1999 Youngstown State Penguins football team

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1999 Youngstown State Penguins football
Youngstown State Penguins logo.svg
NCAA Division I-AA runner up
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 2
1999 record12–3 (5–1 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Gateway Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Illinois State $^   6 – 0     11 – 3  
No. 2 Youngstown State ^   5 – 1     12 – 3  
No. 15 Northern Iowa   3 – 3     8 – 3  
Western Illinois   2 – 4     7 – 4  
Southwest Missouri State   2 – 4     5 – 6  
Indiana State   2 – 4     3 – 8  
Southern Illinois   1 – 5     5 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University in the Gateway Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 14th season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled a 12–3 record (5–1 against conference opponents) and lost to Georgia Southern in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.[1] It was Youngstown State's sixth appearance in the national championship game during the 1990s.

Tailback Adrian Brown received the team's most valuable player award.[2] The team's statistical leaders included Brown with 1,589 rushing yards and 108 points scored, Jeff Ryan with 2,573 passing yards, Elliott Giles with 1,301 receiving yards, and Ian Dominelli with 224 tackles (including 92 solo tackles).[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Slippery Rock*
W 44–14
September 11at Western Michigan*
L 28–46
September 18Indiana (PA)*
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
W 13–7
September 25Western Illinois
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
W 28–2416,032[4]
October 2at Indiana State
W 31–28
October 9at Southern Illinois
W 43–37 (OT)7,700[5]
October 16Cal Poly*dagger
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
W 10–7
October 23at Northern Iowa
W 29–20
October 30Illinois State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
L 28–3115,414[6]
November 6Missouri State
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
W 17–14
November 13at Villanova*
W 28–21
November 27at Montana*
W 30–27
December 4North Carolina A&T*
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH (Division I-AA quarterfinals)
W 41–3
December 11Florida A&M*
  • Stambaugh Stadium
  • Youngstown, OH
W 27–24
December 18vs. Georgia Southern*
L 24–5920,052
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 YSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Youngstown State University. p. 44. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 45.
  3. ^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 31-33.
  4. ^ "Youngstown State charges past Western Illinois". Quad-City Times. September 26, 1999. p. 13S. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Steve (October 10, 1999). "Not clicking". The Southern Illinoisan. p. 1B. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Reinhardt, Randy (October 31, 1999). "Gateway Champs". The Pantagraph. p. F1. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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