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.
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Penguins were predicted to finish in seventh place.[1]
| 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 |
The Penguins did not have any players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
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]
See also: 2019 Samford Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team.
See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team.
See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team.
See also: 2019 Northern Iowa Panthers football team.
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team.
See also: 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team.
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team.
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team.
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team.
See also: 2019 Indiana State Sycamores football team.
See also: 2019 Illinois State Redbirds football team.