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]

2023 Weber State Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–4 (1–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMickey Mental (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorGrant Duff (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJoe Dale (3rd season)
Home stadiumStewart Stadium
(capacity: 17,312)
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 Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the Big Sky by the coaches and sixth by the media.[2]

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.Central Washington*No. 13ESPN+W 35–10  6,316
September 93:00 p.m.at No. 21 Northern Iowa*No. 12ESPN+W 34–177,967
September 1612:00 p.m.at No. 12 (FBS) Utah*No. 9P12NL 7–3151,532
September 236:00 p.m.No. 3 Montana StateNo. 10
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
ESPN+L 0–4010,905
September 301:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 13ESPN+W 28–213,375
October 76:00 p.m.Northern ArizonaNo. 13
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
ESPN+L 10–277,694
October 146:00 p.m.UC DavisdaggerNo. 22
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
ESPN+L 16–177,121
October 215:00 p.m.at Eastern WashingtonESPN+
November 44:00 p.m.at Idaho StateESPN+
November 111:00 p.m.Idaho
  • Stewart Stadium
  • Ogden, UT
ESPN+
November 186:00 p.m.at Cal PolyESPN+

[3]

Conference opponents not scheduled this season: Montana, Portland State, Sacramento State

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS1312910131322RV
Coaches10978141423

References

  1. "Mickey Mental introduced as new Weber State head coach". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. December 12, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. "Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  3. "2023 Football Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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