2019 Youngstown State Penguins football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record6–6 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Crist (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorDonald D’Alesio (4th season)
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   8 – 0     16 – 0  
No. 5 Northern Iowa ^   6 – 2     10 – 5  
No. 7 Illinois State ^   5 – 3     10 – 5  
No. 10 South Dakota State ^   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Southern Illinois   5 – 3     7 – 5  
South Dakota   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Indiana State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Youngstown State   2 – 6     6 – 6  
Missouri State   1 – 7     1 – 10  
Western Illinois   1 – 7     1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bo Pelini and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in eighth place.

Preseason

MVFC poll

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Penguins were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Dakota State 392 (32)
2 South Dakota State 348 (4)
3 Illinois State 289 (3)
4 Indiana State 279 (1)
5 Northern Iowa 266
6 South Dakota 176
7 Youngstown State 153
8 Western Illinois 128
9 Southern Illinois 89
10 Missouri State 80

Preseason All–MVFC team

The Penguins did not have any players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]

Schedule

YSU has scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs. Under a standard provision of NCAA rules, all FCS teams are allowed to schedule 12 regular-season games in years in which the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the last Saturday of November contains 14 Saturdays.[3]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 24vs. Samford*
ESPNW 45–2212,560
September 7Howard*
ESPN+W 54–2812,390
September 14Duquesne*
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 34–1415,991
September 28Robert Morris*No. 22
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 45–1012,659
October 5at No. 13 Northern IowaNo. 18
ESPN3L 14–2110,137
October 12 No. 3 South Dakota StateNo. 19
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+L 28–3812,381
October 19at Southern IllinoisNo. 19
ESPN+L 10–357,670
October 26Western Illinois
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 59–1410,437
November 2 No. 1 North Dakota State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+L 17–5611,102
November 9at South Dakota
ESPN+L 21–564,561
November 16at Indiana State
ESPN+L 17–243,645
November 23 No. 7 Illinois State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 21–39,190
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game

[4][5][6]

Game summaries

Vs. Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 14 10 0 21 45
Bulldogs 7 0 0 15 22

See also: 2019 Samford Bulldogs football team

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 14 0 7 7 28
Penguins 6 21 20 7 54

See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

Duquesne

1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 0 7 0 7 14
Penguins 7 14 6 7 34

See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team

Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 7 0 3 0 10
No. 22 Penguins 7 24 7 7 45

See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Penguins 0 7 7 0 14
No. 13 Panthers 7 14 0 0 21

See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits 3 0 13 22 38
No. 19 Penguins 7 7 7 7 28

See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

At Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Penguins 3 7 0 0 10
Salukis 14 14 7 0 35

See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 0 0 7 14
Penguins 28 17 14 0 59

See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Bison 21 21 7 7 56
Penguins 0 7 3 7 17

See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 7 7 0 7 21
Coyotes 21 14 14 7 56

See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

At Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0 10 0 7 17
Sycamores 3 14 7 0 24

See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Redbirds 0 3 0 0 3
Penguins 7 7 0 7 21

See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCSRVRVRV2422181919RVRVRV———
Coaches—RVRV2120171718RVRV————

References

  1. ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bylaw 17.10.5.1: Number of Contests, Maximum Limitations—Institutional" (PDF). 2018–19 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. July 2018. p. 273. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Youngstown State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Kelley, Kevin (January 9, 2019). "Youngstown State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Youngstown State Football Schedule". Youngstown State Athletics.
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