With the victory, Indiana State is off to their first 3-1 start since 2004 and won their MVC opener for the first time since that same season. Youngstown State dropped to 2-2 on the season and 1-1 in league play.

Bell amassed 256 rushing yards on the day which is a new ISU single-game record, breaking the old standard of 253 of Derrick Franklin's set in 1990 against Murray State. Bell had 221 rushing yards in the previous game against Western Kentucky makes him just the second-ever Sycamore player to run for over 200 yards on the ground in consecutive contests. Franklin was the other against Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois in 1991.

The Sycamores' victory over No. 24 Youngstown State is the first for an Indiana State team over an FCS nationally-ranked team since 1999. ISU also earned its first-ever victory over the Penguins at Memorial Stadium in 12 meetings. Additionally, ISU has now won back-to-back meetings with Youngstown State for the first time in the 22-game series history. Indiana State's 37 points scored against YSU are the most ever scored in a game against the Penguins.

Bell opened the scoring on the game's first play from scrimmage as he raced to a 62-yard touchdown with just 18 seconds off the clock for a quick 7-0 advantage. ISU scored again after a defensive stop on a 39-yard scoring run by Bell with 11:11 left in the first quarter to make it 14-0.

The two teams traded defensive stops, before ISU made it a 21-0 lead on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Ronnie Fouch to Leonard Riston with 4:38 remaining on the clock in the opening stanza. YSU got on the board to make it 21-7 as time expired on the first quarter with a 15-yard run by YSU's Thompson.

Bell broke off a 61-yard touchdown rush with 14:42 left in the second quarter to expand the Sycamore lead to 27-7. The Penguins responded with a four-yard touchdown pass from Kurt Hess to Jelani Berassa which made it 27-14 with 7:02 left in the second period.

Bell continued his race to the record book with a 51-yard touchdown rush at the 4:03 mark of the second stanza to give ISU a 34-14 lead. YSU scored once more on a three-yard Jamaine Cook scoring rush with 53 seconds on the clock to make it 34-21 going into the half.

Neither team scored against until the 13:10 mark of the fourth quarter on a one-yard rush by Cook with 13:10 left in the final quarter as the Penguins inched within one score at 34-28.

Cory Little, the reigning MVFC Special Teams Player Of The Week added a 22-yard field goal with 10:20 remaining the contest to stretch the lead out to 37-28. YSU scored with 1:21 left in the game on a four-yard pass from Hess to Berassa to make it 37-35.

Youngstown State attempted an onside kick but it went out of bounds to give the Sycamores the ball back at the Penguin's 38-yard line. Bell rushed twice to give the Sycamores the game-clinching first down and broke Franklin's record with just under one minute remaining.

Aaron Archie, a junior linebacker, set a new career-best with 18 total tackles. Archie added two quarterback sacks and had 2.5 tackles for loss int he game. Calvin Burnett and Alex Jones forced fumbles and Jones recovered another in his own end zone to thwart another near score by the Penguins in the game's second quarter.

Zakee Bashir added a quarterback sack in the victory. Johnny Towalid had an interception in the contest as well.

A total of four Sycamores went into double figures in tackles as Archie was joined by Alex Sewall's 15, Ryan Robert's 12 and Jacolby Washington's 10.

Ronnie Fouch was 11-of-17 passing for 189 yards and the touchdown to Riston. He connected on a game-high 67 yarder to Michael Mardis in the fourth quarter. Mardis led ISU with 83 receiving yards in the game. Jones had five catches for 81 yards in the contest.

Brock Lough had 25 rushing yards in the game as well.

Bell gained his 256 rushing yards on 21 attempts, averaging 12.2 yards per carry. All four of his rushing touchdowns came in the game's first half, a new record for an Indiana State player in one half.

Lucas Hileman, also a member of the ISU's baseball team, punted five times for an average of 39.6 yards, including a long of 48 yards and he pinned the Penguins inside their own 20-yard line once.

Hess, the YSU quarterback, was 25-of-41 passing for 224 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Jamaine Cook had 177 rushing yards on 33 carries to lead YSU.

The Sycamores will look for their first 4-1 start to a season since 2004 when they travel to South Dakota State on Saturday, October 1 for their first MVFC road contest of the season. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. (ET) from Brookings, S.D.