2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach
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
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
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 (OH)   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

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

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

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)dagger
  • 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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 August 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Don Treadwell named Kent State's interim head coach". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Kent State coach Paul Haynes returns after cancer treatments: MAC Football 2017". cleveland.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  5. ^ "Kent State fires Haynes after 5 losing seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  6. ^ rlewis. "Kent State fires football coach Paul Haynes after loss to Akron". www.ohio.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  7. ^ Moff, Allen. "Kent State hires Sean Lewis as new football coach". Record. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  8. ^ "Syracuse's Sean Lewis to be named Kent State's new head football coach". cleveland.com. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  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.


Categories