Youngstown State History Fact Check

[JohnStOnge]

I need a fact check on Youngstown State's history as a I-AA vs. I-A opponents. I have the Penguins as becoming I-AA in 1981. I have them as 19-19-1 against I-A opponents 1981-2004. I have the average score as a 21-21 tie (to the nearest whole point for each side). I have them as 2-2 against Cincinnatti.

I am counting Florida International 2004 and Akron 1987 as I-As. I know FIU was transitional last year and 1987 is the first year I have Akron listed as a I-A on a site that also lists FIU as I-A for 2004.

How does that compare to what is known by Youngstown State fans and any others who might want to offer corraboration?

[Paladin1aa]

You have too much time on your hands. The last numbers I saw was YSU had a 19-17-1 record vs. I-A. Don't know about points and I'm too lazy for that nonsense.

[Hansel]

http://www.i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=53435

so do NDSU/SDSU etc only count as IAA members after our "probation" is up?

[Pen Guin]

It is somewhat behind for the last year, but accurate other than that.

YSU Football History (http://ysupenguins.com/football/fbhilites.htm)

[JohnStOnge]

I'm posting partially to move this one closer to the top so I can readily find it when I get home today and partially to say that when I get home I'm going to post what I have in terms of game results so people can verify or correct it.

[JohnStOnge]

Ok, here's what I have. Year, then YSU score, then opponent, then opponent's score:

2004 16 Florida International 22
2003 13 Kent State 16
2001 24 Marshall 38
2000 26 Kent State 20
1999 28 Western Michigan 46
1998 24 Kent State 10
1998 32 Central Florida 44
1997 44 Kent State 23
1996 12 Kent State 28
1995 14 Kent State 17
1995 25 Central Michigan 46
1995 24 Akron 10
1994 28 Kent State 14
1994 41 Akron 7
1993 17 Western Michigan 13
1993 19 Akron 0
1992 28 Ohio 20
1992 10 Akron 10
1991 24 Akron 38
1990 24 Eastern Michigan 14
1990 28 Akron 23
1990 27 Ohio 0
1989 3 Eastern Michigan 14
1989 20 Akron 17
1989 30 Central Michigan 3
1988 3 Kent State 34
1988 12 Eastern Michigan 17
1988 7 Akron 33
1988 16 Bowling Green 20
1987 20 Eastern Michigan 35
1987 20 Bowling Green 17
1987 10 Akron 6
1986 17 Eastern Michigan 18
1985 22 Eastern Michigan 27
1985 27 Cincinnati 29
1984 31 Eastern Michigan 7
1984 27 Cincinnati 23
1982 3 Cincinnati 52
1981 19 Cincinnati 13

[JohnStOnge]

I just went to this web site:


http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/byName.htm (http://)

and checked all the scores in my list above. The benefit of doing that is that the web site only includes scores involving I-A teams. Everything matched my list above except that this web site had Cincinnatti beating the Penguins by 57-3 in 1982 rather than 52-3.

The 52-3 and the rest of the list above came from this web site:

http://michigan-football.com/ncaa/ncaa_1aa.htm (http://)

So I've cross checked two web sites and feel confident that the results in the list above are accurate (except possibly the score of that Cincinnatti game). Only concern is if I missed one or more games with I-As when I went through the first web site. That error, if it occurred, wouldn't show up when I went through the second. So what I'm looking for at this point is if there were any games between YSU and I-As that do not appear in the list above.