# 2019 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2019 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Vandals played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Paul Petrino. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

## Preseason
### Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Vandals were picked to finish in eighth 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 Vandals had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.
Offense – Noah Johnson – Guard Special teams – Cade Coffey – Punter

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 15 (FBS) Penn State* | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA | BTN | L 7–79 | 104,527 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Central Washington* | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | Pluto TV | W 41–31 | 5,905 |
| September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Wyoming* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | ESPN3 | L 16–21 | 28,814 |
| September 21 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 11 Eastern Washington* | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | RTNW | W 35–27 | 6,567 |
| September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Northern Colorado | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Eleven/Pluto TV | L 24–27 | 5,373 |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 Weber State | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | Pluto TV/SWX | L 35–41 | 5,947 |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Portland State | Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro, OR | Pluto TV | L 0–24 | 4,675 |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Idaho State | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID (rivalry) | RTNW | W 45–21 | 10,361 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | Cal Poly | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | Pluto TV | W 21–9 | 6,424 |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Montana | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (Little Brown Stein) | RTNW | L 17–42 | 22,233 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 6 Sacramento State | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | Pluto TV/SWX | L 7–31 | 6,108 |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | Pluto TV | W 60–53 $^{OT}$ | 5,120 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time |||||||
* The Eastern Washington game was designated by the Big Sky as a non-conference game.

## Roster

Position key
| Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB |
| Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E |
| Fullback | FB | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K |
| Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB |
| Long snapper | LS | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB |
| Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |

## Game summaries
### At Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Nittany Lions | 20 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 79 |

### Central Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Vandals | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 41 |

### At Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Cowboys | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Eagles | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| Vandals | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |

### At Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 4 Wildcats | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Vandals | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
The loss was the 52nd for head coach Paul Petrino at Idaho, the most in Vandal history, passing Skip Stahley, whose record was 22–51–1 (.304) in eight seasons (1954–61).

### At Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vikings | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
Idaho was shut out by a Big Sky opponent for only the second time (1986) in over thirty years of league play.

### Idaho State

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

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Vandals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| No. 6 Grizzlies | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Hornets | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Vandals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### At Northern Arizona

| | 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: — = Not ranked 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 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## NFL draft

No Vandals were selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Jake Luton of Oregon State, a Vandal quarterback as a redshirt freshman in 2015, was taken by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round, 189th overall.
* List of Idaho Vandals in the NFL draft