2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 1st-year head coach Chris Ball[1] and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.

2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2019 record4–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Pflugrad (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Partridge (1st season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
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 Lumberjacks finished the 2018 season 4–6, 3–4 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

On November 19, Jerome Souers announced his retirement. He finished with a 21 year record of 123–114.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Lumberjacks were picked to finish in sixth place in both polls.[2]

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 Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 296:00 p.m.Missouri State*
Pluto TVW 37–236,891[4]
September 77:45 p.m.at Arizona*
P12NL 41–6540,741[5]
September 144:00 p.m.Western New Mexico*
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Pluto TVW 55–215,823[6]
September 214:30 p.m.at No. 15 Illinois State*
ESPN+L 27–409,891
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 7 Montana State
Pluto TVL 31–4919,257
October 54:00 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Pluto TVW 41–2310,026[7]
October 191:00 p.m.at No. 4 Weber State
Pluto TVL 28–514,421[8]
October 264:00 p.m.Portland State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Pluto TVW 31–297,324[9]
November 21:00 p.m.at Eastern Washington
Pluto TVL 38–668,602[10]
November 92:00 p.m. No. 8 Sacramento State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Pluto TVL 34–384,257[11]
November 162:00 p.m.at Southern Utah
Pluto TVL 30–313,711[12]
November 232:00 p.m.Idaho
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
Pluto TVL 53–60 OT5,120[13]

Game summaries

Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 3 10 7 23
Lumberjacks 3 17 14 3 37
See also: 2019 Missouri State Bears football team

at Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 6 14 14 41
Wildcats 21 28 7 7 63
See also: 2019 Arizona Wildcats football team

Western New Mexico
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 6 0 15 0 21
Lumberjacks 6 24 7 8 45
See also: Western New Mexico Mustangs football

at Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 6 27
No. 15 Redbirds 10 13 14 3 40
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

at Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 14 3 0 31
No. 7 Bobcats 0 14 7 28 49
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 10 7 3 23
Lumberjacks 0 10 24 7 41
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

at Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 14 0 7 28
No. 4 Wildcats 7 7 16 21 51
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

Portland State
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 9 11 9 29
Lumberjacks 14 7 7 3 31
See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

at Eastern Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 7 38
Eagles 17 21 21 7 66
See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Hornets 14 3 7 14 38
Lumberjacks 0 17 0 17 34
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

at Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 3 17 7 3 30
Thunderbirds 3 14 14 0 31
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Idaho
1 2 3 4OT Total
Vandals 10 14 22 77 60
Lumberjacks 10 20 6 170 53
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals 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 RV

References
  1. "Chris Ball - Football Coach". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "Missouri State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - August 29, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. "Northern Arizona vs. Arizona - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  6. "Western New Mexico vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  7. "Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  8. "Northern Arizona vs. Weber State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  9. "Portland State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  10. "Northern Arizona vs. Eastern Washington - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. "Sacramento State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  12. "Northern Arizona vs. Southern Utah - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  13. "Idaho vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  14. "2019 Football Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  15. "2019 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
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