The Youngstown State football team closed out the season with a 37-13 loss to seventh-ranked Western Kentucky on Saturday afternoon at Stambaugh Stadium.

The Penguins (5-7 overall and 2-5 in the Gateway) trailed immediately after WKU's Jeremy Chandler returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. YSU tied the game 10-10 but Dennis Mitchell intercepted an Aaron Marshall pass returning 84 yards for a score and the Hilltoppers (8-3 and 5-2) never looked back.

YSU trailed 10-3 in the second quarter before senior tailback Josiah Doby tied the game on a 12-yard touchdown run with 6:04 left in the second. The Penguins kept the pressure on when Waymann Peters intercepted a Justin Haddix pass and returned it to the WKU 36.

On first-and-10 at the 26, Marshall's pass was picked off by Mitchell who returned it 84 yards for a score. Just before half, WKU added an 18-yard field goal by Matt Lange as time expired building a 20-10 halftime advantage.

YSU started the second half on a rough note when Josh Cayson fumbled the opening kickoff and WKU recovered at the YSU 38. Five plays later, Lerron Moore scored from 17 yards out building the lead to 27-10.

Nick Terracina added a 41-yard field goal to cutting the deficit to 27-13, but that was as close as the Penguins could get.

Lange kicked a 42-yard field goal and Moore scored on a 33-yard scoot up the middle to round out the scoring.

Moore finished the game with 134 yards on 25 carries. Doby was the top rusher for YSU finishing with 64 yards on 17 carries. Marshall completed 17-of-28 passes for 154 yards, but threw two interceptions.

For the game, Western Kentucky finished with 398 total offensive yards while YSU had 263.