2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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.

2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
2017 record2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coachPaul Haynes (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorDon Treadwell (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBen Needham (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Burrow (1st as DC,[1] 7th overall season)
Home stadiumDix Stadium
(Capacity: 25,319)
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  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

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]

Previous season

The Golden Flashes finished the 2016 season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Coaching staff
NameTitle
Paul HaynesHead Coach
Don TreadwellOffensive 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 FerrellDefensive Line Coach
Rob ZeitmanOffensive Line Coach
Joe TreseyCornerbacks Coach

Source:[9]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 212:00 p.m.at No. 5 Clemson*
ESPNL 3–5680,121
September 93:30 p.m.Howard*
ESPN3W 38–3120,312
September 166:30 p.m.at Marshall*
CUSA.TVL 0–2124,044
September 2312:00 p.m.at No. 19 Louisville*
ACCRSNL 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)
  • 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
ESPNUL 16–447,140
November 87:00 p.m.at Western Michigan
CBSSNL 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
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source:[10]

Game summaries

at Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3
No. 5 Tigers 21 7 21 7 56
See also: 2017 Clemson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Howard
1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 7 7 10 7 31
Golden Flashes 14 7 2 15 38
See also: 2017 Howard Bison football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 0 0 0 0
Thundering Herd 0 7 0 14 21
See also: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–18 2015 MARSH, 36–292OT

at Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3
No. 19 Cardinals 21 7 14 0 42
See also: 2017 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–8 1973 KENT, 10–3

Buffalo
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 13 7 0 27
Golden Flashes 0 13 0 0 13
See also: 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–11 2016 KENT, 44–20

at Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3
Huskies 7 7 10 0 24
See also: 2017 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–20 2016 NIU, 31–21

Miami (OH)
1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 14 0 0 14
Golden Flashes 0 3 14 0 17
See also: 2017 Miami RedHawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–48 2016 MIA, 18–14

at Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 3 0 0 0 3
Bobcats 0 13 28 7 48
See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–42–2 2016 OHIO, 14–10

Bowling Green
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 17 3 14 10 44
Golden Flashes 0 9 0 7 16
See also: 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team and Anniversary Award
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–59–6 2016 BGSU, 42–7

at Western Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 14 0 0 6 20
Broncos 21 10 3 14 48
See also: 2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–34–1 2016 WMU, 37–21

Central Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 7 21 0 14 42
Golden Flashes 3 14 0 6 23
See also: 2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–23 2016 KENT, 27–24

at Akron
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 7 7 0 14
Zips 10 14 0 0 24
See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–33–2 2016 AKR, 31–27
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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 2017-08-28.
  3. "Don Treadwell named Kent State's interim head coach". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  4. "Kent State coach Paul Haynes returns after cancer treatments: MAC Football 2017". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  5. "Kent State fires Haynes after 5 losing seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. rlewis. "Kent State fires football coach Paul Haynes after loss to Akron". www.ohio.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  7. Writer, Allen Moff Staff. "Kent State hires Sean Lewis as new football coach". Record. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. "Syracuse's Sean Lewis to be named Kent State's new head football coach". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  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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