2019 Utah State Aggies football team

The 2019 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by head coach Gary Andersen in his fifth overall season, although first season after taking over as the program's head coach for the second time. The team played their home games at Maverik Stadium, and competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.[1]

2019 Utah State Aggies football
Frisco Bowl, L 41–51 vs. Kent State
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record7–6 (6–2 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Sanford Jr. (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJustin Ena (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumMaverik Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$   8 0     12 2  
No. 22 Air Force   7 1     11 2  
Utah State   6 2     7 6  
Wyoming   4 4     8 5  
Colorado State   3 5     4 8  
New Mexico   0 8     2 10  
West Division
Hawaii xy   5 3     10 5  
San Diego State x   5 3     10 3  
Nevada   4 4     7 6  
San Jose State   2 6     5 7  
UNLV   2 6     4 8  
Fresno State   2 6     4 8  
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

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Award watch lists

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Utah State had five players placed on eleven different award watch lists heading into the 2019 season.

Award Player Position Year
Maxwell Award[2] Jordan Love QB JR
Walter Camp Award[3] Jordan Love QB JR
Davey O'Brien Award[4] Jordan Love QB JR
Lou Groza Award[5] Dominik Eberle PK SR
Wuerffel Trophy[6] Dominik Eberle PK SR
Bednarik Award[7] Tipa Galeai DL SR
Bednarik Award[7] David Woodward LB JR
Butkus Award[8] David Woodward LB JR
Nagurski Award[9] David Woodward LB JR
Lott Trophy[10] David Woodward LB JR
Thorpe Award[11] DJ Williams CB SR

Preseason All-Americans

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Utah State had three players named as preseason All-Americans by various publications.[12][13][14]

Player Position Year Publication(s)
Savon Scarver KR JR Sporting News, Athlon Sports, Phil Steele
David Woodward LB JR Athlon Sports, Phil Steele
Dominik Eberle PK SR Athlon Sports

Mountain West media days

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Mountain West Media Days were held on July 23–24 at the Green Valley Ranch resort in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada.

In the preseason media poll, the Aggies were predicted to finish second in the Mountain Division.[15]

Media poll

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Mountain Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Boise State 120 (15)
2 Utah State 108 (6)
3 Air Force 73
4 Wyoming 66
5 Colorado State 52
6 New Mexico 22

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

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Jordan Love was selected as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year at MWC Media Days. Utah State had four additional players selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[16]

Player Position Year
Jordan Love QB JR
Tipa Galeai DL SR
David Woodward LB JR
DJ Williams CB SR
Savon Scarver KR JR

Personnel

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Coaching staff

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The 2019 Aggie coaching staff included ten new coaches as a result of Matt Wells' departure and the subsequent rehiring of Gary Andersen. Only Frank Maile and Stacy Collins remained from the previous staff. Of the ten new coaches, two had previous experience at Utah State (Gary Andersen and TJ Woods), and two were former Aggie football players (Keegan Andersen and Bojay Filimoeatu).

Name Position Alma mater Joined staff
Gary Andersen Head coach Utah (1986) 2019 (previously 2009–2012)
Frank Maile Assistant head coach / tight ends Utah State (2007) 2016 (previously 2009–2013)
Mike Sanford Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks Boise State (2004) 2019
Justin Ena Defensive coordinator / Inside Linebackers BYU (2001) 2019
TJ Woods Offensive line Azusa Pacific (2002) 2019 (previously 2009–2012)
Stacy Collins Special teams coordinator / running backs Western Oregon (1998) 2016
Jason Phillips Pass game coordinator / wide receivers Houston (2001) 2019
Bojay Filimoeatu Defensive ends Utah State (2012) 2019
Mike Caputo Safeties Wisconsin (2015) 2019
Mark Orphey Cornerbacks Texas Southern (2010) 2019
Jordan Hicks Strength and Conditioning Georgetown (KY) (2005) 2019
Keegan Andersen Director of player personnel Utah State (2013) 2019

Source: [17]

Roster

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Source: [18] 2019 Fall Camp Football Roster

