2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Kent State K.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Co-defensive coordinatorBen Needham (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Burrow [1] (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Dix Stadium
Seasons
←  2016
2018  →
2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Akron xy  6 –2   7 –7  
Ohio  5 –3   9 –4  
Miami (OH)  4 –4   5 –7  
Buffalo  4 –4   6 –6  
Bowling Green  2 –6   2 –10  
Kent State  1 –7   2 –10  
West Division
Toledo xy$  7 –1   11 –3  
Central Michigan  6 –2   8 –5  
Northern Illinois  6 –2   8 –5  
Western Michigan  4 –4   6 –6  
Eastern Michigan  3 –5   5 –7  
Ball State  0 –8   2 –10  
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

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On August 28, 2017, the school announced that head coach Paul Haynes would be taking a medical leave of absence and miss the first two to three weeks of the season. [2] Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell was named interim head coach. [3] Haynes returned to the Flashes after missing two games due to prostate cancer treatments. [4]

On November 22, one day after the Flashes' final game of the season against Akron, the school fired Paul Haynes after five losing seasons. [5] [6] On December 19, the school hired Sean Lewis as head coach. [7] [8]

Coaching staff

NameTitle
Paul Haynes Head coach
Don Treadwell Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Dave McMichaelSpecial teams coordinator/tight ends coach
Ben NeedhamDefensive coordinator/linebackers coach
Jeff BurrowCo-defensive coordinator/safeties coach
Doc GambleWide receivers coach
Mark SpencerRecruiting coordinator/running backs coach
Colin Ferrell Defensive line coach
Rob ZeitmanOffensive line coach
Joe TreseyCornerbacks coach

Source: [9]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.at No. 5 Clemson *
 ESPN L 3–5680,121
September 93:30 p.m. Howard *
 ESPN3 W 38–3120,312
September 166:30 p.m.at Marshall *
 CUSA.TV L 0–2124,044
September 2312:00 p.m.at No. 19 Louisville *
 ACCRSN L 3–4247,812
September 303:30 p.m. Buffalo
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPN3L 13–2712,355
October 73:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois
ESPN3L 3–2411,398
October 143:30 p.m. Miami (OH) Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPN3W 17–1420,537
October 2112:00 p.m.at Ohio
ESPN3L 3–4819,540
October 318:00 p.m. Bowling Green
ESPNU L 16–447,140
November 87:00 p.m.at Western Michigan
CBSSN L 20–489,584
November 147:00 p.m. Central Michigan
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPNUL 23–425,580
November 217:00 p.m.at Akron
ESPNUL 14–2421,683
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source: [10]

Game summaries

At Clemson

1234Total
Golden Flashes03003
No. 5 Tigers21721756

Howard

1234Total
Bison7710731
Golden Flashes14721538

At Marshall

1234Total
Golden Flashes00000
Thundering Herd0701421

At Louisville

1234Total
Golden Flashes03003
No. 19 Cardinals21714042

Buffalo

1234Total
Bulls7137027
Golden Flashes0130013

At Northern Illinois

1234Total
Golden Flashes03003
Huskies7710024

Miami (OH)

1234Total
RedHawks0140014
Golden Flashes0314017

At Ohio

1234Total
Golden Flashes30003
Bobcats01328748

Bowling Green

1234Total
Falcons173141044
Golden Flashes090716

At Western Michigan

1234Total
Golden Flashes1400620
Broncos211031448

Central Michigan

1234Total
Chippewas72101442
Golden Flashes3140623

At Akron

1234Total
Golden Flashes077014
Zips10140024

References

  1. ↑ Staff Directory - Jeff Burrow Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine . Kent State University Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017. "Entering his seventh season, Jeff Burrow has served as Kent State’s safeties coach since March of 2011 and was promoted co-defensive coordinator in 2017."
  2. ↑ "Kent State head coach to miss first 2-3 weeks, including opener against Clemson". CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Don Treadwell named Kent State's interim head coach". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kent State coach Paul Haynes returns after cancer treatments: MAC Football 2017". cleveland.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kent State fires Haynes after 5 losing seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ rlewis. "Kent State fires football coach Paul Haynes after loss to Akron". www.ohio.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ Moff, Allen. "Kent State hires Sean Lewis as new football coach". Record. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Syracuse's Sean Lewis to be named Kent State's new head football coach". cleveland.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Staff Directory. Kent State University Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  10. ↑ 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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