1976 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1976 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	8–4 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Dennis Fitzgerald (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
Seasons ←  1975 1977  →

1976 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ball State $	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Kent State	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ohio	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Western Michigan	6	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Miami (OH)	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Toledo	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Eastern Michigan	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1976 Kent State Golden Flashes was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

Their statistical leaders included Art Best with 1,030 rushing yards, Mike Whaylen with 822 passing yards, and Kim Featsent with 415 receiving yards. ^{[1] [2]} Five Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: wide receiver Kim Featsent, offensive tackle Tom Jesko, linebacker Jack Lazor, placekicker Paul Marchese, and defensive lineman Mike Zele. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Central Michigan	Perry Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	W 20–10
September 18	Ohio	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 12–14
September 25	at Iowa State *	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	L 7–47	32,658
October 2	Air Force *	Municipal Stadium Cleveland, OH	W 24–19
October 9	Western Michigan	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	W 24–12
October 16	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)	L 13–17
October 23	at Virginia Tech *	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 14–42	37,000	[4]
October 30	Eastern Michigan	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	W 38–13
November 6	at Hawaii *	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 27–6	17,447
November 13	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 24–17
November 20	Toledo	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	W 35–9
November 25	Northern Illinois	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	W 42–0
*Non-conference game

Roster

1976 Kent State Golden Flashes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 23 Art Best Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 89 Mike McKibben So DT 81 Mike Zele So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Earle Bruce Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. 2016 Record Book, p. D17-D19.
2. "1976 Kent State Golden Flashes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
3. 2016 Kent State Football Record Book, p. D42.
4. "Flashes do turkey trot...in the wrong direction". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 24, 1976. Retrieved January 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.