Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:53 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

One of the top matchups on the Kent State Golden Flashes’ college football schedule in 2024 is on September 21, against Penn State. The full slate can be found 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

  • The Golden Flashes are playing the 93rd-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Using its opponents’ projected win total this year, Kent State will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of toughness.
  • According to their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Flashes will be facing the 101st-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
  • Kent State’s schedule includes six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and three against squads that collected less than four wins).
  • The Golden Flashes will play 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 ranked third-worst in total offense (269.3 yards per game) last season, but they played slightly better on defense, ranking 81st with 390.6 yards allowed per contest.
  • 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 season, ranking 11th-worst with 163.8 passing yards per game. On defense, they ranked 49th in FBS (214.5 passing yards allowed 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.
  • 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 had the 97th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -4, forcing nine turnovers (127th in FBS) while turning it over 13 times (17th in FBS).

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