Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 8:53 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Kent State Golden Flashes’ college football schedule for 2024 includes a standout matchup against Penn State on September 21 — keep scrolling for more.

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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

  • Based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Flashes will be playing the 93rd-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this year, Kent State will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • The Golden Flashes are playing the 101st-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Kent State has six games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and three squads with three or fewer wins last year.
  • The Golden Flashes’ schedule in 2024 features six returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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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 less successful on offense, ranking third-worst (269.3 yards per game).
  • With 14.7 points per game (worst) and 34.6 points allowed per game on defense (12th-worst), Kent State played poorly on both sides of the ball 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 year, ranking 17th-worst with 105.5 rushing yards per contest. Defensively, it ranked 106th in FBS (176.1 rushing yards allowed per game).
  • It was a rough season for the Golden Flashes in terms of third-down rate, as they ranked sixth-worst in third-down percentage (29.7%) and fifth-worst in third-down percentage allowed (47.2%) last season.
  • Kent State forced nine total turnovers (127th in FBS) last season and turned it over 13 times (17th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -4, 97th-ranked in college football.

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