Stadium: Hancock Stadium Round: 1
Home Manager: Brock Spack Away Manager: John Stiegelmeier
| NCAAF | 2018/10/20 19:30 | North Dakota State v Illinois State | L | 28-14 |
| NCAAF | 2018/10/13 19:00 | SO Illinois v Illinois State | W | 3-51 |
| NCAAF | 2018/10/06 19:00 | Western Illinois v Illinois State | W | 16-33 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/29 19:00 | Illinois State v Missouri St | L | 21-24 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/22 19:00 | Illinois State v Colorado State | W | 35-19 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/08 23:30 | Eastern Illinois v Illinois State | W | 10-48 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/01 23:30 | Illinois State v Saint Xavier Cougars | W | 46-0 |
| NCAAF | 2017/11/18 18:00 | Illinois State v North Dakota State | L | 7-20 |
| NCAAF | 2018/10/20 21:00 | Northern Iowa v South Dakota State | L | 24-9 |
| NCAAF | 2018/10/13 19:00 | Youngstown State v South Dakota State | W | 7-36 |
| NCAAF | 2018/10/06 23:00 | Indiana State v South Dakota State | W | 51-54 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/29 19:30 | South Dakota State v North Dakota State | L | 17-21 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/15 23:00 | South Dakota State v Arkansas Pine Bluff | W | 90-6 |
| NCAAF | 2018/09/08 23:00 | Montana State v South Dakota State | W | 14-45 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/16 21:30 | South Dakota State v James Madison | L | 16-51 |
| NCAAF | 2017/12/09 20:00 | New Hampshire v South Dakota State | W | 14-56 |