| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | CAA |
| Record: | 5–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–5 |
| Head Coach: | Danny Rocco |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Jared Ambrose |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Chris Cosh |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Delaware Stadium |
The 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Danny Rocco, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. The stadium underwent renovations prior to the 2019 season.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in fifth place.[1]
| 1 | James Madison | 238 (20) | |
| 2 | Towson | 217 (3) | |
| 3 | Maine | 201 (1) | |
| 4 | Elon | 164 | |
| 5 | Delaware | 162 | |
| 6 | Stony Brook | 151 | |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 109 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 104 | |
| 9 | Villanova | 84 | |
| 10 | Richmond | 62 | |
| 11 | William & Mary | 58 | |
| 12 | Albany | 34 |
The Fightin' Blue Hens had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.[1]
Offense
Mario Farinella – OL
Special teams
Nick Pritchard – P
Delaware scheduled 12 games in the 2019 season instead of the 11 normally allowed for FCS programs.[2] 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]
| Head coach | 3rd | Wake Forest (1984) | ||
| Jared Ambrose | Offensive coordinator | 3rd | Shepherd (2007) | |
| Defensive coordinator/defensive backs | 3rd | Virginia Tech (1984) | ||
| Assistant head coach/running backs | 1st | Delaware (1973) | ||
| Levern Belin | Defensive line coach | 3rd | Wake Forest (1991) | |
| Holman Copeland | Assistant coach - Corners | 1st | ||
| Jalen Kindle | Assistant coach | 2nd | Delaware (2017) | |
| Dave Legg | Assistant coach – Outside linebackers/special teams | 1st | ||
| Gregory Meyer | Tight ends coach | 2nd | Buffalo State (2009) | |
| Bill Polin | Offensive line coach/recruiting coordinator | 3rd | Colby (2000) | |
| Outside linebackers coach | 3rd | Virginia (2009) | ||
| Wide receivers coach | 2nd | Iowa (1978) | ||
| Tony Palmieri | Video coordinator | 3rd | North Florida (2009) | |
| Carl Kotz | Director of football operations | 3rd | Clemson (2003) | |
| Chris Stewart | Strength and conditioning | 3rd | Western Carolina (1998) | |
| Felicia Bergman | Director of Football Advising | 3rd | Colorado State (2009) | |
| Jude Moser | Administrative Assistant | 10th | University of Delaware (1984) |
See also: 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team and Route 1 Rivalry.
See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team.
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team.
See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team.
See also: 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
See also: 2019 Elon Phoenix football team.
See also: 2019 New Hampshire Wildcats football team.
See also: 2019 Richmond Spiders football team.
See also: 2019 Towson Tigers football team.
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team.
See also: 2019 Stony Brook Seawolves football team.
See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team and Battle of the Blue.