2023 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2023 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team will represent Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They Lumberjacks are led by fifth-year head coach Chris Ball and play home games at the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, Arizona.

2023 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record2–5 (2–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Pflugrad (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorKevin Clune (1st season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(capacity: 10,000)
2023 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Montana State  4 0   6 1  
No. 7 Montana  3 1   6 1  
No. 9 Idaho  3 1   5 2  
Idaho State  3 1   3 4  
No. 6 Sacramento State  2 2   5 2  
Portland State  2 2   3 4  
No. 25 UC Davis  2 2   4 3  
Northern Arizona  2 2   2 5  
Eastern Washington  2 2   3 4  
Weber State  1 4   3 5  
Cal Poly  1 4   3 5  
Northern Colorado  0 4   0 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish ninth in the Big Sky by the coaches and eight by the media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Montana State 120 (10)
2 UC Davis 96 (1)
3 Sacramento State 94 (1)
4 Weber State 91
5 Idaho 89
6 Montana 84
7 Eastern Washington 52
8 Portland State 45
9 Northern Arizona 44
10 Northern Colorado 37
11 Cal Poly 25
12 Idaho State 15
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Montana State 447 (26)
2 Idaho 410 (8)
3 Montana 359 (2)
4 Sacramento State 334 (3)
5 UC Davis 330
6 Weber State 320
7 Eastern Washington 216
8 Northern Arizona 178
9 Portland State 167
10 Northern Colorado 109
11 Cal Poly 103
12 Idaho State 69

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at Arizona*P12NL 3–3848,159
September 91:00 p.m.at No. 17 North Dakota*ESPN+L 22–3710,009
September 161:00 p.m.Utah Tech*ESPN+L 36–507,102
September 231:00 p.m.No. 13 Montana
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+W 28–146,428
September 306:00 p.m.at No. 8 Sacramento StateESPN+L 30–3112,549
October 76:00 p.m.at No. 13 Weber StateESPN+W 27–107,694
October 141:00 p.m.Portland State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+L 21–459,713
October 281:00 p.m.No. 25 UC Davisdagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+
November 412:00 p.m.at Montana StateESPN+
November 111:00 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Walkup, Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+
November 182:00 p.m.at Eastern WashingtonESPN+

[2]

Conference opponents not scheduled this season: Cal Poly, Idaho, Idaho State

References

  1. "Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  2. "2023 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 7, 2023.


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