2019 Colorado State Rams football team Colorado State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2019 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Rams were led by fifth-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference . The Rams finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place in the Mountain Division.
On December 4, head coach Mike Bobo agreed to step down as head coach.[ 1] He finished at Colorado State with a five-year record of 28–35.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
The Mountain West media days were held from July 23−24, 2019 at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, NV .
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Rams were predicted to finish in fifth place in the MW Mountain Division.[ 5]
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
Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Rams had one player selected to the preseason All−Mountain West Team.[ 6]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 8:00 p.m. vs. Colorado * ESPN L 31–52 66,997
September 7 2:00 p.m. Western Illinois * AT&T RM W 38–13 19,435
September 14 2:00 p.m. at Arkansas * SECN L 34–5555,583
September 21 8:15 p.m. Toledo * Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO ESPN2 L 35–41 24,464
September 28 5:30 p.m. at Utah State CBSSN L 24–34 20,017
October 5 8:00 p.m. San Diego State Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO ESPN2 L 10–2429,767
6:00 p.m. at New Mexico CBSSN W 35–21 15,393
October 26 5:30 p.m. at Fresno State ESPNU W 41–31 32,890
November 2 1:30 p.m. UNLV Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO AT&T RM W 37–17 24,103
November 16 5:00 p.m. Air Force ESPN2 L 21–38 24,914
7:30 p.m. at Wyoming ESPN2 L 7–17 21,152
1:30 p.m. No. 20 Boise State Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO CBSSN L 24–31 12,324
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Schedule Source: [ 7]
Game summaries
Vs. Colorado
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Western Illinois
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At Arkansas
Game information
First Quarter
(14:42) CSU – Marvin Kinsey Jr. 75 yard rush, Cayden Camper kick (Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:18; Colorado State 7–0 )
(13:00) ARK – Trey Knox 24 yard pass from Nick Starkel, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:42; Tied 7–7 )
(7:54) ARK – Chase Harrell 14 yard pass from Nick Starkel, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 11 yards, 82 yards, 3:34; Arkansas 14–7 )
(5:54) ARK – Rakeem Boyd 59 yard rush, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:25; Arkansas 21–7 )
(3:27) CSU – Warren Jackson 14 yard pass from Collin Hill, Cayden Camper kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:32; Arkansas 21–14 )
(1:02) ARK – Connor Limpert 54 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 28 yards, 2:25; Arkansas 24–14 )
Second Quarter
(11:41) ARK – Connor Limpert 22 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 34 yards, 3:13; Arkansas 27–14 )
(7:31) CSU – Collin Hill 1 yard rush, Cayden Camper kick (Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 1:55; Arkansas 27–21 )
(0:04) CSU – Cayden Camper 46 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 2:37; Arkansas 27–24 )
Third Quarter
(13:07) ARK – Rakeem Boyd 4 yard rush, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 1:53; Arkansas 34–24 )
(5:45) CSU – Cayden Camper 21 yard field goal (Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 7:22; Arkansas 34–27 )
(2:26) CSU – Dante Wright 75 yard pass from Patrick O'Brien, Cayden Camper kick (Drive: 3 plays, 72 yards, 1:44; Tied 34–34 )
Fourth Quarter
(8:52) ARK – Devwah Whaley 5 yard rush, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 2:43; Arkansas 41–34 )
(5:32) ARK – Cheyenne O'Grady 62 yard pass from Nick Starkel, Connor Limpert kick (Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 2:10; Arkansas 48–34 )
(3:31) ARK – LaDarrius Bishop 25 yard fumble return, Connor Limpert kick (Arkansas 55–34 )
Passing
CSU – Patrick O'Brien – 7/10, 106 yards, 1 TD
ARK – Nick Starkel – 20/35, 305 yards, 3 TD
Rushing
CSU – Marvin Kinsey Jr. – 20 carries, 180 yards, 1 TD
ARK – Rakeem Boyd – 20 yards, 122 yards, 2 TD
Receiving
CSU – Dante Wright – 4 receptions, 97 yards, 1 TD
ARK – Treylon Burks – 4 receptions, 92 yards
Toledo
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At Utah State
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San Diego State
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At New Mexico
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At Fresno State
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UNLV
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Air Force
Air Force Falcons at Colorado State Rams (Battle for the Ram–Falcon Trophy)
Quarter
Total
Falcons
0
10
0 28 38
Rams
14
0
0 7 21
at Canvas Stadium , Fort Collins, CO
Game information
First Quarter
(09:03) CSU TD – Trey McBride 4-yard pass from Patrick O'Brien, Maxwell Poduska kickDrive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 5:57; Colorado State 7–0
(03:32) CSU TD – Mohamed Kamara 63-yard fumble return, Maxwell Poduska kickDrive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00; Colorado State 14–0
Second Quarter
(06:42) AF TD – Benjamin Waters 31-yard pass from Donald Hammond III, Jake Koehnke kickDrive: 5 plays, 65 yards, 2:18; Colorado State 14–7
(01:05) AF FG – Jake Koehnke 31-yard field goalDrive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 2:43; Colorado State 14–10
Third Quarter
No scoring
Fourth Quarter
(13:44) AF TD – Geraud Sanders 50-yard pass from Donald Hammond III, Jake Koehnke kickDrive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:36; Air Force 17–14
