2022 — The 2022 Season

Youngstown State's 2022 season (7-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-4
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Duquesne 31-14 W vs Dayton 49-16 L @ Kentucky 0-31 L @ Nort Sta 14-27 L vs Nort Dak 30-35 W vs Indi Sta 48-42 W @ West Ill 28-27 W vs Sout Dak 45-24 W @ Illi Sta 19-17 L @ Miss Sta 22-25 W vs Sout Ill 28-21
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: Youngstown State 49, Dayton 16. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Youngstown State 0, Kentucky 31. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Penguins!"
— Youngstown State fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What It Meant

2022 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.