The 2019 Idaho Vandals football team represented the

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in the

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. The Vandals played their home games on campus at the

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, and were members of the

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. They were led by seventh-year head coach

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. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

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.

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

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

Roster

Position key

Game summaries

At Penn State

Central Washington

At Wyoming

Eastern Washington

At Northern Colorado

Weber State

The loss was the 52nd for head coach Paul Petrino at Idaho, the most in Vandal history, passing Skip Stahley, whose record was in eight seasons (

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– 61).

At Portland State

Idaho was shut out by a Big Sky opponent for only the second time (

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) in over thirty years of league play.

Idaho State

Cal Poly

At Montana

Sacramento State

At Northern Arizona

Ranking movements

NFL draft

No Vandals were selected in the 2020 NFL Draft. Jake Luton of

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, a Vandal quarterback as a redshirt freshman in

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, was taken by the

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in the sixth round, 189th overall. * List of Idaho Vandals in the NFL draft

References

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Idaho Vandals football seasons

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