2023 Weber State Wildcats football team
The 2023 Weber State Wildcats football team will represent Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats are led by first-year head coach Mickey Mental and will play games at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. Mental will take over for longtime coach Jay Hill who left for a defensive coordinator job with BYU.[1]
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 3–4 (1–3 Big Sky) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mickey Mental (2nd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Grant Duff (3rd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Joe Dale (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Stewart Stadium (capacity: 17,312) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the Big Sky by the coaches and sixth by the media.[2]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 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 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 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
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Central Washington* | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 6,316 | |
| September 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Northern Iowa* | No. 12 | ESPN+ | W 34–17 | 7,967 | |
| September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 12 (FBS) Utah* | No. 9 | P12N | L 7–31 | 51,532 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 Montana State | No. 10 |
| ESPN+ | L 0–40 | 10,905 |
| September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Colorado | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 28–21 | 3,375 | |
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Northern Arizona | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | L 10–27 | 7,694 |
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | UC Davis | No. 22 |
| ESPN+ | L 16–17 | 7,121 |
| October 21 | 5:00 p.m. | at Eastern Washington | ESPN+ | ||||
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Idaho State | ESPN+ | ||||
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Idaho |
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| November 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly | ESPN+ | ||||
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Conference opponents not scheduled this season: Montana, Portland State, Sacramento State
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 22 | RV | ||||||
| Coaches | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 23 | — | ||||||
References
- "Mickey Mental introduced as new Weber State head coach". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. December 12, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- "Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- "2023 Football Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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