2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

2019 Weber State Wildcats football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 14–30 vs. James Madison
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
Record	11–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jay Hill (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Schramm (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	4
No. 9 Sacramento State +^		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 4 Montana State ^		6	–	2					11	–	4
No. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Idaho		3	–	5					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					5	–	7
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					4	–	8
Cal Poly		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Utah		2	–	6					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					2	–	10
+ – 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

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.

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)
1	Eastern Washington	536 (25)
2	UC Davis	510 (13)
3	Weber State	472 (4)
4	Montana State	417
5	Montana	396 (1)
6	Northern Arizona	302
7	Idaho State	285
8	Idaho	248
9	Cal Poly	196
10	Portland State	178
11	Southern Utah	160
12	Sacramento State	125
13	Northern Colorado	90

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Eastern Washington	140 (10)
2	UC Davis	127 (2)
3	Weber State	124
4	Montana	104 (1)
5	Montana State	100
6	Northern Arizona	88
7	Idaho State	72
8	Idaho	65
9	Cal Poly	56
10	Portland State	42
11	Sacramento State	40
12	Southern Utah	38
13	Northern Colorado	19

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]

Offense Ty Whitworth – OG Josh Davis – RB

Defense Adam Rodriguez – DE Jonah Williams – DE Auston Tesch – OLB

Special teams Trey Tuttle – K Rashid Shaheed – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at San Diego State*	No. 8	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	Stadium on Facebook	L 0–6	40,222	[4]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Cal Poly*	No. 7	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ/Pluto TV	W 41–24	8,792	[5]
September 14	5:00 p.m.	at Nevada*	No. 6	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 13–19	14,174	[6]
September 28	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Northern Iowa*	No. 5	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ/Pluto TV	W 29–17	6,582	[7]
October 5	3:00 p.m.	at Idaho	No. 4	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV	W 41–35	5,947	[8]
October 12	6:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	No. 4	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ/Pluto TV	W 29–14	10,622	[9]
October 19	2:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	No. 4	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Pluto TV	W 51–28	4,421	[10]
October 26	5:00 p.m.	at No. 22 UC Davis	No. 4	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	Pluto TV	W 36–20	8,105	[11]
November 2	7:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Sacramento State	No. 3	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	Pluto TV	W 36–17	11,253	[12]
November 9	2:00 p.m.	No. 22 North Dakota	No. 3	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Pluto TV	W 30–27	9,622	[13]
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Montana	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ROOT	L 16–35	22,682	[14]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Idaho State	No. 6	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Pluto TV	W 38–10	7,623	[15]
December 7	1:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State*	No. 4	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 26–20	5,422	[16]
December 13	8:00 p.m.	No. 7 Montana*	No. 4	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	W 17–10	6,422	[17]
December 21	4:30 p.m.	at No. 2 James Madison*	No. 4	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPNU	L 14–30	10,487	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Source:[19][20]

The game against Cal Poly on September 7 was designated as 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

	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. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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15. "Idaho State vs. Weber State - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
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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.^[dead link‍]
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.