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2006 Youngstown State

11–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Gateway Football Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 11–⁠3, over 14 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Youngstown State in 2006, game by game: won vs. Slippery Rock 51–21; won vs. Maine 34–14; lost at No. 25 Penn State 3–37; won vs. UC Davis 38–24; won at Missouri State 37–10; won vs. Indiana State 55–17; won at Western Illinois 35–28; lost vs. Northern Iowa 23–31; won at Illinois State 27–13; won vs. Southern Illinois 31–24; won at Western Kentucky 19–3; won vs. James Madison 35–31; won vs. Illinois State 28–21+38−34Won 51–21 vs. Slippery Rock+30Slippery RockWon 34–14 vs. Maine+20MaineLost 3–37 at No. 25 Penn State-34No. 25 Penn StateWon 38–24 vs. UC Davis+14UC DavisWon 37–10 at Missouri State+27Missouri StateWon 55–17 vs. Indiana State+38Indiana StateWon 35–28 at Western Illinois+7Western IllinoisLost 23–31 vs. Northern Iowa-8Northern IowaWon 27–13 at Illinois State+14Illinois StateWon 31–24 vs. Southern Illinois+7Southern Illino…Won 19–3 at Western Kentucky+16Western KentuckyWon 35–31 vs. James Madison+4James MadisonWon 28–21 vs. Illinois State+7Illinois State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsSlippery RockW 51–⁠2181%
Sep 9vsMaineW 34–⁠1468%
Sep 16at25Penn StateL 3–⁠3717%
Sep 23vsUC DavisW 38–⁠2457%
Sep 30atMissouri StateW 37–⁠1064%
Oct 7vsIndiana StateW 55–⁠1791%
Oct 14atWestern IllinoisW 35–⁠2856%
Oct 21vsNorthern IowaL 23–⁠3159%
Oct 28atIllinois StateW 27–⁠1335%
Nov 4vsSouthern IllinoisW 31–⁠2459%
Nov 11atWestern KentuckyW 19–⁠359%
Nov 25vsJames MadisonNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 35–⁠3152%
Dec 2vsIllinois StateNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 28–⁠2166%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois State 28–⁠21 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship; unranked in the final AP poll; Gateway Football Conference champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Youngstown State’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 9atApp StateL 24–⁠49App State’s article, Youngstown State’s article

Gateway Football Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference

Record
11–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
416–⁠274
Coach
—
Elo
1532 +167 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.0 No. 5 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2006 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Youngstown State4–⁠111–⁠2
Illinois State3–⁠29–⁠4
Southern Illinois3–⁠29–⁠4
Northern Iowa3–⁠27–⁠4
Western Illinois2–⁠35–⁠6
Indiana State0–⁠51–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.