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.

2019 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Paul Petrino (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kris Cinkovich (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (5th season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome

2019 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	4
No. 9 Sacramento State +^		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 4 Montana State ^		6	–	2					11	–	4
No. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Idaho		3	–	5					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					5	–	7
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					4	–	8
Cal Poly		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Southern Utah		2	–	6					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					2	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games. Rankings from STATS Poll

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 Stadium University Park, PA	BTN	L 7–79	104,527
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Central Washington*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV	W 41–31	5,905
September 14	2:00 p.m.	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPN3	L 16–21	28,814
September 21	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Eastern Washington*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	RTNW	W 35–27	6,567
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Eleven/Pluto TV	L 24–27	5,373
October 5	2:00 p.m.	No. 4 Weber State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV/SWX	L 35–41	5,947
October 12	2:00 p.m.	at Portland State	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	Pluto TV	L 0–24	4,675
October 19	2:30 p.m.	Idaho State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (rivalry)	RTNW	W 45–21	10,361
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV	W 21–9	6,424
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	RTNW	L 17–42	22,233
November 16	2:00 p.m.	No. 6 Sacramento State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV/SWX	L 7–31	6,108
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	Pluto TV	W 60–53 OT	5,120
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

• The Eastern Washington game was designated by the Big Sky as a non-conference game.

Roster

2019 Idaho Vandals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 3 Marquese Albert Fr WR 4 Michael Noil  Fr QB 6 Nikhil Nayar  Fr WR 7 Cutrell Haywood  So QB 8 Mason Petrino Sr WR 11 DJ Lee  So TE 12 Connor Whitney So WR 14 Brandon Luckett  Jr QB 19 Colton Richardson Jr RB 22 Aundre Carter  Fr RB 23 Khalil Forehand  Fr RB 24 Roshaun Johnson  So WR 26 Jagger Jacobi  Fr RB 28 Dylan Thigpen  Jr FB 32 Logan Kendall So RB 34 Jack Bamis  Sr FB 36 Drew Rice  Fr WR 39 Jed Byers  Fr OL 43 Carlos Collado III  So TE 47 Luke Hyde  Sr FB 49 Luke Johnson  Jr OL 50 Noah Gunn Fr OL 54 Logan Floyd So OL 61 Bruce Burns  Jr OL 63 Benjamin Hidalgo  So OL 66 Conner Vrba  Jr OL 68 Seth Carnahan  Fr OL 71 Edwin Grande Sr OL 72 Sean Tulette Sr OL 73 Darius Archie  So OL 74 Noah Johnson Sr OL 75 Matthew Faupusa Sr OL 77 Brian Robinson Sr OL 79 Dylan Korte  So WR 82 Collin Sather  Fr TE 86 Dalton Cash So WR 88 Jeff Cotton  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Christian Elliss Jr LB 3 Austin Holt  Jr DB 5 Lloyd Hightower Sr DB 6 Wyryor Noil  So LB 7 Charles Akanno  Jr LB 8 Tre Walker So LB 10 Coleman Johnson Fr DB 11 Vaughn Daggs  Jr LB 11 Jalan Jenkins Jr LB 12 Robert Miller  Jr DB 13 Jante Boston  Sr DB 15 Zach Borisch  Fr DL 16 Theo Griffin  Jr DB 16 Jaxon Woodward  Fr DB 19 Tevin Duke Jr DB 21 Ryan Swanson  So DB 24 Satchel Escalante Jr DB 24 D'Andrei Pittman  Fr DB 25 Jalen Hoover Jr DB 27 Tyrese Dedman Jr LB 28 Christian Blackburn  So DB 29 Sedrick Thomas  Sr LB 30 Ross Chadderdon  Fr LB 31 Talon Davis  So LB 35 Kyle Perry  So DB 37 Trae Nichols Jr LB 40 Edward Becker  Fr DL 41 Dylan Beeler  Jr LB 45 JT Mahon  So LB 52 Talon Haskett  Fr DL 55 Rahsaan Crawford  Jr DL 91 Eric Hale  Sr DL 92 Correy Quinn  Fr DL 93 Cameron Townsend Sr DL 94 Nate DeGraw  So DL 95 Bradley Noesen  So DL 97 Vei Thomasi Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 15 Cade Coffey  Jr LS 42 Cameron Lang  So K 48 Noah Croninger  Sr	Head coach Paul Petrino (7th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Kris Cinkovich (Assistant head coach / Offensive Coordinator / Offensive line) Mike Breske (Defensive Coordinator / Safeties) Brian Reader (Recruiting Coordinator / Running Backs) Adam Breske (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers) Luther Elliss (Defensive line) Charley Molnar (Quarterbacks) Steve Oliver (Tight Ends) Vernon Smith (Cornerbacks) Tony Spencer (Wide Receivers) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 1, 2019

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

See also: 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Central Washington

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

See also: Central Washington Wildcats football

At Wyoming

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

See also: 2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Eastern Washington

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

See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

At Northern Colorado

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

See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Weber State

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

See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

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

See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

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

See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team and Battle of the Domes

Cal Poly

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

See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

At Montana

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

See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team and Little Brown Stein

Sacramento State

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

See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

At Northern Arizona

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

See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—
Coaches	RV

NFL draft

See also: 2020 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