# 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 1st-year head coach Chris Ball and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.

## Preseason
### Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Lumberjacks were picked to finish in sixth 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 Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Missouri State* | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | W 37–23 | 6,891 |
| September 7 | 7:45 p.m. | at Arizona* | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | P12N | L 41–65 | 40,741 |
| September 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico* | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | W 55–21 | 5,823 |
| September 21 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Illinois State* | Hancock StadiumNormal, IL | ESPN+ | L 27–40 | 9,891 |
| September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | Pluto TV | L 31–49 | 19,257 |
| October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | W 41–23 | 10,026 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Weber State | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Pluto TV | L 28–51 | 4,421 |
| October 26 | 4:00 p.m. | Portland State | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | W 31–29 | 7,324 |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Eastern Washington | Roos FieldCheney, WA | Pluto TV | L 38–66 | 8,602 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 Sacramento State | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | L 34–38 | 4,257 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | Pluto TV | L 30–31 | 3,711 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | L 53–60 $^{OT}$ | 5,120 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Lumberjacks | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 37 |

### At Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| Wildcats | 21 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 63 |

### Western New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| Lumberjacks | 6 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 45 |

### At Illinois State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| No. 15 Redbirds | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 40 |

### At Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| No. 7 Bobcats | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 49 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 41 |

### At Weber State

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

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### At Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Eagles | 17 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 66 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Hornets | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 34 |

### At Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 31 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Vandals | 10 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 60 |
| Lumberjacks | 10 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 53 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |