The 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team represented

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in the

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. The Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 11–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a two-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Sacramento State. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Kennesaw State in the second round and

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in the quarterfinals before losing to

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in the semifinals.

Previous season

They finished the 2018 season 10–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for the Big Sky championship with

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and

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. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Southeast Missouri State in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to

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Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Wildcats were picked to finish in third place in both polls.

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Wildcats had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team, the most of any team in the conference. Offense Ty Whitworth – OG Josh Davis – RB Defense Adam Rodriguez – DE Jonah Williams – DE Auston Tesch – OLB Special Teams Trey Tuttle – K Rashid Shaheed – RS

Schedule

: The game against Cal Poly on September 7 was designated as a non-conference game, with no effect on the Big Sky standings.

Game summaries

at San Diego State

Cal Poly

at Nevada

Northern Iowa

at Idaho

Southern Utah

Northern Arizona

at UC Davis

at Sacramento State

North Dakota

at Montana

Idaho State

FCS Playoffs

The Wildcats entered the

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tournament as the number three seed, with a first-round bye.

Kennesaw State–Second Round

Montana–Quarterfinals

at James Madison–Semifinals

Ranking movements

References

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