2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

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

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

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.

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.

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.

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

Game summaries

Western State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	3	3	7	13
Bengals	7	7	10	14	38

See also: Western State Colorado Mountaineers

At Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
No. 11 (FBS) Utes	17	7	7	0	31

See also: 2019 Utah Utes football team

At Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	3	0	0	6
No. 9 Panthers	0	3	0	10	13

See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	10	14	0	24
Bengals	20	21	7	3	51

See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

At Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	10	7	3	0	20
No. 8 Grizzlies	0	24	14	21	59

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Hawks	7	0	6	7	20
Bengals	3	28	10	14	55

See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

At Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	14	0	21
Vandals	17	7	21	0	45

See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team and Battle of the Domes

At Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	14	6	0	14	34
Thunderbirds	28	3	14	14	59

See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	6	6	6	8	26
Bengals	0	10	7	3	20

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	17	21	7	48
Bengals	2	0	3	0	5

See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

At BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	3	7	0	10
Cougars	7	21	14	0	42

See also: 2019 BYU Cougars football team

At Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	3	7	10
No. 6 Wildcats	7	24	7	0	38

See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

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