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2024 Kennesaw State Owls football | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 C-USA) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Chandler Burks (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Stewart Cook (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Greg Harris (1st season) |
Home stadium | Fifth Third Bank Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State* | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: December 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024 Kennesaw State Owls football team will represent Kennesaw State University in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls are led by Brian Bohannon in his tenth year as the head coach. The Owls will play home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium, located in Kennesaw, Georgia. [1]
The 2024 season will be Kennesaw State's first year in Conference USA since transitioning from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). [2]
Player | Position | Previous School |
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Andre Craig | WR | Alabama |
Chance Gamble | CB | Georgia Southern |
Deontre Morris | S | Georgia Southern |
Carlos Allen Jr. | DL | Houston |
Player | Position | Destination |
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Tylon Dunlap | DE | Georgia State |
Earl Woods III | QB | Jacksonville State |
Qway McCoy | S | Louisiana-Monroe |
Destun Thomas | WR | Memphis |
Jacob Kettels | OT | Montana State |
Donovan Westmoreland | DE | South Carolina |
Jackson Manning | TE | UMass |
Christopher Townsel | CB | USF |
Christian Moss | WR | Virginia Tech |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result |
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August 31 | 3:30 p.m. | at UTSA * | ESPN+ | ||
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Louisiana * | ESPN+ | ||
September 14 | at San Jose State * | ||||
September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | UT Martin * |
| ESPN+ | |
October 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State |
| CBSSN | |
October 15 | 8:00 p.m. | at Middle Tennessee | CBSSN | ||
October 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Liberty |
| CBSSN | |
October 30 | 7:30 p.m. | at Western Kentucky | ESPN2 | ||
November 9 | 4:00 p.m. | at UTEP | ESPN Networks | ||
November 16 | 3:00 p.m. | Sam Houston |
| ESPN Networks | |
November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | FIU |
| ESPN Networks | |
November 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech | ESPN Networks | ||
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