# 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:35 p.m. | Western Colorado* | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | W 38–13 | 4,770 |
| September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | at No. 11 (FBS) Utah* | Rice–Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | L 0–31 | 45,989 |
| September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Northern Iowa* | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA | ESPN+ | L 6–13 | 8,339 |
| September 28 | 3:05 p.m. | Portland State | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | W 51–24 | 6,398 |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Montana | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | RTNW | L 20–59 | 25,023 |
| October 12 | 1:05 p.m. | North Dakota | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | W 55–20 | 8,731 |
| October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Idaho | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID (rivalry) | RTNW | L 21–45 | 10,361 |
| October 26 | 2:05 p.m. | at Southern Utah | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Pluto TV | L 34–59 | 3,809 |
| November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Northern Colorado | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | L 20–26 | 5,369 |
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Eastern Washington | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Pluto TV | L 5–48 | 5,377 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at BYU* | LaVell Edwards StadiumProvo, UT | BYUtv | L 10–42 | 57,379 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Weber State | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Pluto TV | L 10–38 | 7,623 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll 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 |

### At Utah

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

### At Northern Iowa

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

### Portland State

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

### At Montana

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

### North Dakota

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

### At Idaho

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

### At Southern Utah

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

### Northern Colorado

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

### Eastern Washington

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

### At BYU

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

### At Weber State

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

## 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |