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March 12, 2009

Football: Department Announces 2009, 2010 Football Schedules

Youngstown – The Youngstown State Athletic Department announced on Thursday that the football schedules for the 2009 and 2010 seasons have been completed. Every game the next two campaigns will be against Division I foes.

YSU will return to Pittsburgh in 2009 and Penn State in 2010 while Austin Peay comes to Youngstown in 2009 and Butler and Central Connecticut State visit Stambaugh Stadium for the first time in 2010.
Youngstown State opens the 2009 slate on Sept. 5 by returning to Pittsburgh for the first time since playing at Heinz Field in 2005.

The home opener is Sept. 12 against Ohio Valley Conference member Austin Peay. It will be the ninth all-time meeting between the Guins and Governors, but first since a 20-18 YSU win at Stambaugh in 1987.

YSU goes on the road for consecutive weeks visiting Colonial Athletic Association school Northeastern on Sept. 19 and starting Missouri Valley Football Conference play at Indiana State on Sept. 26.

The Penguins are 6-3 all-time against the Huskies, however they have won one of the four meetings played in Brookline, Mass. YSU beat NU 35-16 in 2005, however it lost to the Huskies 28-23 in its last trip to Parsons Field in 1992.

The Penguins head to Indiana State to start the conference campaign on Sept. 26. YSU has beaten the Sycamores in 17 of the 18 all-time meetings and is a perfect 9-0 at Memorial Stadium. The Penguins have beaten ISU 12 consecutive times.

The conference home opener is Oct. 3 versus Missouri State. The Penguins will look to avenge last season's 42-28 loss to the Bears. YSU leads the all-time series 11-2 and is 6-0 at Stambaugh Stadium.

Western Illinois visits Youngstown the following Saturday on Oct. 10. The Guins have had success in the series recently winning the last five contests. YSU has won four of the last five meetings in Youngstown and this will be the 25th all-time meeting between the programs.

After the WIU contest, the Guins have a bye week on Oct. 17 before conference action heats up.

YSU visits 2008 playoff participant Southern Illinois on Oct. 24. The Guins will be looking to snap a three-game losing streak in what will be their final trip to McAndrew Stadium. SIU's new stadium will be the site of the 2011 game between the schools.

    The Penguins play their first Halloween home game since 1992 when South Dakota State returns to Stambaugh Stadium. It is just the fourth home game played on Halloween in school history. The contest will be YSU's Homecoming and Hall of Fame tilt.
    Up next is a trip to 2008 FCS semifinalist UNI on Nov. 7. The Penguins have lost the previous to games to the Panthers by one point each, including a 14-13 defeat in Cedar Falls when UNI was ranked No. 1 in 2006. YSU has dropped the last eight games in the series and last won in the UNI Dome in 1999.
    YSU will face a new-look Illinois State team at home on Nov. 14. The Redbirds will be under the direction of first-year coach Brock Spack. ISU has won the last two contest tying the series at nine wins each. The 2008 contest featured 98 points scored between the two teams. It is the first meeting in November between the schools since 2002.
    The Guins conclude the regular season on Nov. 21 with their first trip to North Dakota State since 1972. The Penguins, who beat the second-ranked Bison last year at Stambaugh Stadium, dropped a 16-10 decision at NDSU 27 years ago.

The playoffs are set to start Nov. 28 at campus sites.

In 2009, the Penguins play just five regular-season home games for the first time since 1987. YSU plays three of its first four games on the road, the last time that happened was to start the 1993 campaign. The last time the program played three road games in September was 1987.

The 2010 slate features the first-ever contests against FCS members Butler and Central Connecticut State. Both games will be in September at Stambaugh Stadium.
YSU opens the year on Sept. 4 playing at Penn State for the second time in school history. The Penguins visited Happy Valley in 2006 dropping a 37-3 decision.

The Butler Bulldogs, members of the Pioneer League, come to Stambaugh on Sept. 11 for the home opener. This is the first meeting on the gridiron between the programs who are both members of the Horizon League in all other sports.

On Sept. 18, CCSU, makes its first trip to Youngstown. The Blue Devils are members of the Northeast Conference.

League play opens on Sept. 25 when the Penguins play host to Southern Illinois.
The conference schedule is as follows: at Missouri State (Oct. 2), North Dakota State (Oct. 9), at Western Illinois (Oct. 16), at South Dakota State (Oct. 23), UNI (Oct. 30), at Illinois State (Nov. 6) and Indiana State (Nov. 13).

The FCS playoffs will expand from 16 to 20 teams so the postseason will start a week earlier on Nov. 20. However, the National Championship Game will be played the evening before the FBS title game in January.