Preseason
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Big Sky preseason poll
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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.[1]
Media poll
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
Eastern Washington |
536 (25)
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2 |
UC Davis |
510 (13)
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3 |
Weber State |
472 (4)
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4 |
Montana State |
417
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5 |
Montana |
396 (1)
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6 |
Northern Arizona |
302
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7 |
Idaho State |
285
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8 |
Idaho |
248
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9 |
Cal Poly |
196
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10 |
Portland State |
178
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11 |
Southern Utah |
160
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12 |
Sacramento State |
125
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13 |
Northern Colorado |
90
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Coaches poll
Predicted finish
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Team
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Votes (1st place)
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1 |
Eastern Washington |
140 (10)
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2 |
UC Davis |
127 (2)
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3 |
Weber State |
124
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4 |
Montana |
104 (1)
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5 |
Montana State |
100
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6 |
Northern Arizona |
88
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7 |
Idaho State |
72
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8 |
Idaho |
65
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9 |
Cal Poly |
56
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10 |
Portland State |
42
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11 |
Sacramento State |
40
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12 |
Southern Utah |
38
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13 |
Northern Colorado |
19
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Preseason All–Big Sky team
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The Bengals had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Offense
Mitch Gueller – WR
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Defense
Kody Graves – ILB
Adkin Agguirre – S
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Schedule
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 6:35 p.m. | Western Colorado* | | Pluto TV | W 38–13 | 4,770 |
September 14 | 2:15 p.m. | at No. 11 (FBS) Utah* | | P12N | L 0–31 | 45,989 |
September 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Northern Iowa* | | ESPN+ | L 6–13 | 8,339 |
September 28 | 3:05 p.m. | Portland State | | Pluto TV | W 51–24 | 6,398 |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Montana | | RTNW | L 20–59 | 25,023 |
October 12 | 1:05 p.m. | North Dakota | | Pluto TV | W 55–20 | 8,731 |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at Idaho | | RTNW | L 21–45 | 10,361 |
October 26 | 2:05 p.m. | at Southern Utah | | Pluto TV | L 34–59 | 3,809 |
November 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Northern Colorado | | Pluto TV | L 20–26 | 5,369 |
November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Eastern Washington | | Pluto TV | L 5–48 | 5,377 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at BYU* | | BYUtv | L 10–42 | 57,379 |
November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Weber State | | Pluto TV | L 10–38 | 7,623 |
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[3]
Game summaries
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Western State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Mountaineers
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0
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3
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3
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7 |
13 |
Bengals
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7
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7
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10
|
14 |
38 |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
0 |
No. 11 (FBS) Utes
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17
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7
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7
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0 |
31 |
At Northern Iowa
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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3
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3
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0
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0 |
6 |
No. 9 Panthers
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0
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3
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0
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10 |
13 |
Portland State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Vikings
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0
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10
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14
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0 |
24 |
Bengals
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20
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21
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7
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3 |
51 |
At Montana
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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10
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7
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3
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0 |
20 |
No. 8 Grizzlies
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0
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24
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14
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21 |
59 |
North Dakota
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Fighting Hawks
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7
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0
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6
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7 |
20 |
Bengals
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3
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28
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10
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14 |
55 |
At Idaho
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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0
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7
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14
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0 |
21 |
Vandals
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17
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7
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21
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0 |
45 |
At Southern Utah
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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14
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6
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0
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14 |
34 |
Thunderbirds
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28
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3
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14
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14 |
59 |
Northern Colorado
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bears
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6
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6
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6
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8 |
26 |
Bengals
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0
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10
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7
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3 |
20 |
Eastern Washington
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Eagles
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3
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17
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21
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7 |
48 |
Bengals
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2
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0
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3
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0 |
5 |
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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0
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3
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7
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0 |
10 |
Cougars
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7
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21
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14
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0 |
42 |
At Weber State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Bengals
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0
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0
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3
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7 |
10 |
No. 6 Wildcats
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7
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24
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7
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0 |
38 |
Ranking movements
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Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
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