1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (3–2 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
John Carroll $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Wooster 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 0 – 3
Ohio Northern 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Capital 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Muskingum 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Mount Union 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Kent State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Toledo 0 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Bowling Green 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 2 – 3
Case 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Oberlin 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Kenyon 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Marietta 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Findlay 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Otterbein 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Heidelberg 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Ashland 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Donald Starn, Kent State compiled a 6–2 record (3–2 against OAC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 69.[1] The team opened the season with five consecutive victories, including back-to-back shutouts over Alfred Holbrook (49–0) and Buffalo (54–0).[1] The team's 54 points scored against Buffalo was the most in school history to that point and also included a school record for most points in a quarter (27 points in the third quarter).[2] The team then lost two of its last three games, including a 7–3 loss in the 10th match in its rivalry with Bowling Green.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Albion*
W 17–0[3]
October 1at HeidelbergTiffin, OHW 22–6[4]
October 7at FindlayFindlay, OHW 13–7[5]
October 15Alfred Holbrook*
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 49–0[6]
October 22Buffalo*
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 54–0[2]
October 28 at John Carroll
L 6–27[7]
November 5at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OH (rivalry)W 7–35,000[8][9]
November 12Baldwin–Wallace
  • Bowers Field
  • Kent, OH
L 6–26[10][11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ a b c "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Kent Runs Up Big Score Against Invading Bisons". The Zanesville Times-Signal. October 23, 1938. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Heavier Kent State Eleven Mows Down Albion, 17-0". Detroit Free Press. September 25, 1938. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kent State Winner Over Heidelberg Eleven For First Time In Six Years". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 2, 1938. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kent Tops Findlay". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 8, 1938. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kent Makes New Record In Beating Holbrook, 49-0". The Zanesville Times-Signal. October 16, 1938. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hackim, Lincoln (October 29, 1938). "John Carroll Overpowers Kent State, Wins By 27–6". Akron Beacon Journal. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Falcons Lose Tough One To Kent 7 To 3: Penalty In Crucial Moment Spells Doom For Bee Gee". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 7, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kent State Gets "Break" To Defeat Bowling Green". The Zanesville Times-Signal. November 6, 1938. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "B.W. 26, Kent State 6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. AP. November 13, 1938. p. 34.
  11. ^ "Yellow Jackets' Passes Sting Golden Flashes". Daily Kent Stater. November 15, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved December 4, 2023 – via Daily Kent Stater Digital Archive.


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