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TEMPE, AZ - AUGUST 29: Kent State Golden Flashes wide receiver Isaiah McKoy (23) catches a touchdown pass during the college football game between the Kent State Golden Flashes and the Arizona State Sun Devils on August 29, 2019 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Kent State football loses sixth-straight season opener

JOSE M. ROMERO August 30, 2019

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels passed for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another in his Sun Devils debut, as the Kent State football team was shut out for three quarters...

Football returns to Kent

Gina Butkovich August 28, 2019

It’s been 279 days since Kent State football played a game. But tonight, at 10 p.m. the Flashes return to action at Arizona State. Arizona State, one of the three Power Five teams Kent State will face...

Flashes quarterback Woody Barrett drops back for a pass during a drill before Kent State's spring game on April 14, 2018. Barrett is entrenched in a three-way quarterback battle heading into the team's season opener at Illinois. 

Football update: Lewis eyes improvement in second season

Ian Kreider August 13, 2019

Last season, Sean Lewis predicted that Kent State would be playing in a bowl game in his first season as coach. Lewis even went as far as scheduling 14 unique jersey combinations, including one for both...

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Kent State football player awarded Steve Harvey Scholarship

Michael Reiner July 2, 2019

Incoming freshman linebacker Anthony Morris Jr. is one of eight Kent State incoming freshman who have been awarded scholarships by the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation.Morris graduated from Ginn Academy...

Running back Jo-El Shaw cuts back during the KSU spring game at Dix Stadium. April 13, 2019.

Kent State football returns to Dix Stadium for Spring Game

Brandon Lewis April 14, 2019

Kent State football coach Sean Lewis said the passing offense stood out to him as an area the team did well in during the 2019 Kent State Spring Game Saturday at Dix Stadium. That said, Lewis knows that...

Kent State Golden Flashes quarterback Woody Barrett carries the ball out of the tackle of Toledo Rockets defensive lineman Tuzar Skipper in the first quarter of Thursday's game at Dix Stadium. Barrett scored on the play.

Kent State football releases 2019 schedule

Ian Kreider February 20, 2019

Sun Devils, Tigers and Badgers, oh my.For the second straight season Kent State will play three games against “Power 5” opponents. The Mid-American Conference revealed the conference schedule for every...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: OCT 06 Indiana at Ohio State

Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire February 9, 2019

COLUMBUS, OH - OCTOBER 06: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Offensive Coordinator Ryan Day during the game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at Ohio Stadium...

Sean Blevins headshot

OPINION: The Transfer Portal is revolutionizing college football

Sean Blevins January 21, 2019

The college football world has been turned upside-down over the past month with the opening of its transfer portal. This portal has essentially started a free agency period in college football now, which...

Kent State cheerleaders pose in a pyramid at a football game with the crowd in the bleachers behind them.

Despite prestigious alumni, wins historically tough to come by for KSU football team

Ian Kreider October 3, 2018

45.45 of the Kent State football team’s 57 seasons have ended with more losses than wins.The team has finished with double-digit wins one time in 2012.They have finished winless four times.Taking all...

Luke Wollet as a member of the New Orleans Saints

Former Kent State football player overcomes drug addiction

Lexi Marco September 19, 2018

Former Kent State football player Luke Wollet went from NFL hopeful to addict within a short period of time.Wollet, a 26-year-old Youngstown native, knows exactly what it’s like to have dreams right...

Kent State coach Sean Lewis comforts quarterback Woody Barrett as he walks off the field after he was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct during a a touchdown celebration in Kent State’s game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. The Flashes lost, 31-24.

Extra Points: On driving the car, a comeback bigger than football and competency

Henry Palattella September 1, 2018

1.     Minutes after Kent State’s 31-24 loss to Illinois Saturday, Sean Lewis had some business to take care of before his post-game press conference. Lewis’ attention was fixated on a moth on...

Kent State football coach Sean Lewis gives a speech to his team following the spring game on April 14, 2018. The defense won the scrimmage, meaning the offense had to clean up Dix Stadium.

Kent State football focused, determined headed into opener

Ian Kreider August 26, 2018

When Kent State football coach Sean Lewis was asked how he was feeling leading up to the Flashes’ season opener against Illinois, he only needed one word to respond:“Great.”The season opens by facing...