American college football season
The 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Demario Warren [ 1] and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as eighth-year members of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.
Big Sky preseason poll [ edit ] The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Thunderbirds were picked to finish in eleventh place by the media and in twelfth by the coaches.[ 2]
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[ edit ] The Thunderbirds had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 8:00 p.m. at UNLV * Stadium L 23–5617,421 [ 4] September 7 3:00 p.m. at No. 11 Northern Iowa * ESPN3 L 14–349,241 [ 5] September 14 6:05 p.m. Stephen F. Austin * Pluto TV W 45–38 OT 5,568 [ 6] September 21 5:00 p.m. at No. 3 South Dakota State * Midco L 7–4314,269 [ 7] September 28 6:05 p.m. Cal Poly Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Pluto TV L 21–247,741 [ 8] October 5 3:00 p.m. at Portland State Pluto TV L 31–523,222 [ 9] October 12 6:00 p.m. at No. 4 Weber State Pluto TV L 14–2910,622 [ 10] October 19 6:05 p.m. No. 23 UC Davis Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Pluto TV L 25–333,156 [ 11] October 26 2:05 p.m. Idaho State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Pluto TV W 59–343,809 [ 12] November 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 14 Montana State RTNW L 7–4215,617 [ 13] November 16 2:05 p.m. Northern Arizona Pluto TV W 31–303,711 [ 14] November 23 12:00 p.m. at North Dakota Pluto TV L 18–367,485 [ 15]
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 0 16 23 Rebels 7 28 21 0 56
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 7 7 14 No. 11 Panthers 7 17 10 0 34
1 2 3 4 OT Total Lumberjacks 0 17 7 14 0 38 Thunderbirds 10 7 7 14 7 45
At South Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 0 0 7 No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 15 7 43
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 14 0 7 24 Thunderbirds 0 7 6 8 21
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 10 7 14 31 Vikings 10 28 7 7 52
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 0 7 14 No. 4 Wildcats 0 7 7 15 29
1 2 3 4 Total No. 23 Aggies 12 14 7 0 33 Thunderbirds 0 7 0 18 25
1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 14 6 0 14 34 Thunderbirds 28 3 14 14 59
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 0 7 7 No. 14 Bobcats 21 21 0 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 3 17 7 3 30 Thunderbirds 3 14 14 0 31
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 15 3 0 18 Fighting Hawks 7 10 10 9 36
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