2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference season

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
League	NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 31, 2023; through January 7, 2024
Number of teams	12
2024 NFL Draft
Regular season

The 2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference football season is the 38th season of college football play for the Missouri Valley Football Conference and part of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This will be the MVFC's 1st season with 12 teams, as the conference added Murray State over the offseason. It will also be the last season with 12 teams for now, as it was announced in May 2023 that Western Illinois will be leaving the MVFC after the 2023 season for the Ohio Valley Conference.[1]

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State	4	–	0	7	–	0
No. 4 South Dakota	4	–	0	6	–	1
No. 23 Northern Iowa	3	–	1	4	–	3
No. 11 Southern Illinois	2	–	2	5	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota State	2	–	2	5	–	2
No. 15 North Dakota	2	–	2	4	–	3
No. 24 Youngstown State	2	–	2	4	–	3
Illinois State	2	–	2	4	–	3
Missouri State	2	–	2	3	–	4
Murray State	1	–	3	2	–	5
Indiana State	0	–	4	0	–	7
Western Illinois	0	–	4	0	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of October 27, 2023 Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

In 2022, South Dakota State won the conference and received the automatic bid to the 2022 playoffs. The Jacks would go on to win their first FCS Championship over rival North Dakota State.[2]
Besides SDSU and NDSU; North Dakota made the playoffs as well. UND lost to Weber State in the first round to be eliminated from contention.[3]

Offseason

Over the offseason, the conference officially welcomed in their 12th league member. Murray State will begin their tenure as a MVFC member after joining the sister conference (Missouri Valley Conference) in the summer of 2022. The Racers arrive in the Valley from the Ohio Valley Conference.[4]

Coaching changes

Missouri State

On December 19, 2022, Ryan Beard was named the new head coach at Missouri State.[5] Beard was previously the Bears defensive coordinator for the last three years. He takes over for Bobby Petrino who left the program for an eventual job at Texas A&M.[6]

South Dakota State

On January 20, 2023, Jimmy Rogers was named the new head coach at South Dakota State.[7] Rogers was promoted from defensive coordinator for the Jacks. Former coach John Stiegelmeier retired after the end of last season, leading South Dakota State for 26 seasons.[8]

Preseason

Preseason League Poll

The annual preseason poll; voted on by conference coaches, athletic directors, and media members.[9]

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place votes)
1	South Dakota State	539 (44)
2	North Dakota State	492 (1)
3	Northern Iowa	409
4	North Dakota	399
5	Southern Illinois	337
6	Youngstown State	323
7	Illinois State	269
8	Missouri State	229
9	South Dakota	226
10	Indiana State	148
11	Murray State	74
12	Western Illinois	65

Preseason Individual Awards

Award	Player	School	Position	Year
First Team Offense	Mark Gronowski	South Dakota State	QB	Jr.
	Isaiah Davis	South Dakota State	RB	Sr.
	Justin Dinka	Indiana State	RB	RS Jr.
	Hunter Brozio	North Dakota State	FB	Sr.
	Jaxon Janke	South Dakota State	WR	Sr.
	Bo Belquist	North Dakota	WR	Sr.
	Bryce Oliver	Youngstown State	WR	Sr.
	Zach Heins	South Dakota State	TE	Sr.
	Mason McCormick	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Garret Greenfield	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Donny Ventrelli	North Dakota	OL	Sr.
	Jalen Sundell	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Jaison Williams	Youngstown State	OL	Jr.
First Team Defense	Khristian Boyd	Northern Iowa	DL	RS Sr.
	Ben McNaboe	North Dakota	DL	Sr.
	Dylan Wudke	Youngstown State	DL	Sr.
	Eli Mostaert	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Adam Bock	South Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Brock Mogensen	South Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Stephen Hillis	South Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Branson Combs	Southern Illinois	LB	RS Sr.
	Woo Governor	Northern Iowa	DB	Sr.
	DyShawn Gales	South Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	PJ Jules	Southern Illinois	DB	RS Sr.
	Rylan Cole	Indiana State	DB	Jr.
	Myles Harden	South Dakota	DB	Jr.
First Team Special Teams	Matthew Cook	Northern Iowa	PK	Sr.
	Grant Burkett	Missouri State	P	Jr.
	Caden Bolz	Missouri State	LS	Jr.
	Jayden Price	North Dakota State	RS	Sr.
	Carter Bell	South Dakota	AP	Jr.

