American college football season
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 |
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August 24 | vs. Samford* | | | ESPN | W 45–22 | 12,560 |
September 7 | Howard* | | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | | ESPN+ | L 21–56 | 4,561 |
November 16 | at Indiana State | | | 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 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | |
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Coaches | — | RV | RV | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | |
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References
- ^ "North Dakota State Picked to Win Missouri Valley Football Crown". www.valleynewslive.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "MVFC Announces Preseason All-Conference Team". valley-football.org. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2019 Youngstown State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (January 9, 2019). "Youngstown State releases 2019 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Youngstown State Football Schedule". Youngstown State Athletics.
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