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Curbstone: YSU, Phillips look to earn team’s first playoff bid since 2016

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Fresh off its 48-28 victory over Robert Morris this past weekend, head coach Doug Phillips’ Youngstown State team will take a 2-1 mark into Missouri Valley Football Conference play, which begins this week when the Penguins travel to Northern Iowa to take on the ...

Penguins pound Robert Morris for 48-28 win

YOUNGSTOWN — The quest for a dominant performance from start to finish will continue, but Youngstown State concluded its nonconference slate in convincing fashion nonetheless. After Robert Morris took a 1-point lead early in the second quarter, the Penguins woke up and rattled off 35 ...

Youngstown State hosts Robert Morris in nonconference finale

YOUNGSTOWN — Doug Phillips remains a process-driven coach. Following Week 1’s win over Valparaiso, the fourth-year coach said Youngstown State’s focus remained inward as it prepared for its annual Power 5 “buy game” against Ohio State. Now, coming off a 35-7 loss to the vaunted ...

Curbstone: YSU AD Strollo offers insight into Penguins’ program

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Over the past three years, Youngstown State University has either won, shared or finished as runner-up for the Horizon League’s McCafferty Award, awarded annually to the league’s all-sports champion. As defending champions, Penguin executive director of athletics Ron ...

Youngstown State falls at Ohio State 35-7

COLUMBUS — After Ohio State landed the game’s first punch, Youngstown State was able to counter with one of its own. From there, however, the lights went out. After each team opened with a touchdown drive to begin the game, FBS No. 5 Ohio State scored 28 unanswered points en route to a ...

Youngstown State falls at Ohio State 35-7

COLUMBUS — After Ohio State landed the game’s first punch, Youngstown State was able to counter with one of its own. From there, however, the lights went out. After each team opened with a touchdown drive to begin the game, FBS No. 5 Ohio State scored 28 unanswered points en route to a ...