (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorDavid Braun (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumFargodome
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   8 0     16 0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^   6 2     10 5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^   5 3     10 5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^   5 3     8 5  
Southern Illinois   5 3     7 5  
South Dakota   4 4     5 7  
Indiana State   3 5     5 7  
Youngstown State   2 6     6 6  
Missouri State   1 7     1 10  
Western Illinois   1 7     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Matt Entz. The team played in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota, for the 27th season as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They entered the season as defending national champions, having won seven of the prior eight FCS titles. In 2019, the Bison finished the regular season 12–0, the second consecutive undefeated Bison season, and won their ninth consecutive MVFC title. They received an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS playoff tournament and were seeded as the No. 1 team. The Bison then went 4–0 in the FCS playoffs to finish 16–0 as FCS champions, becoming the first team at any level of college football to finish a season 16–0 since Yale in 1894. They also extended their FCS-record winning streak to 37 games.[1]

  1. ^ "North Dakota State beats James Madison, wins eighth FCS title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.