Brookings, South Dakota — The South Dakota State football team completes a two-game homestand and wraps up the first half of the Missouri Valley Football Conference slate by hosting Youngstown State Saturday afternoon.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
SDSU, ranked eighth in this week’s Stats Perform FCS?Top 25, rolled past Western Illinois, 45-10, in its home opener March 6 to improve to 2-1 both overall and in the MVFC.
Youngstown State has yet to crack the win column under first-year coach Doug Phillips. The Penguins dropped to 0-3, with all their losses to ranked opponents, with a 30-22 home setback to Southern Illinois last week.
In last season’s matchup, Oct. 12, 2019, at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio, the Jackrabbits scored 35 second-half points to overcome a slow start and post a 38-28 victory. Quarterback J’Bore Gibbs sparked the comeback by passing for one touchdow and rushing for two more, including a game-clinching 63-yard TD run in the final minute.
South Dakota State is one of only two Football Championship Subdivision programs to reach the playoffs each of the last eight seasons, including making consecutive national semifinal appearances in 2017 and 2018.