2019 Utah State Aggies football

Quarterback

Running back

  • 1 Gerold Bright –   senior (5'10, 190)
  • 20 Jaylen Warrenjunior (5'7, 200)
  • 26 Chase Nelson –   junior (5'10, 200)
  • 27 Enoch Nawahine – freshman (5'11, 185)
  • 29 Pallate Makakona – sophomore (5'10, 200)
  • 32 Sione Fehoko –   sophomore (5'7, 195)
  • 34 Riley Burt –   senior (6'1, 210)

Wide receiver

  • 11 Savon Scarverjunior (5'11, 190)
  • 12 Ajani Carter – freshman (6'1, 185)
  • 13 Deven Thompkinssophomore (5'7, 160)
  • 14 Sean Carter – junior (6'4, 195)
  • 16 Jordan Nathan (S)  junior (5'8, 180)
  • 17 Taylor Compton – junior (5'8, 175)
  • 18 Cam Lampkinfreshman (5'11, 165)
  • 19 Kyle Van Leeuwen – freshman (5'9, 175)
  • 80 Siaosi Mariner  senior (6'2, 190)
  • 81 Tim Patrick Jr. –   freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 82 Sawyer Merrill – freshman (6'1, 170)
  • 83 Derek Wright – junior (6'1, 195)
  • Kanen Eaton – freshman (6'4, 180)

Tight end

  • 43 Jack Drews – freshman (6'3, 230)
  • 47 Logan Lee –   junior (6'4, 250)
  • 85 Mosese Manu – junior (6'3, 260)
  • 86 Bryce Mortenson –   freshman (6'6, 245)
  • 87 Caleb Repp –   senior (6'5, 230)
  • 88 Carson Terrell – junior (6'5, 245)
  • 89 Travis Boman –   junior (6'4, 245)

Kicker/Punter

  • 49 Pierce Callister – P – freshman (6'0, 170)
  • 59 Connor Coles – K –   sophomore (6'0, 190)
  • 62 Dominik Eberle – K (S)  senior (6'2, 195)
  • 89 Aaron Dalton – P –   senior (6'4, 210)
  • 98 Christopher Bartolic – P – freshman (6'0, 190)
 

Offensive line

  • 58 Demytrick Ali'ifua –   junior (6'3, 315)
  • 59 Aric Davison – freshman (6'3, 295)
  • 60 Wyatt Bowles –   freshman (6'5, 300)
  • 63 Ashton Adams – freshman (6'4, 300)
  • 64 Heneli Avendano –   freshman (6'3, 300)
  • 65 Karter Shaw –   freshman (6'4, 300)
  • 66 Mohelia Uasike –   junior (6'1, 305)
  • 67 Sione Lasike – freshman (6'1, 285)
  • 68 Logan Wood – freshman (6'1, 280)
  • 70 Hunter Hill – freshman (6'5, 285)
  • 72 Alfred Edwards (S)  sophomore (6'7, 310)
  • 75 Kyler Hack –   sophomore (6'4, 300)
  • 74 Chandler Dolphin –   sophomore (6'3, 300)
  • 75 Ty Shaw –   junior (6'4, 300)
  • 76 Jackson Owens – freshman (6'5, 290)
  • 77 Andy Koch –   freshman (6'6, 275)
  • 78 Jacob South –   freshman (6'6, 295)
  • 79 Wade Meacham –   freshman (6'6, 305)

Defensive end

  • 10 Tipa Galeai (S)  senior (6'5, 230)
  • 24 Dalton Baker –   senior (6'5, 260)
  • 41 Elijah Shelton –   freshman (6'1, 230)
  • 44 Fua Leilua (S)  senior (6'3, 305)
  • 45 Jaylon Bannerman –   junior (6'5, 240)
  • 46 Addison Trupp – freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 47 Kaleo Neves – freshman (6'2, 215)
  • 51 Justus Te'i –   junior (6'3, 240)
  • 53 Braden Harris –   senior (6'2, 230)
  • 61 Aaron Bredsguard – freshman (6'3, 225)
  • 91 Devon Anderson (S)  senior (6'2, 290)
  • 92 Hale Motu'apuaka –   freshman (6'2, 295)
  • 93 Jacoby Wildman –   senior (6'2, 265)
  • 94 Caden Andersen –   junior (6'2, 285)
  • 97 Jake Pitcher –   junior (6'3, 260)
  • 98 AJ Vongphachanh – freshman (6'3, 230)

