2019 Youngstown State Penguins football team

2019 Youngstown State Penguins football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	6–6 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Bo Pelini (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Crist (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Donald D’Alesio (4th season)
Home stadium	Stambaugh Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

v t e	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]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	vs. Samford*		Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	W 45–22	12,560
September 7	Howard*		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 54–28	12,390
September 14	Duquesne*		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 34–14	15,991
September 28	Robert Morris*	No. 22	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 45–10	12,659
October 5	at No. 13 Northern Iowa	No. 18	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 14–21	10,137
October 12	No. 3 South Dakota State	No. 19	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 28–38	12,381
October 19	at Southern Illinois	No. 19	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	L 10–35	7,670
October 26	Western Illinois		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 59–14	10,437
November 2	No. 1 North Dakota State		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	L 17–56	11,102
November 9	at South Dakota		DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN+	L 21–56	4,561
November 16	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	L 17–24	3,645
November 23	No. 7 Illinois State		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN+	W 21–3	9,190
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Vs. Samford

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

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP YSU SAM 1 9:09 5 85 1:22 SAM Robert Adams 55-yard touchdown reception from Liam Welch, Mitchell Fineran kick good 0 7 1 2:12 13 83 6:57 YSU Samuel St. Surin 16-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Mays, Colton McFadden kick good 7 7 1 1:29 YSU Fumble recovery returned 25 yards for touchdown by Cash Mitchell, Colton McFadden kick good 14 7 2 10:57 8 41 3:55 YSU 43-yard field goal by Colton McFadden 17 7 2 0:36 12 90 2:46 YSU Josh Burgett 4-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Mays, Colton McFadden kick good 24 7 4 14:29 8 63 3:45 YSU Braxton Chapman 1-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good 31 7 4 13:37 3 70 0:52 SAM Montrell Washington 64-yard touchdown reception from Chris Oladokun, 2-point run good 31 15 4 5:16 13 75 8:21 YSU Braxton Champan 1-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good 38 15 4 3:17 6 36 1:59 SAM Chris Oladokun 10-yard touchdown run, Mitchell Finehan kick good 38 22 4 2:16 3 44 1:01 YSU Christian Turner 3-yard touchdown run, Colton McFadden kick good 45 22 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 45 22

Howard

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

Duquesne

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

Robert Morris

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

At Northern Iowa

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

South Dakota State

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

At Southern Illinois

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

Western Illinois

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

North Dakota State

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

At South Dakota

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

At Indiana State

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

Illinois State

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	24	22	18	19	19	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—
Coaches	—	RV	RV	21	20	17	17	18	RV	RV	—	—	—	—

References