American college football season
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 .[1] [2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Offense – Noah Johnson – GuardSpecial teams – Cade Coffey – Punter
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
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.
