2018 Youngstown State Penguins football team

2018 Youngstown State Penguins football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2018 record 2–3 (1–1 MVFC)
Head coach Bo Pelini (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Crist (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator Richard McNutt (1st as DC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator Donald D'Alesio (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadium Stambaugh Stadium
(Capacity: 20,630)
2018 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State  2 –0     5 –0  
No. 24 South Dakota  2 –0     3 –2  
No. 12 Illinois State  1 –1     4 –1  
No. 2 South Dakota State  1 –1     3 –1  
Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Northern Iowa  1 –1     2 –3  
Western Illinois  1 –1     2 –3  
Youngstown State  1 –1     2 –3  
Indiana State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Illinois  0 –2     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Youngstown State Penguins football team represents Youngstown State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Bo Pelini and play their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Previous season

The Penguins finished the season 2017 season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] Tevin McCaster RB SR

Preseason MVFC poll

The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Penguins predicted to finish in fourth place.[2]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Dakota State390 (39)
2South Dakota State270
3Northern Iowa258
4Youngstown State248
5Illinois State248
6South Dakota206
7Western Illinois163
8Southern Illinois139
9Missouri State90
10Indiana State41

Preseason All-MVFC Teams

The Penguins placed six players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:00 p.m.Butler*No. 25
ESPN+L 21–2311,219
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 14 (FBS) West Virginia*
AT&TSN PittL 17–5258,446
September 152:00 p.m.Valparaiso*
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 42–714,913
September 294:00 p.m.at Western Illinois
ESPN3L 38–454,352
October 66:00 p.m.Southern Illinoisdagger
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+W 17–1414,581
October 133:00 p.m.at No. 2 South Dakota State
ESPN+
October 206:00 p.m.South Dakota
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+
October 272:00 p.m.Indiana State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+
November 33:30 p.m.at North Dakota State
ESPN+
November 1012:00 p.m.Northern Iowa
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN+
November 171:00 p.m.at Illinois State
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 0 0 16 23
No. 25 Penguins 7 0 14 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2014 YSU, 44–13

at West Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0 7 10 0 17
No. 14 (FBS) Mountaineers 7 14 21 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2016 WVU, 38–21

Valparaiso

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 7 0 0 0 7
Penguins 7 14 14 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2012 YSU, 59–0

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 7 0 10 21 38
Leathernecks 6 10 14 15 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–12 2015 YSU, 23–21

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 7 0 7 14
Penguins 3 3 0 11 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–12–1 2017 YSU, 28–21

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
No. 2 Jackrabbits 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2017 YSU, 19–7

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0
Penguins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2017 YSU, 31–28

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0
Penguins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–5 2017 YSU, 66–24

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
Bison 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–8 2017 NDSU, 27–24

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0
Penguins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–21 2017 UNI, 19–14

at Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
Redbirds 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–14 2017 ILST, 35–0

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 25 RV NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches 24 RV NR RV NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.valley-football.org/news/2018/7/19/football-north-dakota-state-tabbed-as-favorite-to-win-2018-mvfc-title.aspx
  3. ↑ http://valley-football.org/documents/2018/7/31//2018_MVFC_Preseason_Team_and_Poll.pdf?id=41
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