Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 3:43 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

A game against Penn State on September 21 is what jumps out when glancing at the Kent State Golden Flashes’ college football schedule in 2024. Keep scrolling to find dates and times for every game.

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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 facing 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 facing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
  • The Golden Flashes are facing the 101st-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • In 2024, Kent State’s schedule will include six games against teams which ended the season with winning records a year ago, including three games against teams that had nine or more wins and three games against squads with three or fewer wins in 2023.
  • The Golden Flashes will have six teams who made a 2023 bowl game 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 game. 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.
  • The Golden Flashes ranked 11th-worst in passing offense last season (163.8 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 49th with 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 less successful on offense, ranking 17th-worst (105.5 rushing yards per game).
  • It was a hard 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.
  • 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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