2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Jay Hill[1] and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a two-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Sacramento State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Kennesaw State in the second round and Montana in the quarterfinals before losing to James Madison in the semifinals.

2019 Weber State Wildcats football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 3
FCS CoachesNo. 3
2019 record11–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Schramm (2nd season)
Home stadiumStewart Stadium
(Capacity: 17,312)
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
Main article: 2018 Weber State Wildcats football team

They 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 UC Davis. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Southeast Missouri State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Maine.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Wildcats were picked to finish in third 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 Wildcats had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team, the most of any team in the conference.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 p.m.at San Diego State*No. 8
Stadium on FacebookL 0–640,222[4]
September 76:00 p.m.Cal Poly*No. 7
KJZZ/Pluto TVW 41–248,792[5]
September 145:00 p.m.at Nevada*No. 6
ESPN3L 13–1914,174[6]
September 286:00 p.m.No. 9 Northern Iowa*No. 5
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
KJZZ/Pluto TVW 29–176,582[7]
October 53:00 p.m.at IdahoNo. 4
Pluto TVW 41–355,947[8]
October 126:00 p.m.Southern UtahNo. 4
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
KJZZ/Pluto TVW 29–1410,622[9]
October 192:00 p.m.Northern ArizonaNo. 4
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
Pluto TVW 51–284,421[10]
October 265:00 p.m.at No. 22 UC DavisNo. 4
Pluto TVW 36–208,105[11]
November 27:00 p.m.at No. 6 Sacramento StateNo. 3
Pluto TVW 36–1711,253[12]
November 92:00 p.m. No. 22 North DakotaNo. 3
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
Pluto TVW 30–279,622[13]
November 161:00 p.m.at No. 5 MontanaNo. 3
ROOTL 16–3522,682[14]
November 232:00 p.m.Idaho StateNo. 6
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
Pluto TVW 38–107,623[15]
December 71:00 p.m.Kennesaw State*No. 4
ESPN3W 26–205,422[16]
December 138:00 p.m. No. 7 Montana*No. 4
ESPN2W 17–106,422[17]
December 214:30 p.m.at No. 2 James Madison*No. 4
ESPNUL 14–3010,487[18]

[19][20]

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky, the game against Cal Poly was considered a non-conference game with no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

at San Diego State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Aztecs 0 3 0 3 6
See also: 2019 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Cal Poly
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 7 7 7 24
No. 7 Wildcats 3 14 14 10 41
See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

at Nevada
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Wildcats 0 10 3 0 13
Wolf Pack 3 6 7 3 19
See also: 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Panthers 3 7 0 7 17
No. 5 Wildcats 20 7 2 0 29
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

at Idaho
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Wildcats 10 10 14 7 41
Vandals 0 14 7 14 35
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 0 7 14
No. 4 Wildcats 0 7 7 15 29
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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

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

at Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Wildcats 9 14 6 7 36
No. 6 Hornets 3 7 0 7 17
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

North Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 7 10 7 3 27
No. 3 Wildcats 14 6 0 10 30
See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

at Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Wildcats 3 0 0 13 16
No. 5 Grizzlies 14 7 14 0 35
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

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

FCS Playoffs

The Wildcats entered the postseason tournament as the number three seed, with a first-round bye.[21]

Kennesaw State–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Owls 3 14 0 3 20
No. 4 Wildcats 3 9 14 0 26
See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Montana–Quarterfinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Grizzlies 0 7 0 3 10
No. 4 Wildcats 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

at James Madison–Semifinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Wildcats 0 7 0 7 14
No. 2 Dukes 10 14 3 3 30
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes 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 13 Final 
STATS FCS 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 4 3 
Coaches 9 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 4 3

References
  1. "Jay Hill - Football Coach". Weber State 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. "Weber State vs. San Diego State - Game Summary - August 31, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  5. "Cal Poly vs. Weber State - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  6. "Weber State vs. Nevada - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  7. "Northern Iowa vs. Weber State - Game Summary - September 28, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  8. "Weber State vs. Idaho - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  9. "Southern Utah vs. Weber State - Game Summary - October 12, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  10. "Northern Arizona vs. Weber State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  11. "Weber State vs. UC Davis - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  12. "Weber State vs. Sacramento State - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  13. "North Dakota vs. Weber State - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  14. "Weber State vs. Montana - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  15. "Idaho State vs. Weber State - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  16. "Kennesaw State vs. Weber State - Game Recap - December 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  17. "Montana vs. Weber State - Game Recap - December 13, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  18. "Weber State vs. James Madison - Game Recap - December 21, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  19. "2019 Weber State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  20. "2019 Football Schedule". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  21. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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