Kennesaw State Owls football

The Kennesaw State Owls football represents Kennesaw State University in college football. The team began play in 2015 as a member of the Big South Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. The head coach of the Owls is Brian Bohannon, and plays at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Kennesaw State Owls
2020 Kennesaw State Owls football team
First season2015
Athletic directorMilton Overton
Head coachBrian Bohannon
5th season, 48–15 (.762)
StadiumFifth Third Bank Stadium
(Capacity: 8,318)
LocationKennesaw, Georgia
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferenceBig South Conference
All-time record48–15 (.762)
Conference titles2 (2017, 2018)
ColorsBlack and Gold[1]
         
Fight songThe KSU Fight Song
MascotScrappy the Owl
WebsiteKSUOwls.com

History

Planning stages (2007–2009)

Kennesaw State had considered adding an American football team at various points in its history. The school had concluded a feasibility survey which affirmed it would be possible to have Division I football. On November 9, 2007, a survey was administered by the Student Government with 77.6 percent of respondents voting in favor of starting a football program. Participation in the survey was supposed to be restricted to enrolled students only; however, due to a design flaw, anyone could take the survey an unlimited number of times.[2][3][4][5][6]

Building stages (2009–2013)

In December 2009, KSU President Daniel S. Papp appointed a football exploratory committee headed by legendary University of Georgia coach, Vince Dooley. The committee announced a highly favorable recommendation for the creation of a football program at KSU in a 137-page report[7] on September 15, 2010 in a press conference at the KSU Convocation Center.

KSU athletic director Vaughn Williams stated that KSU was targeting fielding a team for the 2014 season playing at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level formerly known as I-AA.[8] KSU presented its plans for the football program to the State Board of Regents on February 13, 2013, and on February 14, KSU officially announced that the State Board of Regents had accepted their proposal for the football team. The school started the football program with the 2015 season.[9]

KSU is currently affiliated with the Atlantic Sun Conference for sports but since that conference does not sponsor football, the school would have to either play as an independent or find a new conference to join, either for all sports or as a football associate.[10] On September 3, 2013, KSU announced that it will be joining the Big South Conference as a football-only member to begin play in the 2015 season.[11] In 2016, the Atlantic Sun and Big South agreed to an alliance between the two conferences where football-playing schools in both conferences will be part of one Big South conference for the sport. North Alabama, which will join the Atlantic Sun, will become the second such school in the Atlantic Sun under this alliance.

Brian Bohannon is the first football coach at Kennesaw State.[12]

Year-by-year results
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019–20 college football season
NCAA Division I FCS champions Conference Champions
Year NCAA Division Conference Division Overall Conference Coach Final Ranking
GamesWinLossPct. GamesWinLossPct.Standing STATSCoaches'
2015FCSBig South Conference1165.545624.333T–5thBrian Bohannon––
2016FCSBig South Conference1183.727532.600T–3rdBrian Bohannon––
2017FCSBig South Conference14122.8575501.0001stBrian Bohannon89
2018FCSBig South Conference13112.8465501.0001stBrian Bohannon22
2019FCSBig South Conference14113.786651.8332ndBrian Bohannon159

FCS Playoffs results

The Owls have appeared in the FCS Playoffs three times. Their record is 4–3.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2017First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals		Samford
Jacksonville State
Sam Houston State		W 28–17
W 17–7
L 27–34
2018Second Round
Quarterfinals		Wofford
South Dakota State		W 13–10
L 17–27
2019First Round
Second Round		Wofford
Weber State		W 28–21
L 20-26

Future non-conference opponents
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025
at Kent State at Kent State at Georgia Tech vs Wofford vs Furman vs Missouri State
vs Alabama State at Alabama State at Wofford at Samford at Jacksonville State
at Missouri State vs Tarleton State vs Shorter
vs Shorter vs Samford
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References
  1. Kennesaw State University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  2. "SGA survey goes live". KSU Sentinel. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  3. "News at KSU - Kennesaw State Eyeing Football Program". kennesaw.edu.
  4. "News at KSU - Kennesaw State launches Football Exploratory Committee". kennesaw.edu.
  5. "Dooley leading Kennesaw State football quest". ajc.com.
  6. "Vince Dooley to help start Kennesaw State football". The Augusta Chronicle.
  7. "News at KSU". kennesaw.edu.
  8. "News at KSU - Kennesaw State football would be about 'branding'". kennesaw.edu.
  9. "Kennesaw State says it's ready for some football". ajc.com.
  10. "News at KSU - Commentary: KSU football may be coming, but when?". kennesaw.edu.
  11. "Kennesaw State joining Big South for football". ajc.com.
  12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/former-georgia-tech-assistant-brian-bohannon-to-become-1st-football-coach-at-kennesaw-state/2013/03/24/8c26274c-94f7-11e2-95ca-dd43e7ffee9c_story.html
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