2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

The 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Aggies were led by third–year head coach Dan Hawkins and played their home games at UC Davis Health Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.

2019 UC Davis Aggies football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2019 record	5–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Dan Hawkins (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Plough (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Robert Tucker (3rd season)
Home stadium	UC Davis Health Stadium (Capacity: 10,743)

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. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 4 Montana State ^		6	–	2					11	–	4
Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5					5	–	7
Cal Poly		2	–	6					3	–	8
Southern Utah		2	–	6					3	–	9
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					4	–	8
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					2	–	10
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	9
+ – 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

Previous season

The Aggies 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 Eastern Washington and Weber State. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Northern Iowa in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals to Eastern Washington.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Offense Jake Maier – QB Jared Harrell – WR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	3:30 p.m.	at (FBS) California*	No. 5	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	L 13–27	44,168
September 7	2:00 p.m.	at San Diego*	No. 5	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	WCC Network via Stadium	W 38–35	2,427
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Lehigh*	No. 5	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	Pluto TV	W 41–13	9,908
September 21	12:30 p.m.	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 4	Fargodome Fargo, ND	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	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Pluto TV	L 36–38	8,987
October 12	4:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	No. 24	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA (Battle for the Golden Horseshoe)	Eleven	W 48–24	11,194
October 19	5:05 p.m.	at Southern Utah	No. 23	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	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		Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	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		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA (Causeway Classic)	Pluto TV	L 17–27	19,882
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

• Source:[3]

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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place 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

References

1. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
2. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
3. "2019 Football Schedule". UC Davis Athletics.