American college football season
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.
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 [ edit ] Name Title Paul Haynes Head coach Don Treadwell Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dave McMichael Special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Ben Needham Defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Jeff Burrow Co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach Doc Gamble Wide receivers coach Mark Spencer Recruiting coordinator/running backs coach Colin Ferrell Defensive line coach Rob Zeitman Offensive line coach Joe Tresey Cornerbacks coach
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Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 12:00 p.m. at No. 5 Clemson * ESPN L 3–5680,121 September 9 3:30 p.m. Howard * ESPN3 W 38–3120,312 September 16 6:30 p.m. at Marshall * CUSA.TV L 0–2124,044 September 23 12:00 p.m. at No. 19 Louisville * ACCRSN L 3–4247,812 September 30 3:30 p.m. Buffalo ESPN3 L 13–2712,355 October 7 3:30 p.m. at Northern Illinois ESPN3 L 3–2411,398 October 14 3:30 p.m. Miami (OH) ESPN3 W 17–1420,537 October 21 12:00 p.m. at Ohio ESPN3 L 3–4819,540 8:00 p.m. Bowling Green ESPNU L 16–447,140 7:00 p.m. at Western Michigan CBSSN L 20–489,584 7:00 p.m. Central Michigan ESPNU L 23–425,580 7:00 p.m. at Akron ESPNU L 14–2421,683 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Clemson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3 No. 5 Tigers 21 7 21 7 56
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 7 7 10 7 31 Golden Flashes 14 7 2 15 38
At Marshall [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 0 0 0 0 0 Thundering Herd 0 7 0 14 21
At Louisville [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3 No. 19 Cardinals 21 7 14 0 42
Buffalo [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulls 7 13 7 0 27 Golden Flashes 0 13 0 0 13
At Northern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 0 3 0 0 3 Huskies 7 7 10 0 24
Miami (OH) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total RedHawks 0 14 0 0 14 Golden Flashes 0 3 14 0 17
At Ohio [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 3 0 0 0 3 Bobcats 0 13 28 7 48
Bowling Green [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 17 3 14 10 44 Golden Flashes 0 9 0 7 16
At Western Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 14 0 0 6 20 Broncos 21 10 3 14 48
Central Michigan [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Chippewas 7 21 0 14 42 Golden Flashes 3 14 0 6 23
At Akron [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Flashes 0 7 7 0 14 Zips 10 14 0 0 24
References [ edit ] ^ 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." ^ "Kent State head coach to miss first 2-3 weeks, including opener against Clemson" . CBSSports.com . Retrieved August 28, 2017 . ^ "Don Treadwell named Kent State's interim head coach" . Cincinnati.com . Retrieved August 28, 2017 . ^ "Kent State coach Paul Haynes returns after cancer treatments: MAC Football 2017" . cleveland.com . Retrieved October 27, 2017 . ^ "Kent State fires Haynes after 5 losing seasons" . ESPN.com . Retrieved January 16, 2018 . ^ rlewis. "Kent State fires football coach Paul Haynes after loss to Akron" . www.ohio.com . Retrieved January 16, 2018 . ^ Moff, Allen. "Kent State hires Sean Lewis as new football coach" . Record . Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018 . ^ "Syracuse's Sean Lewis to be named Kent State's new head football coach" . cleveland.com . Retrieved January 16, 2018 . ^ Staff Directory . Kent State University Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017. ^ 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football schedule . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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