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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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