2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football
2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	West Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach	Jeff Tedford (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Grubb (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Bert Watts (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Bulldog Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

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.

2019 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 22 Air Force	7	–	1	11	–	2
Utah State	6	–	2	7	–	6
Wyoming	4	–	4	8	–	5
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
New Mexico	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Hawaii xy	5	–	3	10	–	5
San Diego State x	5	–	3	10	–	3
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
San Jose State	2	–	6	5	–	7
UNLV	2	–	6	4	–	8
Fresno State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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

Mountain West media days

The Mountain West media days will be held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.

Media poll

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
August 31	7:30 p.m.	at USC*	LA Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	L 23–31	57,329
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Minnesota*	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	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*	Aggie Stadium Las Cruces, NM	FloSports/FSNAZ+	W 30–17	8,872
October 12	4:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	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	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPNU	L 31–41	32,890
November 2	9:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	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	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	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	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	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

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
4	119	Mykal Walker	ILB	Atlanta Falcons
6	181	Netane Muti	OG	Denver Broncos

References

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