2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

2019 Idaho State Bengals football
2019 Idaho State Bengals football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	3–9 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Phenicie (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Ferriter (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Roger Cooper (4th season)
Home stadium	Holt Arena; (capacity: 12,000)

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.

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings

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

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
September 5	6:35 p.m.	Western Colorado*	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 38–13	4,770
September 14	2:15 p.m.	at No. 11 (FBS) Utah*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 0–31	45,989
September 21	3:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Northern Iowa*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN+	L 6–13	8,339
September 28	3:05 p.m.	Portland State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 51–24	6,398
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW	L 20–59	25,023
October 12	1:05 p.m.	North Dakota	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 55–20	8,731
October 19	3:30 p.m.	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (rivalry)	RTNW	L 21–45	10,361
October 26	2:05 p.m.	at Southern Utah	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	Pluto TV	L 34–59	3,809
November 2	2:30 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 20–26	5,369
November 9	2:30 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 5–48	5,377
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	BYUtv	L 10–42	57,379
November 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Pluto TV	L 10–38	7,623
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings 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

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
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV
Coaches

References

"Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
"Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
"2019 Football Schedule". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

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[1] "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

[2] "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

[3] "2019 Football Schedule". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

Idaho State Bengals football
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