Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 9:46 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Kent State Golden Flashes face Penn State on September 21, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, keep scrolling.

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2024 Kent State Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
@ Pittsburgh August 31 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPNU (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
St. Francis (PA) (FCS) September 7 | 2:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+)
@ Tennessee September 14 | 7:45 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Penn State September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Eastern Michigan September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Ball State October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Bowling Green October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Western Michigan October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Ohio November 6 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN Networks (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Miami (OH) November 13 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Akron November 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Buffalo November 26 | 7:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub ESPN2 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)

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Kent State 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • The Golden Flashes are playing the 93rd-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season, Kent State will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
  • According to their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Flashes will be playing the 101st-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • Kent State will take on six teams this season that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule will pit them against three teams that put up nine or more victories and three squads with less than four wins last season.
  • The Golden Flashes have six games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.

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Kent State Stat Insights (2023)

  • While the Golden Flashes ranked 81st in total defense with 390.6 yards allowed per game last season, they were slightly worse on offense, ranking third-worst (269.3 yards per game).
  • It was a hard season for Kent State, which ranked worst in scoring offense (14.7 points per game) and 12th-worst in scoring defense (34.6 points per game allowed) last year.
  • The Golden Flashes were a bottom-25 pass offense last year, ranking 11th-worst with 163.8 passing yards per contest. Defensively, they ranked 49th in FBS (214.5 passing yards allowed per game).
  • Kent State was a bottom-25 run offense last season, ranking 17th-worst with 105.5 rushing yards per game. On defense, it ranked 106th in FBS (176.1 rushing yards allowed per game).
  • The Golden Flashes ranked sixth-worst in third-down percentage (29.7%) and fifth-worst in third-down percentage allowed (47.2%) last season.
  • With nine forced turnovers (127th in FBS) against 13 turnovers committed (17th in FBS) last season, Kent State’s -4 turnover margin ranked 97th in college football.

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