Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 10:07 am Friday, August 9, 2024

A game versus Penn State on September 21 is what jumps out when looking at the Kent State Golden Flashes’ college football schedule in 2024. See below 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

  • Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last season (66), the Golden Flashes have the 93rd-ranked schedule in college football.
  • Using its opponents’ projected win total this season, Kent State will be playing the 53rd-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • According to their MAC opponents’ combined win total last year, the Golden Flashes will be facing the 101st-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • Kent State’s schedule features six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and three against squads that collected three or fewer wins).
  • 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)

  • The Golden Flashes were a bottom-25 offense last year, ranking third-worst with 269.3 yards per contest. On defense, they ranked 81st in FBS (390.6 yards allowed per game).
  • With 14.7 points per game (worst) and 34.6 points allowed per game on defense (12th-worst), Kent State was outplayed on both sides of the ball last season.
  • 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).
  • 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 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 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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