2023 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

American college football season

2023 Southern Illinois Salukis football

NCAA Division I Second Round, L 17–20^OT at Idaho
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 14
FCS Coaches	No. 17
Record	8–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Nick Hill (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Blake Rolan (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Antonio James (1st season)
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 South Dakota State $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. 4 South Dakota ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 3 North Dakota State ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
No. 19 Youngstown State ^	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 16 North Dakota ^	5	–	3	7	–	5
Northern Iowa	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 12 Southern Illinois ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Illinois State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Missouri State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Murray State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Indiana State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Western Illinois	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of May 20, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eight-year head coach Nick Hill, the Salukis played their home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Austin Peay*		Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 49–23	8,327
September 9	2:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois*	No. 24	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	W 14–11	13,114
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Southeast Missouri State*	No. 15	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	W 26–25	8,613
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Missouri State*	No. 10	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 33–20	10,359
October 7	5:00 p.m.	at Youngstown State	No. 6	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 3–31	9,767
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at Murray State	No. 13	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ESPN+	W 27–6	15,868
October 21	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 South Dakota State	No. 12	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 10–17	11,927
October 28	3:00 p.m.	at Western Illinois	No. 11	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN+	W 63–0	2,636
November 4	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 South Dakota	No. 10	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 7–14	7,106
November 11	2:30 p.m.	at No. 12 North Dakota State	No. 11	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN+	L 10–34	14,191
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Indiana State	No. 16	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 38–9	4,812
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Nicholls*	No. 14	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	W 35–0	4,576
December 2	9:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Idaho*	No. 14	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN2	L 17–20 ^OT	9,224
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "2023 Southern Illinois Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

v t e Southern Illinois Salukis football
Venues	McAndrew Stadium (1938–2009) Saluki Stadium (2010–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Southeast Missouri State
Culture & lore	"Go Southern Go!" Saluki Sports Network
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 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 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e 2023 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Chattanooga Delaware Drake Duquesne Furman Gardner–Webb Idaho Lafayette Mercer Montana Montana State Nicholls North Carolina Central North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Villanova Youngstown State
Champion – South Dakota State