2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; As of December 3, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Kent State Golden Flashes football
2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
2017 record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Treadwell (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Needham (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Burrow (1st as DC,[1] 7th overall season)
Home stadium	Dix Stadium; (Capacity: 25,319)

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]

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

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

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Clemson*	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN	L 3–56	80,121
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Howard*	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 38–31	20,312
September 16	6:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	CUSA.TV	L 0–21	24,044
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	L 3–42	47,812
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Buffalo	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 13–27	12,355
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	L 3–24	11,398
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 17–14	20,537
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 3–48	19,540
October 31	8:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPNU	L 16–44	7,140
November 8	7:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	CBSSN	L 20–48	9,584
November 14	7:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPNU	L 23–42	5,580
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,683
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. 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

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

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–18	2015	MARSH, 36–29^2OT

at Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	3	0	0	3
No. 19 Cardinals	21	7	14	0	42

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–33–2	2016	AKR, 31–27

References

↑ Staff Directory - Jeff Burrow. 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 2017-08-28.
↑ "Don Treadwell named Kent State's interim head coach". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
↑ "Kent State coach Paul Haynes returns after cancer treatments: MAC Football 2017". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
↑ "Kent State fires Haynes after 5 losing seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
↑ rlewis. "Kent State fires football coach Paul Haynes after loss to Akron". www.ohio.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
↑ Writer, Allen Moff Staff. "Kent State hires Sean Lewis as new football coach". Record. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
↑ "Syracuse's Sean Lewis to be named Kent State's new head football coach". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
↑ 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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[1] Staff Directory - Jeff Burrow. 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.

Kent State Golden Flashes football
Venues	Rockwell Field (1920–1940) Memorial Stadium (1941–1968) Dix Stadium (1969–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Akron (Wagon Wheel) Bowling Green (Anniversary Award)
Culture & lore	The Marching Golden Flashes
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2017 record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Treadwell (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Needham (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jeff Burrow (1st as DC,^[1] 7th overall season)
Home stadium	Dix 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 As of December 3, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll