American college football season
2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football |
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
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Division | West Division |
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Record | 4–8 (2–6 MW) |
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Head coach | - Jeff Tedford (3rd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Grubb (1st season) |
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Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
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Defensive coordinator | Bert Watts (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Bulldog Stadium |
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The 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their games at Bulldog Stadium as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.[1] They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division.
On December 6, head coach Jeff Tedford resigned citing health reasons.[2] He finished at Fresno State with a three-year record of 26–14.
Preseason
The Mountain West media days will be held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Bulldogs were predicted to finish in first place in the MW West Division.[3]
Mountain Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Boise State | 120 (15) |
2 | Utah State | 108 (6) |
3 | Air Force | 73 |
4 | Wyoming | 66 |
5 | Colorado State | 52 |
6 | New Mexico | 22 |
West Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Fresno State | 122 (17) |
2 | San Diego State | 106 (3) |
3 | Nevada | 74 |
4 | Hawaii | 67 (1) |
5 | UNLV | 51 |
6 | San Jose State | 21 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at USC* | | ESPN | L 23–31 | 57,329 |
September 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Minnesota* | | CBSSN | L 35–38 2OT | 34,790 |
September 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Sacramento State* | - Bulldog Stadium
- Fresno, CA
| Stadium on Facebook | W 34–20 | 31,034 |
September 28 | 5:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State* | | FloSports/FSNAZ+ | W 30–17 | 8,872 |
October 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at Air Force | | CBSSN | L 24–43 | 22,544 |
October 18 | 7:00 p.m. | UNLV | - Bulldog Stadium
- Fresno, CA
| CBSSN | W 56–27 | 26,256 |
October 26 | 4:30 p.m. | Colorado State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Bulldog Stadium
- Fresno, CA
| ESPNU | L 31–41 | 32,890 |
November 2 | 9:00 p.m. | at Hawaii | | KAIL/SPEC HI[4] | W 41–38 | 22,058 |
November 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Utah State | - Bulldog Stadium
- Fresno, CA
| CBSSN | L 35–37 | 32,037 |
November 15 | 6:30 p.m. | at San Diego State | | ESPN2 | L 7–17 | 26,876 |
November 23 | 7:30 p.m. | Nevada | - Bulldog Stadium
- Fresno, CA
| ESPN2 | L 28–35 | 32,303 |
November 30 | 7:30 p.m. | at San Jose State | | ESPN2 | L 16–17 | 12,835 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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Source:[5]
Game summaries
At USC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
Trojans | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
Minnesota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
Golden Gophers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Sacramento State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hornets | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 34 |
At New Mexico State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
Aggies | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
At Air Force
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Falcons | 7 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 43 |
UNLV
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rebels | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 56 |
Colorado State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 14 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 41 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
At Hawaii
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 41 |
Rainbow Warriors | 0 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 38 |
Utah State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Aggies | 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 37 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
At San Diego State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Aztecs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Nevada
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wolf Pack | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
At San Jose State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Spartans | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Players drafted into the NFL
References
- ^ "Fresno State Bulldogs Article". Fresnobee.com. February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fresno State coach Jeff Tedford steps down after 3 seasons". Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles". TheMW.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ "Fresno State, KAIL-TV to broadcast games on local television".
- ^ 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football schedule. FBSchedules.com Retrieved March 26, 2019.
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