| 4th Quarter Play-by-Play |
| Ils | 3-5 | on Ysu21 | Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. |
| Ils | 3-5 | on Ysu21 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to White,Cody, QB hurry by Ersery, Draye. |
| Ils | 4-5 | on Ysu21 | Kutch,Zach field goal attempt from 39 GOOD, clock 14:52. |
| Youngstown State 20, Illinois State 18 |
| | Drive: 12 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:30 |
| | | Kutch,Zach kickoff 66 yards to the YSU4, Barnes, D. return 16 yards to the YSU20 (Detmers,Jake;Wilson,Brandon). |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu20 | YOUNGSTOWN STATE drive start at 14:44. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu20 | Summers, B. pass complete to Jones, Donald for 14 yards to the YSU34, out-of-bounds (Zimmer,Mike), PENALTY YSU personal foul (Mellott, Brian) 15 yards to the YSU19. |
| Ysu | 1-11 | on Ysu19 | 1st and 10. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu19 | Summers, B. pass complete to Pitts, Aaron for 54 yards to the ILS27, 1ST DOWN YSU (Howe,Josh). |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ils27 | Summers, B. pass complete to Jones, Donald for 1 yard to the ILS26. |
| Ysu | 2-9 | on Ils26 | Smith, Kevin rush for 6 yards to the ILS20 (Jones,E.J.;Hemphill,Kelvyn). |
| Ysu | 3-3 | on Ils20 | Summers, B. pass incomplete to Pitts, Aaron, dropped pass. |
| Ysu | 4-3 | on Ils20 | Blose, Stephen field goal attempt from 37 GOOD, clock 12:39. |
| Youngstown State 23, Illinois State 18 |
| | Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:05 |
| | | Blose, Stephen kickoff 62 yards to the ILS8, Garrett,Chris return 31 yards to the ILS39, out-of-bounds (Walker, A.J.). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils39 | ILLINOIS STATE drive start at 12:32. |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils39 | Gordon,Cliffton rush for 17 yards to the YSU44, 1ST DOWN ILS (Elliott, Andre). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ysu44 | Brown,Matt rush for no gain to the YSU44, fumble forced by Gooden, Nick, fumble by Brown,Matt recovered by YSU Walker, A.J. at YSU44. |
| | Drive: 2 plays, 17 yards, TOP 0:25 |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu44 | YOUNGSTOWN STATE drive start at 12:7. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu44 | Smith, Kevin rush for 1 yard to the YSU45 (Wilson,Brandon). |
| Ysu | 2-9 | on Ysu45 | Summers, B. pass complete to Brown, Dana for 27 yards to the ILS28, 1ST DOWN YSU, out-of-bounds (Garrett,Chris;Howe,Josh). |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ils28 | Summers, B. rush for 3 yards to the ILS25 (Zimmer,Mike). |
| Ysu | 2-7 | on Ils25 | Summers, B. pass incomplete to Pitts, Aaron, PENALTY ILS holding (Jones,E.J.) 10 yards to the ILS15, 1ST DOWN YSU, NO PLAY. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ils15 | Smith, Kevin pass incomplete to Rogers, David. |
| Ysu | 2-10 | on Ils15 | Summers, B. pass complete to Smith, Kevin for 7 yards to the ILS8 (Zimmer,Mike). |
| Ysu | 3-3 | on Ils08 | Summers, B. pass complete to Jones, Donald for 8 yards to the ILS0, 1ST DOWN YSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:32. |
| | | Blose, Stephen kick attempt good. |
| Youngstown State 30, Illinois State 18 |
| | Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:35 |
| | | Blose, Stephen kickoff 51 yards to the ILS19, Garrett,Chris return 27 yards to the ILS46 (Walker, A.J.). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils46 | ILLINOIS STATE drive start at 09:26. |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils46 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Cline,Casey for 11 yards to the YSU43, 1ST DOWN ILS (Wicks, Lenny). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ysu43 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to White,Cody. |
| Ils | 2-10 | on Ysu43 | Brown,Matt pass complete to White,Cody for 4 yards to the YSU39 (Hill, Taylor). |
| Ils | 3-6 | on Ysu39 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Venson,Brandon for 1 yard to the YSU38 (Nicholson, T.). |
| Ils | 4-5 | on Ysu38 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to Salem,Eyad (Savage, Mychal). |
| | Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, TOP 2:05 |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu38 | YOUNGSTOWN STATE drive start at 07:21. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu38 | Smith, Kevin rush for 7 yards to the YSU45 (Stewart,Xzavier). |
| Ysu | 2-3 | on Ysu45 | Smith, Kevin rush for no gain to the YSU45 (Zimmer,Mike;Howe,Josh). |
| Ysu | 3-3 | on Ysu45 | Summers, B. pass complete to Brown, Dana for no gain to the YSU45 (Davis,Austin). |
| Ysu | 4-3 | on Ysu45 | Johnson, Erik punt 37 yards to the ILS18, fair catch by Jones,E.J.. |
| | Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 2:17 |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils18 | ILLINOIS STATE drive start at 05:04. |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils18 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Walker,Tyrone for 22 yards to the ILS40, 1ST DOWN ILS (Wicks, Lenny). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils40 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Gordon,Cliffton for 9 yards to the ILS49 (Ersery, Draye;Walker, A.J.). |
| Ils | 2-1 | on Ils49 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Graves,Ben for 8 yards to the YSU43, 1ST DOWN ILS (Ersery, Draye). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ysu43 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to Walker,Tyrone. |
| Ils | 2-10 | on Ysu43 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Gordon,Cliffton for 3 yards to the YSU40 (Hill, Taylor). |
| Ils | 3-7 | on Ysu40 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to Walker,Tyrone. |
| Ils | 4-7 | on Ysu40 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Salem,Eyad for 5 yards to the YSU35 (Marshall, Joe). |
| | Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:20 |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu35 | YOUNGSTOWN STATE drive start at 03:44. |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu35 | Smith, Kevin rush for loss of 2 yards to the YSU33 (Davis,Austin). |
| Ysu | 2-12 | on Ysu33 | Smith, Kevin rush for 17 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN YSU (Broome,Nick). |
| Ysu | 1-10 | on Ysu50 | Smith, Kevin rush for 1 yard to the ILS49 (Piton,Mike;Broome,Nick). |
| Ysu | 2-9 | on Ils49 | Timeout Illinois State, clock 02:22. |
| Ysu | 2-9 | on Ils49 | Scott, Jabari rush for 1 yard to the ILS48 (Rivas,Dave). |
| Ysu | 3-8 | on Ils48 | Timeout Illinois State, clock 02:15. |
| Ysu | 3-8 | on Ils48 | Summers, B. rush for no gain to the ILS48, fumble by Summers, B. recovered by YSU Summers, B. at YSU42. |
| Ysu | 4-18 | on Ysu42 | Johnson, Erik punt 34 yards to the ILS24, PENALTY ILS holding 10 yards to the ILS14, 1st and 10, ILS ball on ILS14. |
| | Drive: 5 plays, 7 yards, TOP 1:44 |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils14 | ILLINOIS STATE drive start at 02:00. |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils14 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to Salem,Eyad (Fleming, David). |
| Ils | 2-10 | on Ils14 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Salem,Eyad for 7 yards to the ILS21 (Walker, A.J.). |
| Ils | 3-3 | on Ils21 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Graves,Ben for 5 yards to the ILS26, 1ST DOWN ILS (Wicks, Lenny). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils26 | Brown,Matt rush for 4 yards to the ILS30, out-of-bounds. |
| Ils | 2-6 | on Ils30 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Salem,Eyad for 5 yards to the ILS35 (Ersery, Draye). |
| Ils | 3-1 | on Ils35 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Walker,Tyrone for 15 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN ILS, out-of-bounds (Wicks, Lenny). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ils50 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Hood,Seth for 14 yards to the YSU36, 1ST DOWN ILS (Gooden, Nick;Rach, David). |
| Ils | 1-10 | on Ysu36 | Brown,Matt rush for 4 yards to the YSU32 (Outler, Na'eem). |
| Ils | 2-6 | on Ysu32 | Brown,Matt pass incomplete to Hood,Seth (Wicks, Lenny). |
| Ils | 3-6 | on Ysu32 | Brown,Matt pass complete to Cline,Casey for 31 yards to the YSU1, 1ST DOWN ILS (Hill, Taylor). |
| Ils | 1-G | on Ysu01 | End of game, clock 00:00. |
| | Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, TOP 2:00 |
