Kent State Golden Flashes

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Kent State Golden Flashes
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First season2016
Head coachTraith
2023 season, 0–1 (.000)
StadiumDix Stadium
(Capacity: 30,520)
Year built2016
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationKent, Ohio
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
DivisionEast
All-time record22–61 (.265)
Bowl record0–1–0 (.000)
ColorsKent State Blue and Kent State Gold
         
Fight song"Fight on for KSU"
RivalsAkron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons

The Kent State Golden Flashes are an NCAA Division I FBS team competing in the Mid-American Conference.

History

killernjm Era (2016-2017)

2016 Season

The 2016 season was the first season for the Golden Flashes. Under killernjm, they went 3-7, failing to make the postseason.

2017 Season

The 2017 season was the second season for the Golden Flashes under killernjm. They went 3-9, again failing to make the postseason.

paperllamasunited Era (2018)

2018 Season

Kent State came into 2018 with a true freshman, John Garland, starting at quarterback. After their 4th week loss to Purdue, paperllamasunited was brought in as the new head coach. Immediately, he instilled confidence in the team, saying that he'd be surprised if any MAC team could put up a better fight with the #9 team in the country, and he said he was impressed by Garland's record-setting performance.

That confidence would be shattered over the next two games, as Kent State fell to #12 Minnesota and 3-1 Miami (Ohio). Garland tossed 9 interceptions to just one touchdown in these games.

The team regrouped for a Thursday night matchup at Central Michigan, with ImposterCauster's Chips even trailing Kent State at one point. Unfortunately, the Golden Flashes were unable to hold their lead.

Over the next month of the season, things were a mess in Kent. paperllamasunited announced an indefinite leave of absence following the loss to CMU due to "personal reasons", naming KSU-alum Marcel Weeks as the interim coach. The team was on bye. The next week, both llamas and Weeks co-coached the team to a loss to Bowling Green. A week 11 Open Date allowed llamas to regain total control of the team, and there was a massive overhaul of the Kent State offense. At one point, John Garland was to be benched for fellow freshman Louis Milner, and was even slated to be the backup runningback. However, Coach llamas retracted the depth chart move, and named Garland the starting QB. He also named freshman fullback Harrison Mullin the starting running back for the rest of the season, a nod to Eastern Michigan playing FB Mark Macleod as RB, and replacing senior RB William Banks, who had been ineffective to that point.

Kent State again took a lead during Week 12 against Western Michigan, with Harrison Mullin dominating in his debut, scoring 3 TDs. The Kent State team managed to score 49 points, but three John Garland interceptions, two returned for touchdowns by Western Michigan phenom Sean Taylor, along with allowing stud senior back Emmanuel Fields to score 4 TDs of his own, doomed them in.

Kent State finally won a game in Week 13, beating Buffalo 28-24. John Garland managed to not turn the ball over, while Mullin pounded the Bulls for 3 TDs.

Kent State continued to dominate and upset, beating Ohio in Week 14.

After falling to New Mexico in Week 15, the Golden Flashes capped off their season and beat Akron in Week 16, winning 3 games in a season yet again.

paperllamasunited subsequently resigned from Kent State as head coach following the season to take the same job at Central Michigan.

Danr Era (2019)

Stretch72hornet Era (2019)

2019 Season

The Golden Flashes were without a coach until Coach Danr took the helm after Week 6 of the season. Unfortunately, Danr quickly resigned due to personal issues and was replaced by Coach Stretch72hornet after Week 9.


TazerMan Era (2020-2021)

2020 Season

After a difficult year for the Golden Flashes, coach Tazerman was hired to right the ship and begin to build a future for the program after a poor recruiting class in 2019. The 2020 season was his first season and with upset victories over Bowling Green, Akron and Miami (OH), Kent State became bowl eligible for the first time in program history. John Garland had his best season, setting single game records for yards, touchdowns, yards per attempt and passer rating, and single season records for touchdowns, yards and passer rating. Kent State lost to Utah State in the St. Petersburg Bowl 23-27, finishing 6-7 overall and 5-3 in conference.

sybex99 Era (2021)

2021 Season

2022 Season

Traith Era (2023-present)

2023 Season

All-time record vs. MAC opponents

The Kent State Golden Flashes have the following records against their fellow MAC schools through Week 11 of the 2022 season:

School Total Games Wins Losses Win Percentage PF PA First Year Last Year Streak
Akron 7 4 3 .571 127 93 2016 2022 L2
Ball State 3 1 2 .333 90 69 2016 2022 L1
Bowling Green 7 3 4 .429 139 156 2016 2022 L2
Buffalo 7 2 5 .286 138 175 2016 2022 L4
Central Michigan 4 1 3 .250 87 118 2016 2021 L1
Eastern Michigan 3 2 1 .667 46 61 2016 2022 L1
Miami (OH) 7 1 6 .143 118 226 2016 2022 L2
Northern Illinois 3 2 1 .667 82 65 2019 2021 L1
Ohio 7 3 4 .429 134 132 2016 2022 L1
Toledo 3 0 3 .000 28 47 2016 2022 L3
Western Michigan 4 0 4 .000 106 155 2016 2021 L4
11 Opponents 55 19 36 .345 1014 1366 7 Seasons

Season-by-Season Records

Year Coach(es) Conference Wins Losses Bowl Final CP Ranking
2016 killernjm MAC 3 7 None NR
2017 3 9 None NR
2018 0 3 None NR
paperllamasunited 3 6 None NR
2019 Vacant 1 4 None NR
Danr 1 1 None NR
Stretch72hornet 2 3 None NR
Vacant 1 0 None NR
2020 TazerMan 6 7 Lost St. Petersburg Bowl vs. Utah State, 23-27 NR
2021 0 5 None NR
sybex99 1 6 None NR
2022 GRHINO 1 3 None NR
Vacant 1 7 None NR
Groobs03 0 0 None NR
2023 Traith 3 9 None NR
Total 25 70 (all games)
National Champions Conference Champions Bowl game berth

Bowl games

The Kent State Golden Flashes have appeared in one bowl games, posting a record of 0-1.

Season Bowl Opponent Result
2020 St. Petersburg Bowl Utah State Lost, 23-27
Total 1 Bowl Game(s) 0-1

History and Awards

Head Coaches

Coach Years Seasons Record Pct Cnf. Record Pct Cnf. Titles Bowls Nat. Titles
killernjm 2016-2018 3 6-19 .240 6-11 .353 0 0 0
paperllamasunited 2018 1 3-6 .333 3-4 .429 0 0 0
Danr 2019 1 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 0 0 0
Stretch72hornet 2019 1 2-3 .400 2-3 .400 0 0 0
TazerMan 2020-2021 2 6-12 .333 5-5 .500 0 1 0
sybex99 2021 1 1-6 .143 1-5 .167 0 0 0
GRHINO 2022 1 1-3 .250 0-1 .000 0 0 0
Groobs03 2022 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Traith 2023 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

Individual Award Winners

Players

  • 2016
RB Emmett Spears: MAC Offensive Player of the Year

All-Americans

  • 2020
None

1st Team All-MAC Players

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