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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.
Big Sky preseason poll
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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
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
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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
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The Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| 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 State | - 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] |
|
[14][15]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
7 |
23 |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
17
|
14
|
3 |
37 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
6
|
14
|
14 |
41 |
Wildcats
|
21
|
28
|
7
|
7 |
63 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mustangs
|
6
|
0
|
15
|
0 |
21 |
Lumberjacks
|
6
|
24
|
7
|
8 |
45 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
27 |
No. 15 Redbirds
|
10
|
13
|
14
|
3 |
40 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
31 |
No. 7 Bobcats
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
28 |
49 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
3
|
10
|
7
|
3 |
23 |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
10
|
24
|
7 |
41 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
No. 4 Wildcats
|
7
|
7
|
16
|
21 |
51 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vikings
|
0
|
9
|
11
|
9 |
29 |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
At Eastern Washington
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
14
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
38 |
Eagles
|
17
|
21
|
21
|
7 |
66 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 8 Hornets
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
14 |
38 |
Lumberjacks
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
17 |
34 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Lumberjacks
|
3
|
17
|
7
|
3 |
30 |
Thunderbirds
|
3
|
14
|
14
|
0 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Vandals
|
10
|
14
|
22
|
7 | 7 |
60 |
Lumberjacks
|
10
|
20
|
6
|
17 | 0 |
53 |
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 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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- ^ "Chris Ball - Football Coach". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Missouri State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - August 29, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Arizona - Game Summary - September 7, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Western New Mexico vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - September 14, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Colorado vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 5, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Weber State - Game Summary - October 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Portland State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - October 26, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Eastern Washington - Game Summary - November 2, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Sacramento State vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 9, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Northern Arizona vs. Southern Utah - Game Summary - November 16, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Idaho vs. Northern Arizona - Game Summary - November 23, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". Northern Arizona University Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
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