(07:21) AF TD – Benjamin Waters 28-yard pass from Donald Hammond III, Jake Koehnke kickDrive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 4:41; Air Force 24–14
(06:36) CSU TD – Dante Wright 17-yard pass from Patrick O'Brien, Maxwell Poduska kickDrive: 2 plays, 75 yards, 0:45; Air Force 24–21
(02:32) AF TD – Donald Hammond III 1-yard rush, Jake Koehnke kickDrive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:04; Air Force 31–21
(01:22) AF TD – Zane Lewis 99-yard interception return, Jake Koehnke kickDrive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00; Air Force 38–21
Passing
AF – Donald Hammond III: 5/11, 126 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
CSU – Patrick O'Brien: 28/43, 347 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
AF – Kadin Remsberg: 17 carries, 101 yards
CSU – Marcus McElroy: 11 carries, 51 yards
Receiving
AF – Benjamin Waters: 2 receptions, 59 yards, 2 TD
CSU – Warren Jackson: 8 receptions, 88 yards
At Wyoming
Game information
First Quarter
No scoring
Second Quarter
(11:52) WYO – Tyler Vander Waal 1-yard touchdown run, Cooper Rothe kickDrive: 11 plays, 93 yards, 5:30; Wyoming 7–0
(4:52) CSU – Warren Jackson 4-yard touchdown receptions from Patrick O'Brien, Braxton Davis kickDrive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:00; Tied 7–7
Third Quarter
(6:04) WYO – Levi Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Cooper Rothe kickDrive: 10 plays, 44 yards, 5:41; Wyoming 14–7
Fourth Quarter
(3:33) WYO – Cooper Rothe 48-yard field goalDrive: 11 plays, 28 yards, 5:44; Wyoming 17–7
Passing
CSU – Patrick O'Brien – 17/29, 217 yards, TD, INT
WYO – Tyler Vander Waal – 6/13, 56 yards
Rushing
CSU – Jaylen Thomas – 14 carries, 23 yards
WYO – Xazavian Valladay – 27 carries, 154 yards
Receiving
CSU – Warren Jackson – 6 receptions, 95 yards, TD
WYO – Austin Conway – 3 receptions, 35 yards
Boise State
Game information
First Quarter
(11:12) CSU – Jaylen Thomas 3-yard run, Braxton Davis kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:48; Colorado State 7–0 )
(2:34) BSU – Garrett Collingham 2-yard run, Eric Sachse kick (Drive: 17 plays, 73 yards, 8:32; Tied 7–7 )
Second Quarter
(14:55) BSU – CT Thomas 5-yard pass from Jaylon Henderson, Eric Sachse kick (Drive: 5 yards, 20 yards, 2:31; Boise State 14–7 )
(8:47) CSU – Warren Jackson 16-yard pass from Patrick O'Brien, Braxton Davis kick (Drive: 12 plays, 81 yards, 6:04; Tied 14–14 )
(1:16) BSU – Garrett Collingham 3-yard pass from Jaylon Henderson, Eric Sachse kick (Drive: 14 plays, 79 yards, 7:25; Boise State 21–14 )
(0:18) BSU – Eric Sachse 39-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 0:23; Boise State 24–14 )
Third Quarter
(3:49) CSU – Trey McBride 28-yard pass from Patrick O'Brien, Braxton Davis kick (Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:30; Boise State 24–21 )
Fourth Quarter
(11:26) BSU – Jaylon Henderson 1-yard run, Eric Sachse kick (Drive: 5 plays, 76 yards, 2:19; Boise State 31–21 )
(8:02) CSU – Braxton Davis 34-yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards, 3:18; Boise State 31–24 )
Passing
BSU – Jaylon Henderson – 26/36, 253 yards, 2 TD
CSU – Patrick O'Brien – 26/40, 175 yards
Rushing
BSU – George Holani – 18 carries, 42 yards
CSU – Kentrail Moran – 9 carries, 36 yards, TD
Receiving
Source: [ 20]
References
^ "Mike Bobo steps down as football coach at Colorado State - Sentinel Colorado" . December 4, 2019.
^ "2019 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF) . July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
^ "2019 Ray Guy Award Pre−Season Watch List" . July 24, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
^ "2019 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List" . July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
^ "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2019 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles" . TheMW.com . July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
^ "2019 Mountain West Football Preseason All−Conference Team" . July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
^ "2019 Football Schedule" . CSURams.com .
^ "Colorado State vs. Colorado – Game Summary – August 30, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Western Illinois at Colorado State – Game Summary – September 7, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Colorado State at Arkansas – Game Summary – September 14, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Toledo at Colorado State – Game Summary – September 21, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Colorado State at Utah State – Game Summary – September 28, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "San Diego State at Colorado State – Game Summary – October 5, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Colorado State at New Mexico – Game Summary – October 12, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Colorado State at Fresno State – Game Summary – October 26, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "UNLV at Colorado State – Game Summary – November 2, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Air Force at Colorado State – Game Summary – November 16, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Colorado State at Wyoming – Game Summary – November 23, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Boise State at Colorado State – Game Summary – November 30, 2019" . ESPN . Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
^ "Profile of the Colorado State Rams" . Winsipedia. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
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