Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:50 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

In 2024, one of the best matchups on the Kent State Golden Flashes’ college football schedule is against Penn State on September 21 — keep scrolling to find out 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

  • The Golden Flashes are playing the 93rd-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • In terms of difficulty — and based on its opponents’ projected win total this season — Kent State will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule this year.
  • 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 will play six teams this season that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule will pair them against three teams that ended with nine or more victories and three squads with less than four wins last season.
  • The Golden Flashes have six teams that played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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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 a little worse on offense, ranking third-worst (269.3 yards per game).
  • It was a difficult 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 season, ranking 11th-worst with 163.8 passing yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 49th in FBS (214.5 passing yards allowed per game).
  • While Kent State’s run defense ranked 106th with 176.1 rushing yards allowed per game last season, it was worse on offense, ranking 17th-worst (105.5 rushing yards 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 year.
  • 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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