2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their games at Bulldog Stadium as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.[1] They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division.

2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
2019 record4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Grubb (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemePro-Style
Defensive coordinatorBert Watts (2nd as DC, 3rd overall season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBulldog Stadium
(Capacity: 41,031)
2019 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$  8 –0     12 –2  
No. 22 Air Force  7 –1     11 –2  
Utah State  6 –2     7 –6  
Wyoming  4 –4     8 –5  
Colorado State  3 –5     4 –8  
New Mexico  0 –8     2 –10  
West Division
Hawaii xy  5 –3     10 –5  
San Diego State x  5 –3     10 –3  
Nevada  4 –4     7 –6  
San Jose State  2 –6     5 –7  
UNLV  2 –6     4 –8  
Fresno State  2 –6     4 –8  
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

On December 6, head coach Jeff Tedford resigned citing health reasons.[2] He finished at Fresno State with a three-year record of 26–14.

Previous season
See also: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The Bulldogs finished the season 12–2 overall 7–1 in Mountain West Play to win the West division for a 2nd straight year. They defeated the Boise State in the Mountain West Conference Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Arizona State.

Preseason

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days will be held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.

Media poll

The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Bulldogs were predicted to finish in first place in the MW West Division.[3]

Mountain
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Boise State120 (15)
2Utah State108 (6)
3Air Force73
4Wyoming66
5Colorado State52
6New Mexico22
West
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Fresno State122 (17)
2San Diego State106 (3)
3Nevada74
4Hawaii67 (1)
5UNLV51
6San Jose State21

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:30 p.m.at USC*
ESPNL 23–3157,329
September 77:30 p.m.Minnesota*
CBSSNL 35–38 2OT34,790
September 217:00 p.m.Sacramento State*
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
Stadium on FacebookW 34–2031,034
September 285:00 p.m.at New Mexico State*
FloSports/FSNAZ+W 30–178,872
October 124:00 p.m.at Air Force
CBSSNL 24–4322,544
October 187:00 p.m.UNLV
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
CBSSNW 56–2726,256
October 264:30 p.m.Colorado State
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
ESPNUL 31–4132,890
November 29:00 p.m.at Hawaii
KAIL/SPEC HI[4]W 41–3822,058
November 94:00 p.m.Utah State
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
CBSSNL 35–3732,037
November 156:30 p.m.at San Diego State
ESPN2L 7–1726,876
November 237:30 p.m.Nevada
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
ESPN2L 28–3532,303
November 307:30 p.m.at San Jose State
ESPN2L 16–1712,835
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Source:[5]

Game summaries

at USC
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 3 7 3 10 23
Trojans 14 3 14 0 31
See also: 2019 USC Trojans football team

Minnesota
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Golden Gophers 7 7 0 1473 38
Bulldogs 0 10 11 770 35
See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 6 6 0 8 20
Bulldogs 7 7 0 20 34
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

at New Mexico State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 17 6 0 30
Aggies 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 New Mexico State Aggies football team

at Air Force
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 10 0 0 24
Falcons 7 15 7 14 43
See also: 2019 Air Force Falcons football team

UNLV
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 3 14 3 7 27
Bulldogs 7 21 7 21 56
See also: 2019 UNLV Rebels football team

Colorado State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 3 7 17 41
Bulldogs 7 7 14 3 31
See also: 2019 Colorado State Rams football team

at Hawaii
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 17 10 41
Rainbow Warriors 0 24 0 14 38
See also: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Utah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 14 10 6 37
Bulldogs 7 7 14 7 35
See also: 2019 Utah State Aggies football team

at San Diego State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 0 0 0 7
Aztecs 7 3 0 7 17
See also: 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Nevada
1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 14 0 14 7 35
Bulldogs 7 14 7 0 28
See also: 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

at San Jose State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 2 0 0 16
Spartans 3 0 7 7 17
See also: 2019 San Jose State Spartans football team

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2020 NFL Draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
4119Mykal WalkerILBAtlanta Falcons
6181Netane MutiOGDenver Broncos

References
  1. "Fresno State Bulldogs Article". Fresnobee.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. https://sports.yahoo.com/ap-source-fresno-state-coach-jeff-tedford-stepping-055129553--ncaaf.html
  3. "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  4. https://gobulldogs.com/news/2019/10/28/football-fresno-state-kail-tv-to-broadcast-games-on-local-television.aspx
  5. 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 26, 2019.
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