American college football season
The 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by third-year head coach Rob Phenicie , the Bengals compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing in a five-way tie for ninth in the Big Sky. Idaho State played their home games at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho .
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
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 Bengals had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Offense
Mitch Gueller – WR
Defense
Kody Graves – ILB
Adkin Agguirre – S
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:35 p.m. Western Colorado * Pluto TV W 38–134,770
September 14 2:15 p.m. at No. 11 (FBS ) Utah * P12N L 0–3145,989
September 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 9 Northern Iowa * ESPN+ L 6–138,339
September 28 3:05 p.m. Portland State Pluto TV W 51–246,398
October 5 1:00 p.m. at No. 8 Montana RTNW L 20–5925,023
October 12 1:05 p.m. North Dakota Pluto TV W 55–208,731
October 19 3:30 p.m. at Idaho RTNW L 21–4510,361
October 26 2:05 p.m. at Southern Utah Pluto TV L 34–593,809
November 2 2:30 p.m. Northern Colorado Pluto TV L 20–265,369
November 9 2:30 p.m. Eastern Washington Pluto TV L 5–485,377
November 16 1:00 p.m. at BYU * BYUtv L 10–4257,379
November 23 2:00 p.m. at No. 6 Weber State Pluto TV L 10–387,623
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
[3]
Game summaries [ ]
Western State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
3
3
7
13
Bengals
7
7
10
14
38
See also: Western State Colorado Mountaineers
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 movementsLegend: ██ 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
RV
Coaches
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People National championship seasons in bold