2014 Youngstown State Penguins football team

American college football season

2014 Youngstown State Penguins football

Conference| Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 22
FCS Coaches| No. 25
Record| 7–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach|

* Eric Wolford (5th season)

Offensive coordinator| Shane Montgomery (5th season)
Defensive coordinator| Jamie Bryant (1st season)
Home stadium| Stambaugh Stadium

Seasons

<- 2013

2015 ->

2014 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

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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

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.

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

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 30| 12:00 pm| at Illinois*| No. 24|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| BTN| L 17–28| 36,234
September 6| 4:00 pm| Duquesne*| No. 23|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| MyYTV| W 34–23| 10,525
September 13| 4:00 pm| Butler*| No. 21|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| MyYTV| W 44–13| 14,381
September 20| 7:00 pm| Saint Francis (PA)*| No. 19|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| MyYTV| W 52–23| 16,378
October 4| 3:00 pm| at Missouri State| No. 18|

* Plaster Sports Complex
* Springfield, MO

| | W 14–7| 12,218
October 11| 7:00 pm| Western Illinois| No. 16|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| ESPN3/
MyYTV| L 24–30| 12,771
October 18| 4:00 pm| No. 14 Southern Illinois| No. 21|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| ESPN3/
MyYTV| W 26–14| 12,698
October 25| 3:00 pm| at No. 13 South Dakota State| No. 17|

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD

| | W 30–27| 14,480
November 1| 2:00 pm| South Dakota| No. 11|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| ESPN3/
MyYTV| W 28–17| 8,274
November 8| 2:00 pm| at No. 12 Illinois State| No. 10|

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

| | L 21–35| 8,271
November 15| 2:00 pm| No. 23 Indiana State| No. 15|

* Stambaugh Stadium
* Youngstown, OH

| ESPN3/
MyYTV| L 24–27 OT| 9,642
November 22| 3:30 pm| No. 3 North Dakota State| No. 20|

* Fargodome
* Fargo, ND

| ESPN3| L 14–38| 18,696

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

^Game aired on a tape delayed basis

## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking| Week

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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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1. ^ "Youngstown News, Wolford fired as YSU football coach". www.vindy.com. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014.

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* Rayen Stadium (1938–1981)
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