American college football season
The 2019 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Vandals played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho , and were members of the Big Sky Conference . They were led by seventh-year head coach Paul Petrino .[ 1] [ 2]
Big Sky preseason poll [ edit ] The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Vandals were picked to finish in eighth place in both polls.[ 3]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 536 (25) 2 UC Davis 510 (13) 3 Weber State 472 (4) 4 Montana State 417 5 Montana 396 (1) 6 Northern Arizona 302 7 Idaho State 285 8 Idaho 248 9 Cal Poly 196 10 Portland State 178 11 Southern Utah 160 12 Sacramento State 125 13 Northern Colorado 90
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 140 (10) 2 UC Davis 127 (2) 3 Weber State 124 4 Montana 104 (1) 5 Montana State 100 6 Northern Arizona 88 7 Idaho State 72 8 Idaho 65 9 Cal Poly 56 10 Portland State 42 11 Sacramento State 40 12 Southern Utah 38 13 Northern Colorado 19
[ edit ] The Vandals had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[ 4]
Offense – Noah Johnson – GuardSpecial teams – Cade Coffey – Punter
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 12:30 p.m. at No. 15 (FBS ) Penn State * BTN L 7–79104,527 September 7 6:00 p.m. Central Washington * Pluto TV W 41–315,905 September 14 2:00 p.m. at Wyoming * ESPN3 L 16–2128,814 September 21 12:00 p.m. No. 11 Eastern Washington * RTNW W 35–276,567 September 28 12:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado Eleven /Pluto TVL 24–275,373 October 5 2:00 p.m. No. 4 Weber State Pluto TV/SWX L 35–415,947 October 12 2:00 p.m. at Portland State Pluto TV L 0–244,675 October 19 2:30 p.m. Idaho State RTNW W 45–2110,361 November 2 2:00 p.m. Cal Poly Pluto TV W 21–96,424 November 9 12:00 p.m. at No. 6 Montana RTNW L 17–4222,233 November 16 2:00 p.m. No. 6 Sacramento State Pluto TV/SWX L 7–316,108 November 23 1:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV W 60–53 OT 5,120 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
The Eastern Washington game was designated by the Big Sky as a non-conference game. [ 5]
Position key
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 0 0 0 7 7 Nittany Lions 20 24 14 21 79
1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 17 7 7 31 Vandals 3 14 14 10 41
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 3 7 3 3 16 Cowboys 0 14 0 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total No. 11 Eagles 0 0 7 20 27 Vandals 14 14 0 7 35
At Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 3 14 7 0 24 Bears 0 7 10 10 27
1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Wildcats 10 10 14 7 41 Vandals 0 14 7 14 35
The loss was the 52nd for head coach Paul Petrino at Idaho, the most in Vandal history , passing Skip Stahley , whose record was 22–51–1 (.304) in eight seasons (1954 –61 ).
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 0 0 0 0 0 Vikings 0 0 10 14 24
Idaho was shut out by a Big Sky opponent for only the second time (1986 ) in over thirty years of league play.
1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 7 14 0 21 Vandals 17 7 21 0 45
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 0 0 6 9 Vandals 0 7 7 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 3 7 0 7 17 No. 6 Grizzlies 0 14 14 14 42
1 2 3 4 Total No. 6 Hornets 7 17 0 7 31 Vandals 0 0 7 0 7
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Vandals 10 14 22 7 7 60 Lumberjacks 10 20 6 17 0 53
Ranking movementsLegend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — Coaches RV
No Vandals were selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Jake Luton of Oregon State , a Vandal quarterback as a redshirt freshman in 2015 , was taken by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round, 189th overall.
^ "Vandals to Host EWU in 2019, Season Tickets on Sale" , govandals.com, January 11, 2019, retrieved April 2, 2019.^ "2019 Idaho Roster" , govandals.com, March 6, 2019.^ "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls" . 406 MT SPORTS . Retrieved August 7, 2019 .^ "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams" . MTSPX . July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .^ "2019 Football Schedule" . University of Idaho. Retrieved April 19, 2023 .
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