Award	Player	School	Position	Year
Second Team Offense	Theo Day	Northern Iowa	QB	RS Sr.
	TaMerik Williams	North Dakota State	RB	Sr.
	Travis Theis	South Dakota	RB	Jr.
	Jacardia Wright	Missouri State	RB	Jr.
	Mike Morgan	South Dakota State	FB	Sr.
	D'Ante' Cox	Southern Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Jadon Janke	South Dakota State	WR/RS	Sr.
	Sam Schnee	Northern Iowa	WR	RS Sr.
	Alex Allen	Northern Iowa	TE	RS Sr.
	Joe Stoffel	North Dakota State	TE	Jr.
	Jared Penning	Northern Iowa	OL	RS Jr.
	Isaac Erbes	South Dakota	OL	So.
	Jake Kubas	North Dakota State	OL	Jr.
	Jose Vazquez IV	Indiana State	OL	RS Sr.
	Brandon Westberg	North Dakota State	OL	So.
	Hunter Zambrano	Illinois State	OL	So.
Second Team Defense	Will Mostaert	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Lucas Hunter	Indiana State	DL	Sr.
	Cade Terveer	South Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Chris Fitzgerald	Youngstown State	DL	Jr.
	Jason Freeman	South Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Juan DelaCruz	Western Illinois	LB	Jr.
	Geoffrey Brown	Indiana State	LB	Jr.
	Isaiah Stalbird	South Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Cole Wisniewski	North Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	C.J. Siegel	North Dakota	DB/RS	Sr.
	Dalys Beanum	South Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	Jayden Price	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	PJ Hall	Missouri State	DB	Jr.
	Dillon Gearhart	Illinois State	DB	Jr.
Second Team Special Teams	Griffin Crosa	North Dakota State	PK	Sr.
	Hunter Dustman	South Dakota State	P	Sr.
	Sam Merryman	Youngstown State	LS	Jr.
	Jalen Carr	Illinois State	AP	Jr.

Source:[10]

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8
Illinois State	STATS Perform			RV					RV
Illinois State	AFCA Coaches	RV	RV	25	RV	RV		RV	25	RV
Indiana State	STATS Perform
Indiana State	AFCA Coaches
Missouri State	STATS Perform
Missouri State	AFCA Coaches
Murray State	STATS Perform
Murray State	AFCA Coaches			RV
North Dakota	STATS Perform	17	17	14	14	12	16	15	11	15
North Dakota	AFCA Coaches	18	15	13	14	11	15	15	9	17
North Dakota State	STATS Perform	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	14	12
North Dakota State	AFCA Coaches	2	2	2	2	2	8	7	15	11
Northern Iowa	STATS Perform	23	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23
Northern Iowa	AFCA Coaches	20	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
South Dakota	STATS Perform						15	10	6	4
South Dakota	AFCA Coaches						21	17	16	9
South Dakota State	STATS Perform	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
South Dakota State	AFCA Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Southern Illinois	STATS Perform	RV	24	15	12	10	6	13	12	11
Southern Illinois	AFCA Coaches	RV	23	18	13	10	5	13	12	12
Western Illinois	STATS Perform
Western Illinois	AFCA Coaches
Youngstown State	STATS Perform	RV	25	25	24	23	RV	23	25	24
Youngstown State	AFCA Coaches	RV	25	RV	24	19	RV	20т	RV	RV

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
MVFC member won
MVFC member lost
MVFC teams in bold

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game
^ denotes AP Poll ranking for FBS teams

