2014 Youngstown State Penguins football team

The 2014 Youngstown State Penguins football team represented Youngstown State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Eric Wolford and played their home games at Stambaugh Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

2014 Youngstown State Penguins football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 22
FCS CoachesNo. 25
2014 record7–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorShane Montgomery (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJamie Bryant (1st season)
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
(Capacity: 20,630)
2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State +^  7 1     15 1  
No. 2 Illinois State +^  7 1     13 2  
No. 10 Northern Iowa ^  6 2     9 5  
No. 12 South Dakota St. ^  5 3     9 5  
No. 19 Indiana State ^  4 4     8 6  
No. 22 Youngstown State  4 4     7 5  
Southern Illinois  3 5     6 6  
Western Illinois  3 5     5 7  
Missouri State  1 7     4 8  
South Dakota  0 8     2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

On November 25, head coach Eric Wolford was fired.[1] He finished at Youngstown State with a five-year record of 31–26.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3012:00 pmat Illinois*No. 24BTNL 17–2836,234
September 64:00 pmDuquesne*No. 23MyYTVW 34–2310,525
September 134:00 pmButler*No. 21
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
MyYTVW 44–1314,381
September 207:00 pmSaint Francis (PA)*No. 19
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
MyYTVW 52–2316,378
October 43:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 18W 14–712,218
October 117:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 16
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3/
MyYTV
L 24–3012,771
October 184:00 pmNo. 14 Southern IllinoisNo. 21
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3/
MyYTV
W 26–1412,698
October 253:00 pmat No. 13 South Dakota StateNo. 17W 30–2714,480
November 12:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 11
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3/
MyYTV
W 28–178,274
November 82:00 pmat No. 12 Illinois StateNo. 10L 21–358,271
November 152:00 pmNo. 23 Indiana StateNo. 15
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
ESPN3/
MyYTV
L 24–27 OT9,642
November 223:30 pmNo. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 20ESPN3L 14–3818,696

^Game aired on a tape delayed basis

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 13 Final 
Sports Network 24 23 21 19 18 18 16 21 17 11 10 15 20 21 22 
Coaches 21 21 16 15 12 12 10 19 16 13 13 16 20 25 25

References

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