2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

The 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team will represent the University of Delaware in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will play as members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They will be led by third-year head coach Danny Rocco, and will play their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware, with the stadium undergoing renovations prior to the 2019 season.

Previous season
The Fighitn' Blue Hens finished the 2018 season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish tied for third in the conference. Delaware also returned to the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2010, falling in the first round to CAA rival James Madison.

CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Fightin' Blue Hens were predicted to finish in fifth place.

Preseason All–CAA team
The Fightin' Blue Hens had two players selected to the preseason all-CAA team.

Offense

Mario Farinella – OL

Special Teams

Nick Pritchard – P

Schedule
Delaware 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.