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.

In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Penguins were predicted to finish in seventh place.

[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.