The 2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented

Youngstown State University Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges ...

in the

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. They were led by fifth-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the

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. 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.

Preseason All–MVFC team

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

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.

Game summaries

Vs. Samford

Howard

Duquesne

Robert Morris

At Northern Iowa

South Dakota State

At Southern Illinois

Western Illinois

North Dakota State

At South Dakota

At Indiana State

Illinois State

Ranking movements

References

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Youngstown State Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio. The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...

Youngstown State Penguins football seasons

Youngstown State Penguins football The Youngstown State Penguins football team represents Youngstown State University in college football. Youngstown State currently plays as a member of the NCAA at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Divisi ...