Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 6:49 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, see below.

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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 difficulty.
  • Kent State will have the 53rd-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (67).
  • The Golden Flashes will face the 101st-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year (45).
  • Kent State has a schedule that includes six games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and three of them picked up three or fewer wins).
  • The Golden Flashes have six teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Kent State Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Flashes were a bottom-25 offense last year, ranking third-worst with 269.3 yards per contest. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 81st in FBS (390.6 yards allowed per game).
  • It was a rough 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.
  • While the Golden Flashes’ pass defense ranked 49th with 214.5 passing yards allowed per game last season, they were worse on offense, ranking 11th-worst (163.8 passing yards per game).
  • Kent State ranked 17th-worst in rushing offense (105.5 rushing yards per game) last season, but it played better on defense, ranking 106th with 176.1 rushing yards allowed per contest.
  • With a 29.7% third-down conversion rate (sixth-worst) and a 47.2% third-down rate allowed on defense (fifth-worst), the Golden Flashes struggled on both sides of the ball last year in terms of third-down efficiency.
  • With nine forced turnovers (127th in FBS) against 13 turnovers committed (17th in FBS), Kent State (-4) owned the 97th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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