2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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American college football season

The 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 1st-year head coach Chris Ball[1] and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.

Previous season[edit]

The Lumberjacks finished the 2018 season 4–6, 3–4 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

On November 19, Jerome Souers announced his retirement. He finished with a 21 year record of 123–114.

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Preseason[edit]

Big Sky preseason poll[edit]

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches’ polls on July 15, 2019. The Lumberjacks were picked to finish in sixth place in both polls.[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 Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source
6:00 p.m. Missouri State* Pluto TV W 37–23 6,891 [4]
September 7 7:45 p.m. at Arizona* P12N L 41–65 40,741 [5]
September 14 4:00 p.m. Western New Mexico*
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
 Pluto TV W 55–21 5,823 [6]
September 21 4:30 p.m. at No. 15 Illinois State* ESPN+ L 27–40 9,891
September 28 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Montana State Pluto TV L 31–49 19,257
October 5 4:00 p.m. Northern Colorado
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
 Pluto TV W 41–23 10,026 [7]
October 19 1:00 p.m. at No. 4 Weber State Pluto TV L 28–51 4,421 [8]
October 26 4:00 p.m. Portland Statedagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
 Pluto TV W 31–29 7,324 [9]
November 2 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Washington Pluto TV L 38–66 8,602 [10]
November 9 2:00 p.m. No. 8 Sacramento State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
 Pluto TV L 34–38 4,257 [11]
November 16 2:00 p.m. at Southern Utah Pluto TV L 30–31 3,711 [12]
November 23 2:00 p.m. Idaho
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
 Pluto TV L 53–60 OT 5,120 [13]

Game summaries[edit]

Missouri State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 3 10 7 23
Lumberjacks 3 17 14 3 37

At Arizona[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 6 14 14 41
Wildcats 21 28 7 7 63

Western New Mexico[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 6 0 15 0 21
Lumberjacks 6 24 7 8 45

At Illinois State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 7 0 6 27
No. 15 Redbirds 10 13 14 3 40

At Montana State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 14 3 0 31
No. 7 Bobcats 0 14 7 28 49

Northern Colorado[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 10 7 3 23
Lumberjacks 0 10 24 7 41

At Weber State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 14 0 7 28
No. 4 Wildcats 7 7 16 21 51

Portland State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 9 11 9 29
Lumberjacks 14 7 7 3 31

At Eastern Washington[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 10 7 7 38
Eagles 17 21 21 7 66

Sacramento State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Hornets 14 3 7 14 38
Lumberjacks 0 17 0 17 34

At Southern Utah[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 3 17 7 3 30
Thunderbirds 3 14 14 0 31

Idaho[edit]

1 2 3 4 OT Total
Vandals 10 14 22 7 7 60
Lumberjacks 10 20 6 17 0 53

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
STATS FCS RV
Coaches RV

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Chris Ball – Football Coach”. Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ “Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls”. 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ “Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams”. MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. ^ “Missouri State vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – August 29, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. ^ “Northern Arizona vs. Arizona – Game Summary – September 7, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  6. ^ “Western New Mexico vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – September 14, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  7. ^ “Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – October 5, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  8. ^ “Northern Arizona vs. Weber State – Game Summary – October 19, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  9. ^ “Portland State vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – October 26, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  10. ^ “Northern Arizona vs. Eastern Washington – Game Summary – November 2, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. ^ “Sacramento State vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – November 9, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  12. ^ “Northern Arizona vs. Southern Utah – Game Summary – November 16, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  13. ^ “Idaho vs. Northern Arizona – Game Summary – November 23, 2019 – ESPN”. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  14. ^ “2019 Football Schedule”. Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  15. ^ “2019 Northern Arizona Football Schedule”. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.


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