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Kent State junior running back Marquez Cooper runs for a touchdown against Eastern Michigan during the final home game on Nov. 16, 2022.

Collin Schlee’s early exit ends in football’s exit out of bowl eligibility

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 19, 2022

Kent State’s redshirt junior quarterback Collin Schlee brought his team to a 10-point lead in the second quarter of the Flashes’ last home game of the season. Then he went down. And without him,...

Kent State running back Gavin Garcia, who is now a sophomore on the team, breaks a tackle during his run downfield Sept. 17, 2022 against Long Island. Kent State won the match 63-10.

Athletic department, football program earn big bucks from tough non-conference matchups

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor November 18, 2022

Kent State will be paid $5.2 million by January 2023 for playing – and losing to – three football teams from the Power 5 conferences: No. 1-ranked Georgia, then-No. 7 Oklahoma and the Pac-12’s Washington. That...

With QB out early, football loses bowl eligibility in Eastern Michigan battle

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 17, 2022

Kent State fell to Eastern Michigan Wednesday in its last home game of the season.  The team now cannot qualify for a bowl game. The Flashes had two games left going into Wednesday, and they needed...

Two more to go: Football must defeat Eastern Michigan for chance at bowl-game status

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 15, 2022

Kent State’s football team will look to stay in the running for bowl eligibility in its final home game of the season against Eastern Michigan. The Flashes must win its last two matches to qualify...

Football breaks season’s road-game curse at Bowling Green

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 11, 2022

Up until Tuesday, Kent State’s football team had not won a game on the road all season. Then Wednesday, both the Flashes’ defense and offense dominated in a 40-6 victory at Bowling Green. KSU...

Football defeats Bowling Green for first road-game victory of season

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 9, 2022

Kent State’s defense dominated in a 40-6 victory over Bowling Green Wednesday.  This is the team’s first road win of the season. Kent State improves to 4-6 on the year and 3-3 in Mid-American Conference...

Winners vs. injured: Football looks to end BGSU’s streak in MAC East showdown

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 7, 2022

A banged up Kent State football team will face a hot Bowling Green team Wednesday in a Mid-American Conference East showdown. BGSU has won three-straight MAC games and is tied for first at 4-1 in conference...

Kent State redshirt junior Collin Schlee scans the field for an open player to throw the ball to as Ball State closes in during the game on Nov. 2.

Midweek MACtion: Football’s 12-game home winning streak shut down by Ball State

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 2, 2022

After a 13-0 first quarter, Kent State football team’s offense went nearly quiet in a 27-20 loss to Ball State. Head coach Sean Lewis took the blame – again. “I need to do a better job of leading...

Football falls to Ball State by a touchdown in midweek MACtion

Jacob Hansen, Reporter November 2, 2022

Kent State’s football team led Ball State 13-0 by the end of Tuesday’s first quarter – then the Cardinals responded with 17 unanswered points in the second. Ball State, now 3-2 in the Mid-American...

East vs. West preview: Football’s national leaders will go up against Ball State’s ranked stars

Jacob Hansen, Reporter October 27, 2022

Kent State and Ball State will each bring three nationally-ranked offensive stars to Tuesday’s Dix Stadium battle. “We are going to have our hands full,” coach Sean Lewis said. “We have to prepare...

Kent State then-freshman quarterback Devin Kargman throws the ball as the Akron defense closes in at Dix Stadium Oct. 22.

‘How about them Golden Flashes’: Football clinches fourth-consecutive Wagon Wheel victory

Jacob Hansen, Reporter October 23, 2022

Right before Saturday’s kickoff against Akron, coach Sean Lewis realized his starting quarterback could not play. He put freshman backup Devin Kargman in for his first collegiate start. He led the...

A table at the Kent State 1972 championship football team reunion at Laziza in downtown Kent featured the '72 football schedule and a helmet signed by then-coach Don James. The tangerines celebrated the team's appearance in the program's first bowl game that year.

Champions 50 years later: Football classes reunite to reminisce on historic ’72 season

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor October 23, 2022

Three years after Dix Stadium was built, the then-largest crowd in school history watched Kent State’s football team face Toledo in the season’s final Mid-American Conference game. The date was...