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	L 0–27	4,355
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Valparaiso	No. RV Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 52–10	8,593
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Western Oregon	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 45–7	16,258
August 31	7:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Missouri	Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	SECN	L 10–35	50,434
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	Big 12 NOW, ESPN+	L 17–48	41,091
September 2	12:00 p.m.	Dayton	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 41–0	6,740
September 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Northern Iowa	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	Big 12 NOW, ESPN+	L 9–30	58,248
September 2	2:30 p.m.	Eastern Washington	No. 2 North Dakota State	US Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN+	W 35–10	22,546
September 2	3:00 p.m.	Drake	No. 17 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 55–7	8,503
September 2	6:00 p.m.	No. RV Austin Peay	No. RV Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 49–23	8,327
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Presbyterian	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 41–10	6,953
September 2	8:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	ESPN+	L 21–58	17,943
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	6:30 p.m.	Murray State	No. RV^ Louisville	L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCN	L 0–56	45,273
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 7–41	42,775
September 9	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Youngstown State	No. 5^ Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 7–35	102,897
September 9	1:00 p.m.	No. RV St. Thomas	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 24–0	6,126
September 9	2:30 p.m.	Maine	No. 2 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 44–7	15,044
September 9	2:30 p.m.	No. 24 Southern Illinois	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	W 14–11	13,114
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Illinois State	Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN+	ILST 34–18	3,648
September 9	3:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	No. 17 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	W 37–22	10,009
September 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Weber State	No. 21 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	L 17–34	7,967
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Missouri State	No. RV UT Martin	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN	ESPN+	L 31–38	6,104
September 9	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 Montana State	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	W 20–16	19,332
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	11:00 a.m.	No. 14 North Dakota	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	FS1	L 18–42	35,610
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Lamar	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	W 35–6	5,618
September 16	1:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	No. 25 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 48–28	12,826
September 16	2:00 p.m.	No. RV Illinois State	Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field • Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 13–14	6,602
September 16	2:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 7–45	15,054
September 16	2:30 p.m.	No. RV Central Arkansas	No. 2 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	W 49–31	15,016
September 16	2:30 p.m.	Drake	No. 1 South Dakota State	Target Field • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN+	W 70–7	18,174
September 16	5:00 p.m.	No. RV Northern Iowa	Idaho State	Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID	ESPN+	W 41–17	N/A
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Lindenwood	Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN+	L 40–43	3,548
September 16	6:00 p.m.	No. 15 Southern Illinois	No. 13 Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 26–25	8,613
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Murray State	Middle Tennessee State	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN+	L 14–35	16,605
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 16	Missouri State

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 23	12:00 p.m.	Lindenwood	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	W 48–17	13,391
September 23	2:00 p.m.	Utah Tech	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	W 59–14	11,002
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	ESPN+	L 17–37	6,504
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 23	No. 24 Youngstown State	No. RV Northern Iowa	No. 2 North Dakota State	No. 1 South Dakota State	South Dakota	No. 14 North Dakota	Indiana State	No. 12 Southern Illinois	Murray State

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 30	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota	No. 2 North Dakota State†	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	USD 24–19	18,342
September 30	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Youngstown State	No. RV Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	UNI 44–41	10,346
September 30	2:00 p.m.	No. 12 North Dakota	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 42–21	19,231
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Missouri State	No. 10 Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SIU 33–20	10,359
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	MUST 30–28	13,213
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Date	Bye Week
September 30	Western Illinois	Illinois State

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 16 North Dakota†	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 49–10	9,758
October 7	2:00 p.m.	Murray State	No. 15 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 38–7	7,907
October 7	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 North Dakota State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+	NDSU 38–10	8,727
October 7	5:00 p.m.	No. 6 Southern Illinois	No. RV Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 31–3	9,767
October 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	SDSU 40–21	8,272
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. RV Northern Iowa	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	UNI 27–20	3,228
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 14	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 North Dakota State	No. 15 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+	UND 49–24	13,091
October 14	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Youngstown State	No. 10 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	USD 34–31	3,608
October 14	2:00 p.m.	No. RV Northern Iowa	No. 1 South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+	SDSU 41–6	19,357
October 14	2:00 p.m.	No. 13 Southern Illinois	Murray State†	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+	SIU 27–6	15,868
October 14	3:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN+	MOST 48–7	2,809
October 14	3:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+	ILST 44–7	N/A
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 21	1:00 p.m.	No. 6 South Dakota	Indiana State†	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	USD 17–3	4,908
October 21	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 12 Southern Illinois†	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	SDSU 17–10	11,927
October 21	2:00 p.m.	No. RV Illinois State	No. 25 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	YSU 41–38	10,022
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Murray State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, IL	ESPN+	MOST 28–24	11,386
October 21	2:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	No. 14 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+	NDSU 52–7	14,255
October 21	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 North Dakota	No. RV Northern Iowa†	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	UNI 27–0	10,677
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 23 Northern Iowa	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+
October 28	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 Southern Illinois	Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN+
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Missouri State	No. 24 Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 15 North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+
October 28	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 4 South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+
October 28	2:30 p.m.	Murray State	No. 12 North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+
November 4	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+
November 4	1:00 p.m.	North Dakota	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+
November 4	2:00 p.m.	North Dakota State	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Illinois State	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, IL	ESPN+
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 11	11:00 a.m.	Murray State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN+
November 11	11:00 a.m.	South Dakota State	Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH	ESPN+
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+
November 11	1:00 p.m.	North Dakota	South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN+
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa	Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO	ESPN+
November 11	2:30 p.m.	Southern Illinois	North Dakota State	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	ESPN+
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 18	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota	Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN+
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Illinois State	North Dakota	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	ESPN+
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN+
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Youngstown State	Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ESPN+
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Missouri State	South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN+
November 18	4:00 p.m.	North Dakota State	Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+
^#Rankings from Stats Perform. All times are in Central Time.

