2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

The 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Aggies were led by third–year head coach Dan Hawkins and played their home games at UC Davis Health Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

2019 UC Davis Aggies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2019 record5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Plough (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRobert Tucker (3rd season)
Home stadiumUC Davis Health Stadium
(Capacity: 10,743)
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 Aggies finished the 2018 season 10–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Eastern Washington and Weber State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Northern Iowa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Aggies were picked to finish in second 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 Aggies had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 313:30 p.m.at (FBS) California*No. 5
P12NL 13–2744,168
September 72:00 p.m.at San Diego*No. 5
WCC Network via StadiumW 38–352,427
September 147:00 p.m.Lehigh*No. 5
Pluto TVW 41–139,908
September 2112:30 p.m.at No. 1 North Dakota State*No. 4
ESPN+L 16–2718,425
September 281:00 p.m.No. 18 MontanaNo. 4
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
RTNWL 20–4510,011
October 511:00 a.m.at North DakotaNo. 12
Pluto TVL 36–388,987
October 124:00 p.m.Cal PolyNo. 24
ElevenW 48–2411,194
October 195:05 p.m.at Southern UtahNo. 23
Pluto TVW 33–253,156
October 264:00 p.m.No. 4 Weber StateNo. 22
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
ElevenL 20–368,105
November 92:05 p.m.at Portland State
Pluto TVW 45–283,378
November 164:00 p.m. No. 10 Montana State
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
ElevenL 17–278,284
November 232:00 p.m.at No. 4 Sacramento State
Pluto TVL 17–2719,882
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at California
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Aggies 10 0 3 0 13
Golden Bears 0 13 7 7 27
See also: 2019 California Golden Bears football team

at San Diego
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Aggies 14 7 7 10 38
Toreros 7 7 14 7 35
See also: 2019 San Diego Toreros football team

Lehigh
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 0 0 13 13
No. 5 Aggies 14 7 13 7 41
See also: 2019 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

at North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Aggies 7 6 3 0 16
No. 1 Bison 7 10 3 7 27
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Grizzlies 7 10 21 7 45
No. 4 Aggies 0 7 7 6 20
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

at North Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Aggies 0 14 14 8 36
Fighting Hawks 14 14 7 3 38
See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 10 7 7 24
No. 24 Aggies 24 10 0 14 48
See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team and Battle for the Golden Horseshoe

at Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Aggies 12 14 7 0 33
Thunderbirds 0 7 0 18 25
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Weber State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Wildcats 7 9 10 10 36
No. 22 Aggies 7 0 7 6 20
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

at Portland State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 7 21 45
Vikings 0 14 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

Montana State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 7 0 13 27
Aggies 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

at Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 0 0 17
No. 4 Hornets 3 7 3 14 27
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team and Causeway Classic

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 5 5 5 4 4 12 24 23 22 RV  
Coaches 5 4 4 4 5 12 21 22 22 RV

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". UC Davis Athletics.
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