# 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a two-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Sacramento State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Kennesaw State in the second round and Montana in the quarterfinals before losing to James Madison in the semifinals.

## Preseason
### Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Wildcats were picked to finish in third 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 Wildcats had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team, the most of any team in the conference.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at San Diego State* | No. 8 | SDCCU StadiumSan Diego, CA | Stadium on Facebook | L 0–6 | 40,222 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Cal Poly* | No. 7 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ/Pluto TV | W 41–24 | 8,792 |
| September 14 | 5:00 p.m. | at Nevada* | No. 6 | Mackay StadiumReno, NV | ESPN3 | L 13–19 | 14,174 |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 9 Northern Iowa* | No. 5 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ/Pluto TV | W 29–17 | 6,582 |
| October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Idaho | No. 4 | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | Pluto TV | W 41–35 | 5,947 |
| October 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern Utah | No. 4 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | KJZZ/Pluto TV | W 29–14 | 10,622 |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Northern Arizona | No. 4 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Pluto TV | W 51–28 | 4,421 |
| October 26 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 22 UC Davis | No. 4 | UC Davis Health StadiumDavis, CA | Pluto TV | W 36–20 | 8,105 |
| November 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Sacramento State | No. 3 | Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA | Pluto TV | W 36–17 | 11,253 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 North Dakota | No. 3 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Pluto TV | W 30–27 | 9,622 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Montana | No. 3 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | ROOT | L 16–35 | 22,682 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho State | No. 6 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Pluto TV | W 38–10 | 7,623 |
| December 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Kennesaw State* | No. 4 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT (FCS Playoffs Second Round) | ESPN3 | W 26–20 | 5,422 |
| December 13 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 7 Montana* | No. 4 | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) | ESPN2 | W 17–10 | 6,422 |
| December 21 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 2 James Madison* | No. 4 | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals) | ESPNU | L 14–30 | 10,487 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||||
    Source:
The game against Cal Poly on September 7 was designated as a non-conference game, with no effect on the Big Sky standings.

## Game summaries
### At San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aztecs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| No. 7 Wildcats | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 41 |

### At Nevada

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Wolf Pack | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |

### Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 9 Panthers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| No. 5 Wildcats | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 |

### At Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Vandals | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 29 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 51 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| No. 22 Aggies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |

### At Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Wildcats | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 36 |
| No. 6 Hornets | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Fighting Hawks | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| No. 3 Wildcats | 14 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 30 |

### At Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Wildcats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| No. 5 Grizzlies | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### Idaho State

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

## FCS Playoffs

The Wildcats entered the postseason tournament as the number three seed, with a first-round bye.

### Kennesaw State–Second Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 15 Owls | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 26 |

### Montana–Quarterfinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 7 Grizzlies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### At James Madison–Semifinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 30 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Coaches | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |