1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team

1994 Youngstown State Penguins football
NCAA Division I-AA champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record14–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Youngstown State ^     11 0 1
No. 23 Hofstra     8 1 1
Towson     8 2 0
No. 10 Troy State ^     8 4 0
Robert Morris     7 1 1
Monmouth     7 2 0
Saint Mary's     7 3 0
UAB     7 4 0
No. 20 UCF     7 4 0
Wagner     6 5 0
Liberty     5 6 0
Western Kentucky     5 6 0
Central Connecticut State     4 6 0
Samford     4 6 1
Davidson     3 7 0
Buffalo     3 8 0
Saint Francis     2 7 1
Charleston Southern     0 11 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1994 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled a 14–0–1 record and defeated Boise State in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.[1]

After playing Stephen F. Austin to a tie in the opening game, the team won 14 consecutive games, the longest winning streak in school history.[2] It was Youngstown State's third national championship in four years.[3]

Tailback Shawn Patton received the team's most valuable player award, and wide receiver Trent Boykin was named the team's outstanding offensive player.[4] The team's statistical leaders included Shawn Patton with 1,626 rushing yards and quarterback Mark Brungard with 2,453 passing yards and 21 passing touchdowns.[5]

  1. ^ "2018 YSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Youngstown State University. p. 43. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 25.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 45.
  5. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 18.