Kent State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 3:49 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Kent State Golden Flashes will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, versus Pittsburgh. See below for 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

  • In terms of toughness, using their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Flashes will be facing the 93rd-ranked schedule this year.
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (67), Kent State has the 53rd-ranked schedule in college football.
  • According to their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season (45), the Golden Flashes have the 101st-ranked conference schedule in college football.
  • Kent State has six games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and three squads with less than four wins last year.
  • The Golden Flashes have six teams who 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 season, ranking third-worst with 269.3 yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 81st in FBS (390.6 yards allowed per game).
  • It was a tough 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.
  • 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 game.
  • The Golden Flashes 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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