2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

2019 UC Davis Aggies football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record 5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Robert Tucker (3rd season)
Home stadium UC Davis Health Stadium
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Weber State +^   7 1     11 4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^   7 1     9 4  
No. 4 Montana State ^   6 2     11 4  
No. 6 Montana ^   6 2     10 4  
Eastern Washington   6 2     7 5  
Idaho   3 5     5 7  
Portland State   3 5     5 7  
UC Davis   3 5     5 7  
Northern Arizona   2 6     4 8  
Cal Poly   2 6     3 8  
Idaho State   2 6     3 9  
Southern Utah   2 6     3 9  
Northern Colorado   2 6     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Dan Hawkins, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for sixth in the Big Sky. The Aggies played home games at UC Davis Health Stadium in Davis, California.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

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

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

The Aggies had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 3:30 p.m. at California* No. 5 P12N L 13–27 44,168
September 7 2:00 p.m. at San Diego* No. 5 WCC Network via Stadium W 38–35 2,427
September 14 7:00 p.m. Lehigh* No. 5 Pluto TV W 41–13 9,908
September 21 12:30 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State* No. 4 ESPN+ L 16–27 18,425
September 28 1:00 p.m. No. 18 Montana No. 4
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
RTNW L 20–45 10,011
October 5 11:00 a.m. at North Dakota No. 12 Pluto TV L 36–38 8,987
October 12 4:00 p.m. Cal Polydagger No. 24
Eleven W 48–24 11,194
October 19 5:05 p.m. at Southern Utah No. 23 Pluto TV W 33–25 3,156
October 26 4:00 p.m. No. 4 Weber State No. 22
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
Eleven L 20–36 8,105
November 9 2:05 p.m. at Portland State Pluto TV W 45–28 3,378
November 16 4:00 p.m. No. 10 Montana State
  • UC Davis Health Stadium
  • Davis, CA
Eleven L 17–27 8,284
November 23 2:00 p.m. at No. 4 Sacramento State Pluto TV L 17–27 19,882
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At California

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Aggies 10 0 3 0 13
Golden Bears 0 13 7 7 27

At San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Aggies 14 7 7 10 38
Toreros 7 7 14 7 35

Lehigh

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 0 0 0 13 13
No. 5 Aggies 14 7 13 7 41

At North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Aggies 7 6 3 0 16
No. 1 Bison 7 10 3 7 27

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Grizzlies 7 10 21 7 45
No. 4 Aggies 0 7 7 6 20

At North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Aggies 0 14 14 8 36
Fighting Hawks 14 14 7 3 38

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0 10 7 7 24
No. 24 Aggies 24 10 0 14 48

At Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Aggies 12 14 7 0 33
Thunderbirds 0 7 0 18 25

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Wildcats 7 9 10 10 36
No. 22 Aggies 7 0 7 6 20

At Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 7 21 45
Vikings 0 14 7 7 28

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 7 0 13 27
Aggies 0 10 7 0 17

At Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 10 0 0 17
No. 4 Hornets 3 7 3 14 27

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
STATS FCS 5 5 5 4 4 12 24 23 22 RV
Coaches 5 4 4 4 5 12 21 22 22 RV