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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 [ edit ] MVFC poll [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The Penguins did not have any players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.[2]
Schedule [ edit ] 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 * ESPN W 45–2212,560 September 7 Howard * ESPN+ W 54–2812,390 September 14 Duquesne * Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ W 34–1415,991 September 28 Robert Morris * No. 22 Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ W 45–1012,659 October 5 at No. 13 Northern Iowa No. 18 ESPN3 L 14–2110,137 October 12 No. 3 South Dakota State No. 19 Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ L 28–3812,381 October 19 at Southern Illinois No. 19 ESPN+ L 10–357,670 October 26 Western Illinois Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ W 59–1410,437 November 2 No. 1 North Dakota State Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ L 17–5611,102 November 9 at South Dakota ESPN+ L 21–564,561 November 16 at Indiana State ESPN+ L 17–243,645 November 23 No. 7 Illinois State Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH ESPN+ W 21–39,190 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries [ edit ] Vs. Samford [ edit ]
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
14
0
7
7
28
Penguins
6
21
20
7
54
Duquesne [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Dukes
0
7
0
7
14
Penguins
7
14
6
7
34
Robert Morris [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Colonials
7
0
3
0
10
No. 22 Penguins
7
24
7
7
45
At Northern Iowa [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Penguins
0
7
7
0
14
No. 13 Panthers
7
14
0
0
21
South Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Jackrabbits
3
0
13
22
38
No. 19 Penguins
7
7
7
7
28
At Southern Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Penguins
3
7
0
0
10
Salukis
14
14
7
0
35
Western Illinois [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
7
0
0
7
14
Penguins
28
17
14
0
59
North Dakota State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Bison
21
21
7
7
56
Penguins
0
7
3
7
17
At South Dakota [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
7
7
0
7
21
Coyotes
21
14
14
7
56
At Indiana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
0
10
0
7
17
Sycamores
3
14
7
0
24
Illinois State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Redbirds
0
3
0
0
3
Penguins
7
7
0
7
21
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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 [ edit ]
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