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2008 Youngstown State

4–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Youngstown State in 2008, game by game: lost at No. 2 Ohio State 0–43; lost vs. South Dakota State 7–40; won vs. Central State 38–0; won vs. North Dakota State 32–24; lost vs. Liberty 28–31; lost at Southern Utah 7–14; lost at Missouri State 28–42; lost vs. Southern Illinois 0–33; lost vs. Northern Iowa 20–21; lost at Illinois State 44–54; won vs. Indiana State 35–21; won at Western Illinois 31–28+38−43Lost 0–43 at No. 2 Ohio State-43No. 2 Ohio StateLost 7–40 vs. South Dakota State-33South Dakota St…Won 38–0 vs. Central State+38Central StateWon 32–24 vs. North Dakota State+8North Dakota St…Lost 28–31 vs. Liberty-3LibertyLost 7–14 at Southern Utah-7Southern UtahLost 28–42 at Missouri State-14Missouri StateLost 0–33 vs. Southern Illinois-33Southern Illino…Lost 20–21 vs. Northern Iowa-1Northern IowaLost 44–54 at Illinois State-10Illinois StateWon 35–21 vs. Indiana State+14Indiana StateWon 31–28 at Western Illinois+3Western Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at2Ohio StateL 0–⁠4313%
Sep 6vsSouth Dakota StateL 7–⁠4052%
Sep 13vsCentral StateW 38–⁠080%
Sep 20vsNorth Dakota StateW 32–⁠2445%
Sep 27vsLibertyL 28–⁠3160%
Oct 4atSouthern UtahL 7–⁠1472%
Oct 11atMissouri StateL 28–⁠4256%
Oct 18vsSouthern IllinoisL 0–⁠3336%
Oct 25vsNorthern IowaL 20–⁠2130%
Nov 1atIllinois StateL 44–⁠5446%
Nov 8vsIndiana StateW 35–⁠2184%
Nov 22atWestern IllinoisW 31–⁠2829%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Western Illinois 31–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The tied 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
270–⁠351
Coach
—
Elo
1297 −109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−29.7 No. 65 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—

2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Northern Iowa7–⁠111–⁠2
Southern Illinois7–⁠19–⁠3
South Dakota State6–⁠27–⁠5
Western Illinois4–⁠46–⁠5
North Dakota State4–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri State3–⁠54–⁠7
Youngstown State3–⁠54–⁠8
Illinois State2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana State0–⁠80–⁠12

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