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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.
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)
|
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 Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]
Defense
Jalen Goss – DT
Khalil Dorsey – CB
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
---|
| 6:00 p.m. | Missouri State* | | Pluto TV | W 37–23 | 6,891 | [4] |
September 7 | 7:45 p.m. | at Arizona* | | P12N | L 41–65 | 40,741 | [5] |
September 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico* | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| Pluto TV | W 55–21 | 5,823 | [6] |
September 21 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Illinois State* | | ESPN+ | L 27–40 | 9,891 | |
September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Montana State | | Pluto TV | L 31–49 | 19,257 | |
October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| Pluto TV | W 41–23 | 10,026 | [7] |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Weber State | | Pluto TV | L 28–51 | 4,421 | [8] |
October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Portland State | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| Pluto TV | W 31–29 | 7,324 | [9] |
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Washington | | Pluto TV | L 38–66 | 8,602 | [10] |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 Sacramento State | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| Pluto TV | L 34–38 | 4,257 | [11] |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | | Pluto TV | L 30–31 | 3,711 | [12] |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| Pluto TV | L 53–60 OT | 5,120 | [13] |
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Game summaries
Missouri State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
7 |
23 |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
17
|
14
|
3 |
37 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
0–1
|
2018
|
MOST, 40–8
|
at Arizona
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
6
|
14
|
14 |
41 |
Wildcats
|
21
|
28
|
7
|
7 |
63 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
1–14
|
2017
|
ARIZ, 62–24
|
Western New Mexico
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mustangs
|
6
|
0
|
15
|
0 |
21 |
Lumberjacks
|
6
|
24
|
7
|
8 |
45 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
17–6–1
|
2010
|
NAU, 48–0
|
at Illinois State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
27 |
No. 15 Redbirds
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
3 |
40 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
1–0
|
2017
|
NAU, 37–16
|
at Montana State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
31 |
No. 7 Bobcats
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
28 |
49 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
27–23
|
2017
|
NAU, 37–36
|
Northern Colorado
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
23 |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
10
|
24
|
7 |
41 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
14–5
|
2018
|
UNC, 42–14
|
at Weber State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
No. 4 Wildcats
|
7
|
7
|
16
|
21 |
51 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
26–26
|
2018
|
NAU, 28–24
|
Portland State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vikings
|
0
|
9
|
11
|
9 |
29 |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
17–5
|
2017
|
NAU, 42–20
|
at Eastern Washington
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
38 |
Eagles
|
17
|
21
|
21
|
7 |
66 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
12–21
|
2018
|
EWU, 31–26
|
Sacramento State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 8 Hornets
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
14 |
38 |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
17 |
34 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
13–7
|
2017
|
NAU, 37–17
|
at Southern Utah
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
17
|
7
|
3 |
30 |
Thunderbirds
|
3
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
31 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
12–9
|
2018
|
W, 31–23
|
Idaho
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Vandals
|
10
|
14
|
22
|
7 | 7 |
60 |
Lumberjacks
|
10
|
20
|
6
|
17 | 0 |
53 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
4–16
|
1995
|
IDA, 17–14
|
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
- ^ "Chris Ball - Football Coach". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Missouri State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - August 29, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Arizona - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Western New Mexico vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Weber State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Portland State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Eastern Washington - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Sacramento State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Southern Utah - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Idaho vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
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