2021 Weber State Wildcats football team

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2021 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2021 record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jay Hill (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Hammer (2nd season as OC, 10th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Grant Duff (1st season as Co-DC, 8th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Joe Dale (1st season as Co-DC, 4th overall season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium (Capacity: 17,312)
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Sacramento State $^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 2 Montana State ^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 17 UC Davis ^		5	–	3					8	–	4
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Idaho		3	–	5					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					1	–	10
Southern Utah		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season[]

They finished the 2020–21 season 5–1, 5–0 in Big Sky play to finish for the Big Sky championship. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southern Illinois.

Preseason[]

Polls[]

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Wildcats were predicted to finish first in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[1]

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(7)
2	Montana	(3)
3	Eastern Washington	(2)
4	Montana State	(1)
5	Sacramento State	(1)
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Cal Poly
13	Northern Colorado

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(14)
2	Montana	(4)
3	Eastern Washington	(3)
4	Montana State	(3)
5	Sacramento State
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Northern Colorado
13	Cal Poly

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:30 p.m.	at No. 24 (FBS) Utah*	No. 6	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 17–40	51,511
September 11	8:00 p.m.	at Dixie State*	No. 10	Zions Bank Stadium St. George, UT	ESPN+	W 41–3	8,280
September 18	6:00 p.m.	No. 3 James Madison*	No. 9	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	L 24–37	11,222
September 25	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 UC Davis	No. 14	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	L 14–17	6,802
October 2	6:00 pm	at Cal Poly	No. 19	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ESPN+	W 38–7	7,089
October 15	6:00 p.m.	No. 9 Montana State	No. 19	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPNU	L 7–13	6,323
October 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Eastern Washington		Roos Field Cheney, WA	ESPN+	W 35–34	5,676
October 30	1:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	No. 23	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	ESPN+	W 40–17	2,500
November 6	1:00 p.m.	Portland State	No. 24	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	L 18–30	4,433
November 13	2:00 p.m.	at Southern Utah		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Beehive Bowl)	ESPN+	W 62–0	4,045
November 20	1:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 48-17	3,242
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries[]

at No. 24 (FBS) Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Wildcats	7	0	3	7	17
No. 24 (FBS) Utes	13	6	7	14	40

at Dixie State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Wildcats	7	7	13	14	41
Trailblazers	3	0	0	0	3

No. 3 James Madison[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Dukes	10	7	10	10	37
No. 9 Wildcats	3	0	7	14	24

No. 12 UC Davis[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Aggies	0	7	3	7	17
No. 14 Wildcats	0	7	7	0	14

at Cal Poly[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Wildcats					0
Mustangs					0

No. 9 Montana State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Bobcats					0
No. 19 Wildcats					0

at No. 2 Eastern Washington[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
No. 2 Eagles					0

at Idaho State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Wildcats					0
Bengals					0

Portland State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings					0
No. 24 Wildcats					0

at Southern Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Thunderbirds					0

at Northern Colorado[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats					0
Bears					0

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