Defensive tackle

  • 54 Dean Rice – freshman (6'4, 280)
  • 55 Christian Lavalle – freshman (5'11, 225)
  • 90 Ritisoni Fata –   junior (6'1, 295)
  • 96 Christopher 'Unga (S)  senior (6'0, 300)
  • 98 Diamond Faamafoe – freshman (6'0, 295)
  • 99 Josh Bowcut – freshman (6'5, 280)
 

Linebacker

  • 9 David Woodward (S)  Junior (6'2, 230)
  • 15 Simon Thompson – freshman (6'3, 210)
  • 33 Kevin Meitzenheimer –   junior (6'0, 230)
  • 34 Daniel Langi –   sophomore (6'0, 230)
  • 38 Eric Munoz –   junior (6'0, 230)
  • 39 Maika Magalei –   sophomore (6'1, 230)
  • 40 Dustin Matthews –   freshman (6'1, 225)
  • 42 Jaymason Willingham – freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 52 Ethan Vowles – sophomore (6'2, 190)
  • 54 Noah Young – sophomore (6'3, 225)

Cornerback

  • 6 Cameron Haney –   senior (5'10, 185)
  • 7 DJ Williams (S)  senior (5'9, 180)
  • 14 Zahodri Jackson –   sophomore (5'10, 185)
  • 21 Andre Grayson –   sophomore (5'8, 165)
  • 22 Michael Anyanwu –   freshman (5'9, 180)
  • 23 Dominic Tatum – freshman (6'2, 180)
  • 25 Jarrod Green –   sophomore (5'11, 180)
  • 36 Jared Reed –   sophomore (6'0, 180)

Safety

  • 3 Troy Lefeged Jr. – junior (5'11, 190)
  • 4 Shaq Bond (S)junior (5'10, 190)
  • 5 Cash Gilliam –   junior (5'11, 195)
  • 8 Braxton Gunther –   junior (5'10, 185)
  • 20 Keith Harris – freshman (5'11, 170)
  • 28 Oakley Hussey – freshman (6'3, 200)
  • 30 Patrick Maddox –   sophomore (5'10, 205)
  • 32 Matthew Sterzer – freshman (6'2, 225)
  • 37 Sam Lockett –   freshman (6'0, 195)

Deep Snapper

  • 50 Jesse Vasquez – freshman (6'1, 225)
  • 57 Brandon Pada (S)  junior (5'10, 210)

Legend

  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) 2018 Starter
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Depth chart

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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 p.m.at Wake Forest*ACCNL 35–3829,027
September 75:30 p.m.Stony Brook*Stadium on FacebookW 62–722,247
September 218:30 p.m.at San Diego StateCBSSNW 23–1727,367
September 285:30 p.m.Colorado State 
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
CBSSNW 34–2420,017
October 510:00 a.m.at No. 5 LSU*SECNL 6–42100,266
October 198:15 p.m.Nevada
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPNUW 36–1015,240
October 268:15 p.m.at Air ForceESPN2L 7–3119,248
November 28:00 p.m.BYU*
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPN2L 14–4225,472
November 95:00 p.m.at Fresno StateCBSSNW 37–3532,037
November 162:00 p.m.Wyoming
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPNUW 26–2116,304
November 238:30 p.m.No. 20 Boise State
  • Maverik Stadium
  • Logan, UT
CBSSNL 21–5618,315
November 302:00 p.m.at New MexicoStadium on FacebookW 38–2511,611
December 205:30 p.m.vs. Kent State*ESPN2L 41–5112,120
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

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At Wake Forest

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Utah State Aggies at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 7 14 7735
Demon Deacons 10 7 14738

at BB&T Field, Winston-Salem, NC

  • Date: August 30, 2019
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 83 • Wind: 1 mph ESE • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 29,027
  • TV announcers (ACC Network): Kevin Brown, Andre Ware, and Jerry Punch
  • USU Game Notes
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Stony Brook