MVFC records vs other conferences

2023-24 records against non-conference foes:

FCS Power Conferences	Record
Big Sky	4–1
CAA	1–0
FCS Power Total	5–1

Other FCS Conferences	Record
Big South	1–0
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
OVC	2–4
Patriot	None
PFL	6–0
SoCon	None
Southland	1–0
SWAC	None
UAC (ASUN–WAC)	3–1
Other FCS Total	13–5

Other Division I Opponents	Record
Football Bowl Subdivision	1–10

Total Division I	19–16

Other NCAA Opponents	Record
Division II	1–0

Total Non-Conference Record	20–16

Post Season

FCS Power Conferences	Record
Big Sky	None
CAA	None
FCS Power Total	0–0

Other FCS Conferences	Record
Big South	None
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
OVC	None
Patriot	None
PFL	None
SoCon	None
Southland	None
SWAC	None
UAC (ASUN–WAC)	None
Other FCS Total	0–0

Total Postseason Record	0–0

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
Week	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 4) [11]	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	Cole Wisniewski	S	NDSU	Kaedin Steindorf	P	NDSU	Tyshon King	RB	YSU
Week 2 (Sept. 11) [12]	Mason Blakemore	RB	ILST	Nick Gaes	DT	USD	Griffin Crosa	K	NDSU	Griffin Wilde	WR	SDSU
Week 2 (Sept. 11) [12]	Mason Blakemore	RB	ILST	PJ Jules	S	SIU	Griffin Crosa	K	NDSU	Griffin Wilde	WR	SDSU
Week 3 (Sept. 18) [13]	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	PJ Jules	S	SIU	Tucker Large	PR/S	SDSU	Tyshon King	RB	YSU
Week 4 (Sept. 25) [14]	Jacob Clark	QB	MOST	Caleb Blake	CB	MOST	Ian Wagner	K/P	ILST	Jayden Becks	RB	MOST
Week 5 (Oct. 2) [15]	Theo Day	QB	UNI	Dennis Shorter	SS	USD	Orion Phillips	P	MUST	Plez Lawrence	RB	INST
Week 5 (Oct. 2) [15]	Carter Bell	WR	USD	Dennis Shorter	SS	USD	Orion Phillips	P	MUST	Plez Lawrence	RB	INST
Week 6 (Oct. 9) [16]	Isaiah Davis	RB	SDSU	Logan Kopp	LB	NDSU	Jake Andjelic	PK	INST	Tyshon King	RB	YSU
Week 7 (Oct. 16) [17]	Gaven Ziebarth	RB	UND	Isaiah Stalbird	LB	SDSU	Will Leyland	PK	USD	Owen Rozanc	PK	MOST
Week 7 (Oct. 16) [17]	Gaven Ziebarth	RB	UND	Isaiah Stalbird	LB	SDSU	Luke Skokna	RB/RS	UND	Owen Rozanc	PK	MOST
Week 8 (Oct. 23) [18]	Amauri Pesek-Hickson	RB	UNI	Devin Goree	DL	MOST	Andrew Lastovka	PK	YSU	Charles Pierre Jr.	RB	USD

