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.

2016 Youngstown State Penguins football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 2
FCS CoachesNo. 2
2016 record12–4 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShane Montgomery (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Pelini (2nd season)
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
(Capacity: 20,630)
2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 North Dakota State +^  7 –1     12 –2  
No. 6 South Dakota State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 2 Youngstown State ^  6 –2     12 –4  
Illinois State ^  4 –4     6 –6  
Northern Iowa  4 –4     5 –6  
Western Illinois  3 –5     6 –5  
South Dakota  3 –5     4 –7  
Indiana State  2 –6     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     4 –7  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 pmDuquesne*
ESPN3W 45–1012,219
September 102:00 pmat West Virginia*No. 20
RTPTL 21–3856,261
September 174:00 pmRobert Morris*No. 20
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 38–619,033
October 14:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 20
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 30–2015,151
October 83:00 pmat No. 23 Illinois StateNo. 15
ESPN3W 20–612,570
October 157:00 pmNo. 21 Northern IowaNo. 14
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 14–1013,373
October 223:00 pmat No. 7 South Dakota StateNo. 13
ESPN3L 10–2417,730
October 294:00 pmIndiana StateNo. 15
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 13–1015,082
November 53:30 pmat No. 4 North Dakota StateNo. 15
ESPN3L 3–2418,332
November 1212:00 pmSouthern IllinoisNo. 17
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 21–1411,262
November 193:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 15
ESPN3W 65–205,070
November 265:00 pmNo. 23 Samford*No. 13
ESPN3W 38–245,322
December 32:00 pmat No. 2 Jacksonville State*No. 13
ESPN3W 40–2418,838
December 102:00 pmNo. 19 Wofford*No. 13
ESPN3W 30–23 2OT8,066
December 176:30 pmat No. 3 Eastern Washington*No. 13
ESPNUW 40–385,233
January 7, 201712:00 pmvs. No. 5 James Madison*No. 13
ESPN2L 14–2814,423

Roster
2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Darius Shackleford  Fr
WR 4 Damoun Patterson Jr
WR 5 Alvin Bailey Jr
QB 6 Hunter Wells Jr
QB 7 Nathan Mays  Fr
WR 8 Robert Byrd So
WR 9 I'tavious Harvin Jr
WR 9 Isiah Scott So
QB 11 Trent Hosick Jr
QB 12 Ricky Davis Jr
WR 13 Stefan Derrick II Jr
WR 16 Jermiah Braswell Fr
TB 20 Jody Webb Sr
WR 21 Darien Townsend Jr
WR 23 Donovan McWilson  Fr
RB 24 Devon McNutt Fr
RB 28 London Pearson Fr
RB 29 Martin Ruiz Sr
TB 30 Joe Alessi  Fr
WR 36 Zack Torbert  Fr
RB 37 Tevin McCaster So
C 51 Cole McKenry  Fr
G 54 Jarred Jones Fr
G 60 Gavin Wiggins So
T 61 Justin Spencer Jr
G 64 Norman Fox Fr
G 67 Brock Eisenhuth Sr
T 68 Connor Sharp So
C 69 Cole Newsome Jr
C 70 Vitas Hrynkiewicz So
T 71 Cameron Fraser Jr
T 72 James Wilson  Fr
G 74 Jacob Zinni  Fr
G 75 Jason Sims  Fr
T 77 Dylan Colucci Sr
T 78 Jeff Rotheram So
WR 80 Lasander Washington Jr
WR 81 Ryan Emans  Fr
WR 82 Samuel St. Surin Fr
TE 83 Kevin Rader Jr
TE 86 Shane Kuhn Jr
WR 87 Brad Good Jr
TE 88 Jacob Wood Sr
WR 89 Tre'von Williams  Fr
TE 95 Anthony Parente Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Eric Thompson Sr
DE 2 Joshmere Dawson Sr
FS 3 LeRoy Alexander Sr
LB 4 Jonathan Pollock Fr
LB 5 Lee Wright Jr
LB 6 Jamar Pinnock Sr
CB 7 Kenny Bishop Sr
CB 8 Nate Dortch Sr
DE 9 Avery Moss Sr
S 10 Kyle Hegedus  Fr
DE 11 Derek Rivers Fr
FS 14 Solomon Warfield Jr
CB 15 Avery Larkin So
FS 16 Jalyn Powell Jr
DB 17 Billy Nicoe Hurst Jr
CB 18 D. J. Thomas Jr
CB 19 Chrispin Lee So
DT 21 Jamal Smith Fr
CB 22 Darius Hall Fr
LB 25 Nathan Pittman So
SS 26 Jameel Smith Sr
SS 27 Kieran Winn Fr
LB 28 Malachi Newell Fr
CB 31 David Rivers III Sr
DE 33 Johnson Louigene So
CB 34 Mike Nash  Fr
LB 35 Christiaan Randall-Posey  Fr
FS 38 Logan Rhea So
LB 40 Jaylin Kelly Sr
LB 41 Curtis Parks  Fr
LB 42 Armand Dellovade So
LB 45 Cole Kochman Jr
DE 50 Shereif Bynum  Fr
DT 52 Savon Smith So
DT 53 Justin Metzel Fr
DT 55 Giacamo Cappabianca Fr
DE 59 Simon Smith  Fr
DT 66 Cody Squiric So
DT 76 Lamont Ragland So
DT 90 Wesley Thompson Fr
DT 92 Donald Mesier Jr
DT 97 Rickey Hagood II Sr
DE 98 Fazson Chapman Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 39 Nate Needham Fr
PK 49 Connor McFadden Jr
LS 57 Steven Wethli So
P, TE 85 Mark Schuler  Fr
PK 99 Zak Kennedy So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Duquesne
1 2 3 4 Total
Dukes 3 7 0 0 10
Penguins 10 14 7 14 45
See also: 2016 Duquesne Dukes football team

at West Virginia
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Penguins 0 14 0 7 21
Mountaineers 7 7 17 7 38
See also: 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Robert Morris
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 0 6 0 6
#20 Penguins 14 3 14 7 38
See also: 2016 Robert Morris Colonials football team

South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 3 0 3 14 20
#20 Penguins 10 10 0 10 30
See also: 2016 South Dakota Coyotes football team

at Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Penguins 0 3 0 17 20
#23 Redbirds 0 0 6 0 6
See also: 2016 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Panthers 0 10 0 0 10
#14 Penguins 0 0 0 14 14
See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

at South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 3 0 0 7 10
#7 Jackrabbits 14 3 7 0 24
See also: 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 10 0 0 0 10
#15 Penguins 0 6 0 7 13
See also: 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

at North Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Penguins 0 3 0 0 3
#4 Bison 17 0 0 7 24
See also: 2016 North Dakota State Bison football team

Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 0 7 7 14
#17 Penguins 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

at Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Penguins 14 20 17 14 65
Bears 0 10 0 10 20
See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Bulldogs 7 0 0 17 24
#13 Penguins 7 3 14 14 38
See also: 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team

Second Round–Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 17 3 14 6 40
#2 Gamecocks 7 10 7 0 24
See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Quarterfinals–Wofford
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#19 Terriers 9 0 7 700 23
#13 Penguins 0 13 7 307 30
See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Semifinals–Eastern Washington
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 7 10 3 20 40
#3 Eagles 10 14 7 7 38
See also: 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Championship–James Madison
1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Penguins 0 7 0 7 14
#5 Dukes 14 7 7 0 28
See also: 2016 James Madison Dukes football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV 20 20 16 20 15 14 13 15 15 17 15 13 2 
Coaches RV 22 20 17 15 13 12 12 14 13 15 14 12–T 2

References
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