Illinois State (5-5) came in still alive for a playoff berth, but with injuries to half their offense they weren’t really equipped to pull the upset. “We had the guys to do it this year and we were all very dedicated. “When I came here back in 2018 I knew this was possible,” said wide receiver Jadon Janke, who caught five passes for a career-high 129 yards. 1 North Dakota State, North Dakota and Northern Iowa, leaving the Redbirds all that was standing in their way of a November vacation and one of the top two seeds in the FCS playoffs.
They routed USD at home, knocked off an overconfident Missouri State team that was ranked 5 th in the country at the time, and then won three straight indoor road games, taking out then-No. They haven’t lost since, and while there were highs and lows amid their 10 consecutive wins, they found a way, week after week after week, without a bye anywhere in between (that comes this week, when everyone else is playing their last game). The Jacks (10-1) lost their opener 7-3 to Iowa, a game that left them battered and bruised and offensively challenged.
I talked to our seniors at our team meal today about when they showed up here five or six years ago and the dreams they had and this is one of them. I’m really proud of our guys, our program and our coaches. “In the Missouri Valley, to win all your games and go undefeated is a huge deal. “I had forgot,” the coach admitted later. More: South Dakota State football: Breaking down the race for FCS football's top seed In the COVID spring season, they shared it with Missouri State.īut this time, by virtue of going 8-0 in conference games, 10-0 against the FCS, the Jackrabbits are champions all by themselves.įinally, Stiegelmeier looked straight into the camera and shouted, ‘We ain’t sharing!”, and his players went wild in celebrating the first outright conference title in program history since they won the NCC in 1963. In 2016, the Jacks shared the Valley title with North Dakota State. “We ain’t sharing?” Stiegelmeier repeated, not immediately grasping the meaning.
“We ain’t sharing!” the players implored Stiegelmeier to shout into the camera that was in the locker room, filming the celebration. There’s not much the 65-year-old coach hasn’t seen or accomplished in the 35 years he’s been coaching at South Dakota State, but when he walked into the locker room after his team’s 31-7 win over Illinois State had given the Jackrabbits their first outright Missouri Valley Football Conference title, he didn’t immediately understand the words his players were shouting at him. (618) list of college football coaches' contact information for school members of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) (formerly Division 1-AA) Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC): Mailing Address | Phone | Fax | Email.BROOKINGS – John Stiegelmeier had to be reminded. Missouri State University Athletics 901 S National Ave Clark StreetĪthletic Department Stambaugh Stadium 1003 Illinois State University Athletics Campus Box 2660ĭepartment of Athletics, 206 DakotaDome 414 E. Western Illinois University Athletics 1 University Circle Indiana State University Athletics 401 North 4th Street South Dakota State University 2820 Stanley J. Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) Footbal Coach Contacts School
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