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	13,391	6,740	13,391†	8,272	N/A	28,403	9,467	70.7%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	4,355	3,228	4,908†		12,491	4,163	32.6%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	11,002	8,727	11,386†		31,115	10,371	59.3%
Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium	16,800	6,953	13,213	15,868†		36,034	12,011	71.5%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	8,503	10,009	9,758	13,091†	41,361	10,340	84.2%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	15,044	15,016	18,342†	14,255	62,657	15,664	83.8%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	7,967	10,346	10,677†		28,990	9,663	59.2%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	6,126	5,618	7,907†	3,608	23,259	5,814	64.0%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	16,258	19,332	19,231	19,357†	74,178	18,544	95.9%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	8,327	10,359†	11,927		30,613	10,204	68.0%
Western Illinois	Hanson Field	17,128	3,648†	3,548	2,809		10,005	3,335	19.5%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	8,593	12,826†	9,767	10,022	41,208	10,302	50.0%

Bold - Exceed or met capacity
†Season High
‡FCS Playoff Game

2024 NFL Draft

The following list includes all MVFC players who were drafted in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team

Head coaches

Through October 21, 2023
All stats include 2023 season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MVFC record	MVFC titles	FCS Playoff appearances	FCS Playoff record	National Titles
Illinois State	Brock Spack	15	99–68 (.593)	99–68 (.593)	62–50 (.554)	2	5	7–5 (.583)	0
Indiana State	Curt Mallory	6[lower-alpha 1]	19–44 (.302)	19–44 (.302)	12–32 (.273)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Missouri State	Ryan Beard	1	3–4 (.429)	3–4 (.429)	2–2 (.500)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Murray State	Dean Hood[lower-alpha 2]	4	70–59 (.543)	15–21 (.417)	1–3 (.250)	0	3	0–3 (.000)	0
North Dakota	Bubba Schweigert[lower-alpha 3]	10	80–69 (.537)	58–48 (.547)	14–11 (.560)	0	4	1–4 (.200)	0
North Dakota State	Matt Entz	5	54–9 (.857)	54–9 (.857)	29–6 (.829)	2	4	9–2 (.818)	2
Northern Iowa	Mark Farley	23	178–101 (.638)	178–101 (.638)	114–57 (.667)	7	13	16–13 (.552)	0
South Dakota	Bob Nielson[lower-alpha 4]	8	224–123–1 (.645)	38–43 (.469)	26–30 (.464)	0	2	1–2 (.333)	2
South Dakota State	Jimmy Rogers	1	7–0 (1.000)	7–0 (1.000)	4–0 (1.000)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Southern Illinois	Nick Hill	8	41–45 (.477)	41–45 (.477)	24–34 (.414)	0	2	2–2 (.500)	0
Western Illinois	Myers Hendrickson[lower-alpha 5]	2	0–18 (.000)	0–18 (.000)	0–12 (.000)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0
Youngstown State	Doug Phillips	4	15–20 (.429)	15–20 (.429)	10–17 (.370)	0	0	0–0 (–)	0

Indiana State did not play football in the 2020-21 academic year
Dean Hood coached Eastern Kentucky from 2008-2015. During his time there, the Colonels went 55-38 overall and 44-19 in the Ohio Valley Conference. This also included three FCS playoff berths, all three of which ended in the first round. Hood has coached Murray State since 2020, and while in the Ohio Valley Conference the team finished with a 13-16 overall record and a 9-9 league record.
Bubba Schweigert coached Minnesota Duluth of NCAA Division II from 2004-07. He also coached North Dakota while they were a part of the Big Sky Conference from 2014-17 and were independents in 2018 and 2019.
Bob Nielson coached Western Illinois from 2013-15, which included a run in the playoffs that ended in the second round. Nielson also coached Minnesota-Duluth from 1999-2003 and 2008-12, that second stint included five consecutive NCAA Division II playoff appearances highlighted by 2 National Titles. In the first stint at MN-Duluth included his first Division II playoff appearance. Nielson also coached Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1996-98 that included one NCAA Division III playoff run that ended in the semifinals. Before that, he coached Wartburg from 1991-95, which included two Division III playoff runs as well. His first head coaching job was at Ripon from 1989-90.
Myers Hendrickson previously coached at Kansas Wesleyan of the NAIA from 2019-21, and helped the Coyotes to two NAIA playoff appearances.

