2017 Youngstown State Penguins football team

The 2017 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Bo Pelini and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.[1] They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.

2017 Youngstown State Penguins football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2017 record6–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShane Montgomery (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorCarl Pelini (3rd season)
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
(Capacity: 20,630)
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 –1     14 –1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 –2     11 –3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 –2     8 –5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 –4     8 –5  
Illinois State  4 –4     6 –5  
Youngstown State  4 –4     6 –5  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     3 –8  
Indiana State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh*No. 9
ACCN ExtraL 21–28 OT40,012
September 92:00 p.m.Robert Morris*No. 8
ESPN3W 30–013,900
September 162:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*No. 6
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 59–915,377
September 307:00 p.m.No. 4 South Dakota StateNo. 6
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 19–717,450
October 73:00 p.m.at No. 7 South DakotaNo. 3
ESPN3L 28–3110,056
October 147:00 p.m.No. 2 North Dakota StateNo. 8
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3L 24–27 OT16,408
October 212:00 p.m.at Northern IowaNo. 9
ESPN3L 14–1912,146
October 282:00 p.m.No. 16 Illinois StateNo. 21
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3L 0–3512,723
November 42:00 p.m.at Indiana State
ESPN3W 66–243,047
November 111:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN3W 28–203,147
November 1812:00 p.m.Missouri State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3W 38–109,362

Game summaries

at Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 9 Penguins 0 0 7 140 21
Panthers 14 7 0 07 28
See also: 2017 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Robert Morris
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 0 0 0 0
No. 8 Penguins 6 7 3 14 30
See also: 2017 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 6 3 9
No. 6 Penguins 14 17 21 7 59
See also: 2017 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits 0 7 0 0 7
No. 6 Penguins 7 7 2 3 19
See also: 2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

at South Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Penguins 7 7 7 7 28
No. 7 Coyotes 7 14 7 3 31
See also: 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

North Dakota State
1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 2 Bison 0 10 7 73 27
No. 8 Penguins 10 0 7 70 24
See also: 2017 North Dakota State Bison football team

at Northern Iowa
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Penguins 0 7 0 7 14
Panthers 3 13 3 0 19
See also: 2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Illinois State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Redbirds 14 7 7 7 35
No. 21 Penguins 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team

at Indiana State
1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 28 10 14 14 66
Sycamores 7 17 0 0 24
See also: 2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team

at Southern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0 14 7 7 28
Salukis 0 7 10 3 20
See also: 2017 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 3 7 10
Penguins 10 14 0 14 38
See also: 2017 Missouri State Bears 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 9 8 6 6 6 3 8 9 21 RV RV RV RV RV 
Coaches 8 6–T 5 5 5–T 3 8 9 19 RV NR NR NR NR

References
  1. "Penguins Will Open 2017 Football Slate Against Pittsburgh". ysusports.com. January 24, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
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