2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team

2016 Youngstown State Penguins football
2016 Youngstown State Penguins football
FCS Championship Game, L 14–28 vs. James Madison
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 2
FCS Coaches	No. 2
Record	12–4 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach	Bo Pelini (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Shane Montgomery (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Pelini (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stambaugh Stadium

2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 pm	Duquesne*		Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 45–10	12,219
September 10	2:00 pm	at West Virginia*	No. 20	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	RTPT	L 21–38	56,261
September 17	4:00 pm	Robert Morris*	No. 20	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 38–6	19,033
October 1	4:00 pm	South Dakota	No. 20	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 30–20	15,151
October 8	3:00 pm	at No. 23 Illinois State	No. 15	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN3	W 20–6	12,570
October 15	7:00 pm	No. 21 Northern Iowa	No. 14	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 14–10	13,373
October 22	3:00 pm	at No. 7 South Dakota State	No. 13	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 10–24	17,730
October 29	4:00 pm	Indiana State	No. 15	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 13–10	15,082
November 5	3:30 pm	at No. 4 North Dakota State	No. 15	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN3	L 3–24	18,332
November 12	12:00 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 17	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	ESPN3	W 21–14	11,262
November 19	3:00 pm	at Missouri State	No. 15	Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO	ESPN3	W 65–20	5,070
November 26	5:00 pm	No. 23 Samford*	No. 13	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 38–24	5,322
December 3	2:00 pm	at No. 2 Jacksonville State*	No. 13	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 40–24	18,838
December 10	2:00 pm	No. 19 Wofford*	No. 13	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	W 30–23 ^2OT	8,066
December 17	6:30 pm	at No. 3 Eastern Washington*	No. 13	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPNU	W 40–38	5,233
January 7, 2017	12:00 pm	vs. No. 5 James Madison*	No. 13	Toyota Stadium Frisco, TX (FCS National Championship Game)	ESPN2	L 14–28	14,423
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source: Schedule

Roster

2016 Youngstown State Penguins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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
OT	`61`	Justin Spencer	Jr
G	`64`	Norman Fox	Fr
G	`67`	Brock Eisenhuth	Sr
OT	`68`	Connor Sharp	So
C	`69`	Cole Newsome	Jr
C	`70`	Vitas Hrynkiewicz	So
OT	`71`	Cameron Fraser	Jr
OT	`72`	James Wilson	Fr
G	`74`	Jacob Zinni	Fr
G	`75`	Jason Sims	Fr
OT	`77`	Dylan Colucci	Sr
OT	`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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
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

Bo Pelini

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

At West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Penguins	0	14	0	7	21
Mountaineers	7	7	17	7	38

Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	0	0	6	0	6
#20 Penguins	14	3	14	7	38

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	3	0	3	14	20
#20 Penguins	10	10	0	10	30

At Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Penguins	0	3	0	17	20
#23 Redbirds	0	0	6	0	6

Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Panthers	0	10	0	0	10
#14 Penguins	0	0	0	14	14

At South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	3	0	0	7	10
#7 Jackrabbits	14	3	7	0	24

Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	10	0	0	0	10
#15 Penguins	0	6	0	7	13

At North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Penguins	0	3	0	0	3
#4 Bison	17	0	0	7	24

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	0	7	7	14
#17 Penguins	7	7	0	7	21

At Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Penguins	14	20	17	14	65
Bears	0	10	0	10	20

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Bulldogs	7	0	0	17	24
#13 Penguins	7	3	14	14	38

Second Round–Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	17	3	14	6	40
#2 Gamecocks	7	10	7	0	24

Quarterfinals–Wofford

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#19 Terriers	9	0	7	7	0	0	23
#13 Penguins	0	13	7	3	0	7	30

Semifinals–Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	7	10	3	20	40
#3 Eagles	10	14	7	7	38

Championship–James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Penguins	0	7	0	7	14
#5 Dukes	14	7	7	0	28

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
	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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Youngstown State Penguins football
Venues	Rayen Stadium (1938–1981) Stambaugh Stadium (1982–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Steel Tire (Akron; 1940–1995)
Culture & lore	Pete and Penny "Red and White" 1941 Oklahoma City game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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