Youngstown State·MVFC

2021 — The 2021 Season

Youngstown State's 2021 season (3-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 3-7
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -7.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Inca Wor 44-41 L @ Mich St 14-42 L vs West Ill 35-38 L @ Nort Iow 7-34 W vs Miss Sta 41-33 L @ Indi Sta 17-28 L vs Sout Sta 16-47 L @ Nort Dak 21-24 L vs Nort Sta 17-49 W @ Sout Ill 35-18
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Youngstown State 35, Southern Illinois 18. A 17-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Youngstown State 17, North Dakota State 49. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Penguins!"
— Youngstown State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Youngstown State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.