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Stony Brook Seawolves at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seawolves 0 0 707
Aggies 17 17 141462

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: September 7, 2019
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 79 • Wind: 5 mph W • Weather: Overcast
  • Game attendance: 22,247
  • Referee: Cal McNeill
  • TV announcers (Facebook Stadium): Ari Wolfe, Eddie Royal, and Dani Klupenger
  • USU Game Notes
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At San Diego State

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Utah State Aggies at San Diego State Aztecs
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 7 13 3023
Aztecs 3 0 01417

at SDCCU Stadium, San Diego, CA

  • Date: September 21, 2019
  • Game time: 8:30 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 70 • Wind: 0 mph • Weather: Clear, mild skies
  • Game attendance: 27,376
  • Referee: Stephen Baron
  • TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Rich Waltz, Aaron Taylor, and Jenny Dell
  • USU Game Notes
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Colorado State

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Colorado State Rams at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Rams 7 14 3024
Aggies 7 17 3734

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: September 28, 2019
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 48 • Wind: 7 mph • Weather: Rain showers
  • Game attendance: 20,017
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV announcers (CBS Sports Network): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, and Jenny Dell
  • USU Game Notes
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At LSU

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Utah State Aggies at LSU Tigers
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 6 0 006
No. 5 Tigers 7 14 14742

at Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, LA

  • Date: October 5, 2019
  • Game time: 10:00 a.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 84 • Wind: 4 mph E • Weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 100,266
  • Referee: Matt Loeffler
  • TV announcers (SEC Network): Dave Neal, D.J. Shockley, and Dawn Davenport
  • USU Game Notes
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Nevada

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Nevada Wolf Pack at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Wolf Pack 3 0 0710
Aggies 9 13 01436

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: October 19, 2019
  • Game time: 8:15 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 35 • Wind: 12 mph SSE • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 15,240
  • Referee: Michael Vandervelde
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Couzens and Kirk Morrison
  • USU Game Notes
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At Air Force

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Utah State Aggies at Air Force Falcons
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 0 0 707
Falcons 0 17 7731

at Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO

  • Date: October 26, 2019
  • Game time: 8:15 p.m. MDT
  • Game weather: Temperature: 52 • Wind: Windy • Weather: Clear
  • Game attendance: 19,248
  • Referee: Scott Campbell
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, and Taylor McGregor
  • USU Game Notes
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BYU Cougars at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cougars 7 14 14742
Aggies 7 7 0014

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: November 2, 2019
  • Game time: 8:05 p.m.
  • Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C), Winds N 2 mph; Mostly Clear
  • Game attendance: 25,472
  • Referee: Michael VanderVelde
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, and Quint Kessenich
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At Fresno State

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Utah State Aggies at Fresno State Bulldogs
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 7 14 10637
Bulldogs 7 7 14735

at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA

  • Date: November 9, 2019
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m.
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Wyoming

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Wyoming Cowboys at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cowboys 0 14 0721
Aggies 0 20 3225

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: November 16, 2019
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 16,364
  • TV: ESPNU
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Boise State

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Boise State Broncos at Utah State Aggies
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 20 Broncos 21 21 14056
Aggies 7 0 7721

at Maverik Stadium, Logan, UT

  • Date: November 23, 2019
  • Game time: 8:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Temperature: 33 °F (1 °C) • Weather: Clear • Wind: 2 MPH S
  • Game attendance: 18,315
  • Referee: David Alvarez
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor
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At New Mexico

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Utah State Aggies at New Mexico Lobos
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 7 24 7038
Lobos 0 6 12725

at Dreamstyle Stadium, Albuquerque, NM

  • Date: November 30, 2019
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m.
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vs Kent State (Frisco Bowl)

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Utah State Aggies vs. Kent State Golden Flashes
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Aggies 10 7 101441
Golden Flashes 17 6 32551

at Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX

Game information

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
APRV
CoachesRVRVRVRV
CFPNot releasedNot released

Players drafted into the NFL

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Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
1 26 Jordan Love QB Green Bay Packers

References

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