References

"Leatherneck Athletics Moving to Ohio Valley Conference for All Sports". goleathernecks.com. Western Illinois Leathernecks. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
"South Dakota State wins 1st FCS title over North Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. January 8, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
"Weber State holds on to beat North Dakota in FCS playoffs". apnews.com. Associated Press. November 26, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
"Missouri Valley Football Conference adds Murray State Racers". argusleader.com. Sioux Falls Argus Leader. April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
"Beard takes over Bears football program". missouristatebears.com. Missouri State Bears. December 19, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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"Rogers introduced as head coach". gojacks.com. South Dakota State Jackrabbits. January 20, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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[19] Indiana State did not play football in the 2020-21 academic year

[20] Dean Hood coached Eastern Kentucky from 2008-2015. During his time there, the Colonels went 55-38 overall and 44-19 in the Ohio Valley Conference. This also included three FCS playoff berths, all three of which ended in the first round. Hood has coached Murray State since 2020, and while in the Ohio Valley Conference the team finished with a 13-16 overall record and a 9-9 league record.

[21] Bubba Schweigert coached Minnesota Duluth of NCAA Division II from 2004-07. He also coached North Dakota while they were a part of the Big Sky Conference from 2014-17 and were independents in 2018 and 2019.

[22] Bob Nielson coached Western Illinois from 2013-15, which included a run in the playoffs that ended in the second round. Nielson also coached Minnesota-Duluth from 1999-2003 and 2008-12, that second stint included five consecutive NCAA Division II playoff appearances highlighted by 2 National Titles. In the first stint at MN-Duluth included his first Division II playoff appearance. Nielson also coached Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1996-98 that included one NCAA Division III playoff run that ended in the semifinals. Before that, he coached Wartburg from 1991-95, which included two Division III playoff runs as well. His first head coaching job was at Ripon from 1989-90.

[23] Myers Hendrickson previously coached at Kansas Wesleyan of the NAIA from 2019-21, and helped the Coyotes to two NAIA playoff appearances.

[1] "Leatherneck Athletics Moving to Ohio Valley Conference for All Sports". goleathernecks.com. Western Illinois Leathernecks. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

[2] "South Dakota State wins 1st FCS title over North Dakota State". espn.com. ESPN. January 8, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[3] "Weber State holds on to beat North Dakota in FCS playoffs". apnews.com. Associated Press. November 26, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[4] "Missouri Valley Football Conference adds Murray State Racers". argusleader.com. Sioux Falls Argus Leader. April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[5] "Beard takes over Bears football program". missouristatebears.com. Missouri State Bears. December 19, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[6] "Petrino Accepts Position at UNLV". missouristatebears.com. Missouri State Bears. December 15, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

[7] "Rogers introduced as head coach". gojacks.com. South Dakota State Jackrabbits. January 20, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[8] "Stiegelmeier announces retirement". gojacks.com. South Dakota State Jackrabbits. January 19, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

[9] "2023 Missouri Valley Football Preseason Poll". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

[10] "2023 Preseason Poll and Team" (PDF). valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

[11] "Valley Football - Players of the Week (9.4.23)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

[12] "Valley Football - Players of the Week (9-11-2023)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

[13] "Valley Football - Players of the Week (Sept. 18)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.

[14] "Missouri Valley Football - Players of the Week (Sept. 25)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.

[15] "Missouri Valley Football - Players of the Week (Oct. 2)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 2, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.

[16] "Missouri Valley Football - Players of the Week (Oct. 9)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.

[17] "Missouri Valley Football - Players of the Week (O16)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.

[18] "Missouri Valley Football - Players of the Week (Oct. 23)". valley-football.org. Missouri Valley Football Conference. October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

Missouri Valley Football Conference
Teams	Illinois State Redbirds Indiana State Sycamores Missouri State Bears Murray State Racers North Dakota Fighting Hawks North Dakota State Bison Northern Iowa Panthers South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits Southern Illinois Salukis Western Illinois Leathernecks (leaving in 2024) Youngstown State Penguins
Championships & awards	All-time standings Conference champions
Seasons	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023