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American college football season
The 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by third-year head coach Rob Phenicie and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.
Previous season
The Bengals finished the 2018 season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
Preseason
Big Sky preseason poll
The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Bengals were picked to finish in seventh place in both polls.[1]
Media poll
Predicted finish
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
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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
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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
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Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Bengals had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Offense
Mitch Gueller – WR
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Defense
Kody Graves – ILB
Adkin Agguirre – S
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:35 p.m. | Western Colorado* | | Pluto TV | W 38–13 | 4,770 |
September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | at No. 11 (FBS) Utah* | | P12N | L 0–31 | 45,989 |
September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Northern Iowa* | | ESPN+ | L 6–13 | 8,339 |
September 28 | 3:05 p.m. | Portland State | | Pluto TV | W 51–24 | 6,398 |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Montana | | RTNW | L 20–59 | 25,023 |
October 12 | 1:05 p.m. | North Dakota | | Pluto TV | W 55–20 | 8,731 |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Idaho | | RTNW | L 21–45 | 10,361 |
October 26 | 2:05 p.m. | at Southern Utah | | Pluto TV | L 34–59 | 3,809 |
November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Northern Colorado | | Pluto TV | L 20–26 | 5,369 |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Eastern Washington | | Pluto TV | L 5–48 | 5,377 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at BYU* | | BYUtv | L 10–42 | 57,379 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Weber State | | Pluto TV | L 10–38 | 7,623 |
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Game summaries
Western State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mountaineers
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
7 |
13 |
Bengals
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
14 |
38 |
at Utah
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 11 (FBS) Utes
|
17
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
at Northern Iowa
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
No. 9 Panthers
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
10 |
13 |
Portland State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vikings
|
0
|
10
|
14
|
0 |
24 |
Bengals
|
20
|
21
|
7
|
3 |
51 |
at Montana
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
10
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
20 |
No. 8 Grizzlies
|
0
|
24
|
14
|
21 |
59 |
North Dakota
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fighting Hawks
|
7
|
0
|
6
|
7 |
20 |
Bengals
|
3
|
28
|
10
|
14 |
55 |
at Idaho
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
0
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
21 |
Vandals
|
17
|
7
|
21
|
0 |
45 |
at Southern Utah
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
14
|
6
|
0
|
14 |
34 |
Thunderbirds
|
28
|
3
|
14
|
14 |
59 |
Northern Colorado
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
8 |
26 |
Bengals
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
Eastern Washington
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
3
|
17
|
21
|
7 |
48 |
Bengals
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
5 |
at BYU
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Cougars
|
7
|
21
|
14
|
0 |
42 |
at Weber State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bengals
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
10 |
No. 6 Wildcats
|
7
|
24
|
7
|
0 |
38 |
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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