2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

The 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by third-year head coach Rob Phenicie and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.

2019 Idaho State Bengals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2019 record3–9 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Ferriter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRoger Cooper (2nd season)
Home stadiumHolt Arena
(Capacity: 12,000)
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2     11 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –5  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5     5 –7  
Cal Poly  2 –6     3 –8  
Southern Utah  2 –6     3 –9  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     4 –8  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     2 –10  
Idaho State  2 –6     3 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bengals finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Bengals were picked to finish in seventh place in both polls.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Bengals had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:35 p.m.Western Colorado*
Pluto TVW 38–134,770
September 142:15 p.m.at No. 11 (FBS) Utah*
P12NL 0–3145,989
September 213:00 p.m.at No. 9 Northern Iowa*
ESPN+L 6–138,339
September 283:05 p.m.Portland State
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TVW 51–246,398
October 51:00 p.m.at No. 8 Montana
RTNWL 20–5925,023
October 121:05 p.m.North Dakota
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TVW 55–208,731
October 193:30 p.m.at Idaho
RTNWL 21–4510,361
October 262:05 p.m.at Southern Utah
Pluto TVL 34–593,809
November 22:30 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TVL 20–265,369
November 92:30 p.m.Eastern Washington
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TVL 5–485,377
November 161:00 p.m.at BYU*
BYUtvL 10–4257,379
November 232:00 p.m.at No. 6 Weber State
Pluto TVL 10–387,623

Game summaries

Western State
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0 3 3 7 13
Bengals 7 7 10 14 38
See also: Western State Colorado Mountaineers

at Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 0 0 0
No. 11 (FBS) Utes 17 7 7 0 31
See also: 2019 Utah Utes football team

at Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 3 0 0 6
No. 9 Panthers 0 3 0 10 13
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Portland State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 10 14 0 24
Bengals 20 21 7 3 51
See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

at Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 10 7 3 0 20
No. 8 Grizzlies 0 24 14 21 59
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

North Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 0 6 7 20
Bengals 3 28 10 14 55
See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

at Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 7 14 0 21
Vandals 17 7 21 0 45
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team and Battle of the Domes

at Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 6 0 14 34
Thunderbirds 28 3 14 14 59
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 6 6 8 26
Bengals 0 10 7 3 20
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Eastern Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 17 21 7 48
Bengals 2 0 3 0 5
See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 3 7 0 10
Cougars 7 21 14 0 42
See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team

at Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 0 3 7 10
No. 6 Wildcats 7 24 7 0 38
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV  
Coaches

References
  1. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "2019 Idaho State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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