2024 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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2024 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Kent State K.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mark Carney (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Dave Duggan (2nd season)
Home stadium Dix Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Akron  0 0   0 0  
Ball State  0 0   0 0  
Bowling Green  0 0   0 0  
Buffalo  0 0   0 0  
Central Michigan  0 0   0 0  
Eastern Michigan  0 0   0 0  
Kent State  0 0   0 0  
Miami (OH)  0 0   0 0  
Northern Illinois  0 0   0 0  
Ohio  0 0   0 0  
Toledo  0 0   0 0  
Western Michigan  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
As of July 19, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Kent State Golden Flashes football team will represent Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Flashes are led by Kenni Burns in his second year as the head coach. The Golden Flashes will play home games at Dix Stadium, located in Kent, Ohio. [1]

Contents

Preseason

Preseason polls

Coaches Poll

On July 19 the MAC announced the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish last in the conference. They received zero votes to win the MAC Championship. [2] [3]

MAC Coaches poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Miami119 (9)
2Toledo109 (3)
T3Bowling Green92
T3Northern Illinois92
5Ohio81
6Eastern Michigan64
7Western Michigan60
8Central Michigan59
9Ball State42
10Buffalo37
11Akron24
12Kent State13
Coaches poll (MAC Championship)
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Miami10
2Toledo2

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
August 3112:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh * ESPNU
September 72:30 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * ESPN+
September 147:45 p.m.at Tennessee * SECN
September 21at Penn State *
September 28 Eastern Michigan
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
October 12 Ball State
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
October 19at Bowling Green
October 26at Western Michigan
November 67:00 p.m. Ohio
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPN2/ESPNU
November 137:00 p.m.at Miami (OH) ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN
November 197:00 p.m./7:30 p.m./8:00 p.m. Akron
ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/CBSSN
November 267:00 p.m.at Buffalo ESPN2/ESPN+

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