2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 3
Record10–3 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Eidsness (13th season)
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown
Home stadiumDana J. Dykhouse Stadium[1]
2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  8 –0   15 –0  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 23 Northern Iowa ^  5 –3   7 –6  
Indiana State  5 –3   7 –4  
Western Illinois  4 –4   5 –6  
Illinois State  3 –5   6 –5  
Youngstown State  3 –5   4 –7  
South Dakota  3 –5   4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6   4 –7  
Southern Illinois  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Duquesne in the second round and Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals, before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[2] Taryn Christion QB SR
Buck Buchanan Award[3] Christian Rozeboom LB JR

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Jackrabbits predicted to finish in second place.[4]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Jackrabbits placed seven players at eight positions on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Iowa State*No. 3
 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]–
September 86:00 p.m.Montana State*No. 3
MidcoW 45–1414,614
September 156:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluff*No. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 90–614,526
September 292:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 3
ESPN+/MidcoL 17–2118,846
October 66:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 3
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 54–51 OT10,318
October 132:00 p.m.Youngstown StatedaggerNo. 2
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 36–714,357
October 204:00 p.m.at No. 25 Northern IowaNo. 2
ESPN3L 9–2412,013
October 2712:00 p.m.at No. 11 Illinois StateNo. 7
ESPN3W 38–2812,144
November 32:00 p.m.Missouri StateNo. 7
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MidcoW 59–75,869
November 101:00 p.m.at Southern IllinoisNo. 6
ESPN+W 57–384,433
November 172:00 p.m.South DakotaNo. 5
MidcoW 49–278,517
December 12:00 p.m.Duquesne*No. 5
  • Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium
  • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3W 51–63,042
December 81:00 p.m.at No. 2 Kennesaw State*No. 5
ESPN3W 27–173,262
December 147:00 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State*No. 5
ESPN2L 21–4418,286
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. ↑ Game was cancelled due to inclement weather.[6]

Roster

2018 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Jacob Brown Jr
QB 2 J'Bore Gibbs Fr
QB 3 Taryn Christion Sr
RB 5 Blair Mulholland So
RB 8 C. J. Wilson Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2 Christian Rozeboom Jr
S 3 Joshua Manchigiah So
S 6 Makiah Slade Sr
LB 7 Seven Wilson So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 4 Chase Vinatieri Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 0 8 6 14
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 17 14 7 45

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 6 0 0 0 6
No. 3 Jackrabbits 28 21 21 20 90

At North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 0 10 0 17
No. 1 Bison 0 14 0 7 21

Indiana State

1 2 3 4OT Total
Sycamores 10 7 7 243 51
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 21 66 54

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 7 0 0 0 7
No. 2 Jackrabbits 9 7 7 13 36

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Jackrabbits 3 0 0 6 9
No. 25 Panthers 0 7 7 10 24

At Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Jackrabbits 7 21 7 3 38
No. 11 Redbirds 7 0 0 21 28

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 0 0 7
No. 7 Jackrabbits 7 31 7 14 59

At Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Jackrabbits 10 20 20 7 57
Salukis 3 14 21 0 38

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 7 0 7 13 27
No. 5 Jackrabbits 28 7 7 7 49

FCS Playoffs

Duquesne–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0 0 6 0 6
No. 5 Jackrabbits 7 17 20 7 51

At Kennesaw State–Quarterfinals

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits 3 14 3 7 27
No. 2 Owls 3 0 0 14 17

At North Dakota State–Semifinals

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Jackrabbits 7 0 14 0 21
No. 1 Bison 7 7 21 9 44

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS33333322776553
Coaches333334–T52876553

Players drafted into the NFL

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
7223Jordan BrownCBCincinnati Bengals

References

  1. ↑ "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Gameday". September 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "North Dakota State Picked to Win 2018 MVFC Title".
  5. ↑ "Preseason All-Conf and Team (PDF) - Missouri Valley Football Conference" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Jackrabbits, Cyclones Cancelled". South Dakota State Athletics. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
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