2023 Weber State Wildcats football team
American college football season
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 6–5 (4–4 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Mickey Mental (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Grant Duff (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Joe Dale (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Stewart Stadium |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Montana $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Idaho ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Montana State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 UC Davis | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Sacramento State ^ | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Mickey Mental and played at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. Mental took over for longtime coach Jay Hill who left for the defensive coordinator job with BYU.[1]
Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Wildcats were predicted to finish fourth in the Big Sky by the coaches and sixth by the media.[2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Montana State | 120 (10) |
2 | UC Davis | 96 (1) |
3 | Sacramento State | 94 (1) |
4 | Weber State | 91 |
5 | Idaho | 89 |
6 | Montana | 84 |
7 | Eastern Washington | 52 |
8 | Portland State | 45 |
9 | Northern Arizona | 44 |
10 | Northern Colorado | 37 |
11 | Cal Poly | 25 |
12 | Idaho State | 15 |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Montana State | 447 (26) |
2 | Idaho | 410 (8) |
3 | Montana | 359 (2) |
4 | Sacramento State | 334 (3) |
5 | UC Davis | 330 |
6 | Weber State | 320 |
7 | Eastern Washington | 216 |
8 | Northern Arizona | 178 |
9 | Portland State | 167 |
10 | Northern Colorado | 109 |
11 | Cal Poly | 103 |
12 | Idaho State | 69 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Central Washington* | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 35–10 | 6,316 | |
September 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 21 Northern Iowa* | No. 12 | ESPN+ | W 34–17 | 7,967 | |
September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 12 (FBS) Utah* | No. 9 | P12N | L 7–31 | 51,532 | |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 3 Montana State | No. 10 |
| ESPN+ | L 0–40 | 10,905 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Colorado | No. 13 | ESPN+ | W 28–21 | 3,375 | |
October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Northern Arizona | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | L 10–27 | 7,694 |
October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | UC Davis![]() | No. 22 |
| ESPN+ | L 16–17 | 7,121 |
October 21 | 5:00 p.m. | at Eastern Washington | ESPN+ | L 23–31 | 7,514 | ||
November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Idaho State | ESPN+ | W 33–21 | 8,233 | ||
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Idaho |
| ESPN+ | W 31–29 | 8,741 | |
November 18 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly | ESPN+ | W 48–21 | 4,829 | ||
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 22 | RV | ||||||
Coaches | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 23 | — |
References
- ^ "Mickey Mental introduced as new Weber State head coach". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. December 12, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "Montana State Tabbed Preseason Football Favorites". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Football Schedule". weberstatesports.com. Weber State Wildcats. Retrieved April 19, 2023.