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American college football season
The 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Sean Lewis 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.
Preseason[edit]
Award watch lists[edit]
Listed in the order that they were released
Preseason media poll[edit]
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Golden Flashes predicted to finish in last place in the East Division.[3]
East Division
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Predicted finish
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Team
|
Votes (1st place)
|
1 |
Ohio |
140 (21)
|
2 |
Buffalo |
112 (1)
|
3 |
Miami |
95 (2)
|
4 |
Akron |
74
|
5 |
Bowling Green |
58
|
6 |
Kent State |
25
|
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at Illinois* | | BTN | L 24–31 | 31,898 |
September 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Howard* | | ESPN+ | W 54–14 | 15,242 |
September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Penn State* | | FS1 | L 10–63 | 106,528 |
September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | | SECN | L 17–38 | 50,417 |
September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at Ball State | | ESPN+ | L 24–52 | 9,367 |
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Ohio | | ESPN+ | L 26–27 | 20,062 |
October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | | ESPN+ | L 6–31 | 5,003 |
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Akron | | ESPN+ | L 23–24 OT | 18,774 |
| 8:00 p.m. | at Bowling Green | | ESPNU | W 35–28 | 13,131 |
| 7:30 p.m. | at Buffalo | | ESPNU | L 14–48 | 15,078 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Toledo | | CBSSN | L 34–56 | 5,387 |
| 12:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan | | ESPN3 | L 20–28 | 6,125 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Source:[4]
Game summaries[edit]
At Illinois[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Fighting Illini
|
3
|
0
|
21
|
7 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bison
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
14 |
Golden Flashes
|
16
|
10
|
21
|
7 |
54 |
At Penn State[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
No. 11 Nittany Lions
|
21
|
7
|
21
|
14 |
63 |
At Ole Miss[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
0 |
17 |
Rebels
|
7
|
0
|
17
|
14 |
38 |
At Ball State[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Cardinals
|
21
|
14
|
7
|
10 |
52 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bobcats
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
13 |
27 |
Golden Flashes
|
14
|
3
|
6
|
3 |
26 |
At Miami (OH)[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
RedHawks
|
0
|
21
|
10
|
0 |
31 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Zips
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
0 | 7 |
24 |
Golden Flashes
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
0 | 6 |
23 |
At Bowling Green[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Falcons
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
15 |
28 |
At Buffalo[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Flashes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
14 |
Bulls
|
21
|
13
|
14
|
0 |
48 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
14
|
14
|
21
|
7 |
56 |
Golden Flashes
|
7
|
10
|
10
|
7 |
34 |
Eastern Michigan[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
0 |
28 |
Golden Flashes
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
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