2019 Idaho Vandals football team

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] They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

2019 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2019 record5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKris Cinkovich (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Breske (5th season)
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(Capacity: 16,000)
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 Vandals finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–5 in Big Sky Conference.[3]

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

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.[4]

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 Vandals had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[5]

Offense – Noah Johnson – Guard
Special Teams – Cade Coffey – Punter

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:30 p.m.at No. 15 (FBS) Penn State*BTNL 7–79104,527
September 76:00 p.m.Central Washington*Pluto TVW 41–315,905
September 142:00 p.m.at Wyoming*ESPN3L 16–2128,814
September 2112:00 p.m.No. 11 Eastern Washington*
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
RTNWW 35–276,567
September 2812:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoEleven/Pluto TVL 24–275,373
October 52:00 p.m.No. 4 Weber State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
Pluto TV/SWXL 35–415,947
October 122:00 p.m.at Portland StatePluto TVL 0–244,675
October 192:30 p.m.Idaho State
RTNWW 45–2110,361
November 22:00 p.m.Cal Poly
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
Pluto TVW 21–96,424
November 912:00 p.m.at No. 6 MontanaRTNWL 17–4222,233
November 162:00 p.m. No. 6 Sacramento State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
Pluto TV/SWXL 7–316,108
November 231:00 p.m.at Northern ArizonaPluto TVW 60–53 OT5,120
Source:[6]
  • The Eastern Washington game was designated by the Big Sky as a non-conference game.

Roster

2019 Idaho Vandals football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 3 Marquese Albert Fr
WR 4 Michael Noil  Fr
QB 6 Nikhil Nayar  Fr
WR 7 Cutrell Haywood  So
QB 8 Mason Petrino Sr
WR 11 DJ Lee  So
TE 12 Connor Whitney So
WR 14 Brandon Luckett  Jr
QB 19 Colton Richardson Jr
RB 22 Aundre Carter  Fr
RB 23 Khalil Forehand  Fr
RB 24 Roshaun Johnson  So
WR 26 Jagger Jacobi  Fr
RB 28 Dylan Thigpen  Jr
FB 32 Logan Kendall So
RB 34 Jack Bamis  Sr
FB 36 Drew Rice  Fr
WR 39 Jed Byers  Fr
OL 43 Carlos Collado III  So
TE 47 Luke Hyde  Sr
FB 49 Luke Johnson  Jr
OL 50 Noah Gunn Fr
OL 54 Logan Floyd So
OL 61 Bruce Burns  Jr
OL 63 Benjamin Hidalgo  So
OL 66 Conner Vrba  Jr
OL 68 Seth Carnahan  Fr
OL 71 Edwin Grande Sr
OL 72 Sean Tulette Sr
OL 73 Darius Archie  So
OL 74 Noah Johnson Sr
OL 75 Matthew Faupusa Sr
OL 77 Brian Robinson Sr
OL 79 Dylan Korte  So
WR 82 Collin Sather  Fr
TE 86 Dalton Cash So
WR 88 Jeff Cotton  Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 1 Christian Elliss Jr
LB 3 Austin Holt  Jr
DB 5 Lloyd Hightower Sr
DB 6 Wyryor Noil  So
LB 7 Charles Akanno  Jr
LB 8 Tre Walker So
LB 10 Coleman Johnson Fr
DB 11 Vaughn Daggs  Jr
LB 11 Jalan Jenkins Jr
LB 12 Robert Miller  Jr
DB 13 Jante Boston  Sr
DB 15 Zach Borisch  Fr
DL 16 Theo Griffin  Jr
DB 16 Jaxon Woodward  Fr
DB 19 Tevin Duke Jr
DB 21 Ryan Swanson  So
DB 24 Satchel Escalante Jr
DB 24 D'Andrei Pittman  Fr
DB 25 Jalen Hoover Jr
DB 27 Tyrese Dedman Jr
LB 28 Christian Blackburn  So
DB 29 Sedrick Thomas  Sr
LB 30 Ross Chadderdon  Fr
LB 31 Talon Davis  So
LB 35 Kyle Perry  So
DB 37 Trae Nichols Jr
LB 40 Edward Becker  Fr
DL 41 Dylan Beeler  Jr
LB 45 JT Mahon  So
LB 52 Talon Haskett  Fr
DL 55 Rahsaan Crawford  Jr
DL 91 Eric Hale  Sr
DL 92 Correy Quinn  Fr
DL 93 Cameron Townsend Sr
DL 94 Nate DeGraw  So
DL 95 Bradley Noesen  So
DL 97 Vei Thomasi Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 15 Cade Coffey  Jr
LS 42 Cameron Lang  So
K 48 Noah Croninger  Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Kris Cinkovich (Assistant head coach / Offensive Coordinator / Offensive line)
  • Mike Breske (Defensive Coordinator / Safeties)
  • Brian Reader (Recruiting Coordinator / Running Backs)
  • Adam Breske (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers)
  • Luther Elliss (Defensive line)
  • Charley Molnar (Quarterbacks)
  • Steve Oliver (Tight Ends)
  • Vernon Smith (Cornerbacks)
  • Tony Spencer (Wide Receivers)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 1, 2019

Position key

Back B Center C Cornerback CB Defensive back DB
Defensive end DE Defensive lineman DL Defensive tackle DT End E
Fullback FB Guard G Halfback HB Kicker K
Kickoff returner KR Offensive tackle OT Offensive lineman OL Linebacker LB
Long snapper LS Punter P Punt returner PR Quarterback QB
Running back RB Safety S Tight end TE Wide receiver WR

Game summaries

at Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 7 7
Nittany Lions 20 24 14 21 79

Central Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 17 7 7 31
Vandals 3 14 14 10 41

at Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 7 3 3 16
Cowboys 0 14 0 7 21

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Eagles 0 0 7 20 27
Vandals 14 14 0 7 35

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 14 7 0 24
Bears 0 7 10 10 27

Weber State

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 (195461).

at Portland State

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.

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 7 14 0 21
Vandals 17 7 21 0 45

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 0 0 6 9
Vandals 0 7 7 7 21

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 7 0 7 17
No. 6 Grizzlies 0 14 14 14 42

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Hornets 7 17 0 7 31
Vandals 0 0 7 0 7

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4OT Total
Vandals 10 14 22 77 60
Lumberjacks 10 20 6 170 53

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 NR  
Coaches RV

NFL Draft

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.

References

  1. "Vandals to Host EWU in 2019, Season Tickets on Sale", govandals.com, January 11, 2019, retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. "2019 Idaho Roster", govandals.com, March 6, 2019.
  3. "Season Ends in Loss at Florida", govandals.com, November 17, 2018, retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  6. "2019 Idaho Vandals schedule", govandals.com, March 6, 2019.
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