2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team


The 2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bo Pelini and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Youngstown State finished the season 12–4 overall with a 6–2 mark in MVFC play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Samford, Jacksonville State, Wofford, and Eastern Washington to advance to the National Championship Game, where they lost to James Madison.

Schedule

Game summaries

Duquesne

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02014YSU, 34–23

at West Virginia

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11938WVU, 27–6

Robert Morris

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02015YSU, 21–14 OT

South Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–02015YSU, 31–3

at Illinois State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–132015ILST, 31–29

Northern Iowa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–212015UNI, 22–20

at South Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–112015SDSU, 38–8

Indiana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
20–52015INST, 27–24

at North Dakota State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–62015NDSU, 27–24

Southern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–12–12015SIU, 38–31

at Missouri State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
13–52015YSU, 47–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Samford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02002YSU, 37–29

Second Round–Jacksonville State

Quarterfinals–Wofford

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01996YSU, 28–0

Semifinals–Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01997 I-AA PlayoffsYSU, 25–14

Championship–James Madison

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–12006 FCS PlayoffsYSU, 35–31

Ranking movements