American college football season
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.
Big Sky preseason poll
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:35 p.m. | Western Colorado* | | Pluto TV | W 38–13 | 4,770 |
September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | at No. 11 (FBS) Utah* | | P12N | L 0–31 | 45,989 |
September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Northern Iowa* | | ESPN+ | L 6–13 | 8,339 |
September 28 | 3:05 p.m. | Portland State | | Pluto TV | W 51–24 | 6,398 |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Montana | | RTNW | L 20–59 | 25,023 |
October 12 | 1:05 p.m. | North Dakota![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | Pluto TV | W 55–20 | 8,731 |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Idaho | | RTNW | L 21–45 | 10,361 |
October 26 | 2:05 p.m. | at Southern Utah | | Pluto TV | L 34–59 | 3,809 |
November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Northern Colorado | | Pluto TV | L 20–26 | 5,369 |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Eastern Washington | | Pluto TV | L 5–48 | 5,377 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at BYU* | | BYUtv | L 10–42 | 57,379 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Weber State | | Pluto TV | L 10–38 | 7,623 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Bengals | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 11 (FBS) Utes | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
No. 9 Panthers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Vikings | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Bengals | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
No. 8 Grizzlies | 0 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 59 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Fighting Hawks | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Bengals | 3 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 55 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
Vandals | 17 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 45 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 14 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
Thunderbirds | 28 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
Bengals | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Eagles | 3 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 48 |
Bengals | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Cougars | 7 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bengals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
No. 6 Wildcats | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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National championship seasons in bold |