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
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 * ESPN L 23–3157,329
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 34–2031,034
September 28 5:00 p.m. at New Mexico State * FloSports /FSNAZ+ W 30–178,872
October 12 4:00 p.m. at Air Force CBSSN L 24–4322,544
7:00 p.m. UNLV Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA CBSSN W 56–2726,256
October 26 4:30 p.m. Colorado State dagger Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPNU L 31–4132,890
November 2 9:00 p.m. at Hawaii KAIL /SPEC HI [ 4] W 41–3822,058
November 9 4:00 p.m. Utah State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA CBSSN L 35–3732,037
6:30 p.m. at San Diego State ESPN2 L 7–1726,876
November 23 7:30 p.m. Nevada Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 L 28–3532,303
November 30 7:30 p.m. at San Jose State ESPN2 L 16–1712,835
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
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