2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Sowder (1st season)
Offensive schemeVeer and shoot
Defensive coordinatorTom Kaufman (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumDix Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Buffalo x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Miami (OH)   6 – 2     6 – 6  
Ohio   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Akron   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Bowling Green   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Kent State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
West Division
Northern Illinois x$   6 – 2     8 – 6  
Western Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Eastern Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Toledo   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Ball State   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Central Michigan   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Sean Lewis 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.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Ray Guy Award[1] Derek Adams P JR
Wuerffel Trophy[2] Matt Bahr LB SR

Preseason media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Golden Flashes predicted to finish in last place in the East Division.[3]

East Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Ohio 140 (21)
2 Buffalo 112 (1)
3 Miami 95 (2)
4 Akron 74
5 Bowling Green 58
6 Kent State 25

Roster

2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 2 Will Matthews Jr
WR 10 Kavious Price Jr
RB 11 Justin Rankin Jr
RB 12 Darrick Edwards Jr
WR 12 Raymond James So
QB 13 Will Phillis  Fr
QB 14 Dustin Crum So
QB 15 Woody Barrett So
QB 17 Marquez Glover Fr
QB 18 Pyrce Taylor  Fr
RB 18 Xavier Williams  Fr
WR 19 Donte Ross Sr
WR 20 Trey Harrell Jr
WR 22 Javaughn Williams Fr
WR 23 Isaiah McKoy Fr
RB, WR 24 Raekwon James Sr
RB 25 Craig Elmore Fr
RB, TE 26 Myles Washington Jr
RB 27 Isaac Vance  Fr
WR 28 Mandela Lawrence−Burke Jr
RB 33 Jo−El Shaw Jr
TE 45 Adam Dulka So
TE 46 Mitch Lengyel So
OL 54 Nate Warnock Jr
OL 55 Julian Sams Fr
OL 62 Mike Morris Fr
OL 64 Bryce Gibbs Jr
OL 65 Luke Dye Fr
OL 67 Nathan Monnin So
OL 68 Mike Marinelli Jr
OL 69 Sam Allan  Fr
OL 70 Jack Clement  Fr
OL 71 Eddie Brecht  Fr
OL 72 Jamil Viaud Jr
OL 73 Zach Whaley Fr
OL 75 Adam Gregoire Jr
OL 76 Chase Van Hoef Jr
OL 77 Daniel Johnson Fr
OL 78 Zach Corrigall So
WR 80 Johnny Woods Sr
WR 81 Dominic DiGioia Jr
WR 83 Lon'kevious McFadden Fr
WR 84 Jalil Nelson  Fr
TE 85 Mark Williams Fr
WR 86 Zaquon Tyson  Sr
WR 87 Mike Carrigan Jr
TE 88 Conor Brumfield Jr
WR 89 Antwan Dixon Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 1 Nick Faulkner Jr
LB 6 Matt Bahr  Sr
CB 7 Jamal Parker Jr
S 8 Elvis Hines So
CB 10 Quan Robinson Jr.  Sr
DL 11 Jordan Silva  Sr
S 13 Erik Simpson  Sr
S 14 John Henry Bronczek Jr
CB 15 Keith Sherald Jr. So
LB 19 A.J. Musolino  Fr
CB 21 Montre Miller Fr
LB 22 Jim Jones Sr
S 25 Juantez McRae Sr
DB 26 Richie Carpenter Jr. Jr
CB 29 Capone Blue Fr
CB 30 Darryl Marshall Sr
S 31 Akeam Peters Jr
LB 32 Dalton Hicks Jr
LB 34 Kesean Gamble So
CB 36 Jeremiah Salaam Fr
LB 37 Cepeda Phillips So
S 38 Jae'Vante Ray Jr
CB 39 Miles Daniel So
S 41 Rodley Jolicoeur  Fr
DE 42 Jordan Felice  Fr
DE, LB 43 Tyler Britton So
LB 44 Matt Harmon Fr
NT 49 Kalil Morris  Sr
LB 50 Sebastian Spear So
DL 51 Connor Parks Fr
LB 52 Ishmael Robinson Fr
DE 53 Alex Hoag Jr
DL 56 Elijah Ratliff Fr
LB 57 William Luckey Fr
DE 58 Theo Eboigbe Sr
DL 59 Will Burns Fr
DL 91 Neiman Novitski  Fr
DL 92 Theo Majette Jr
DL 93 Matt Bell So
DL 94 Dennis Wariboko Jr
DE 97 Zayin West  Fr
NT 98 Dominic Hill Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 60 Dalton DeChristopher Fr
K 82 Matthew Trickett Fr
K 90 Colten McFadden  Fr
P 94 Grant Urenovitch So
LS 95 Joey Palumbo Jr
P 96 Derek Adams Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tom Kaufman (Defensive Coordinator/Associate HC)
  • Andrew Sowder (Offensive Coordinator)
  • Zac Barton (Special Teams Coordinator)
  • Colin Ferrell (Outside Linebackers)
  • Brian Cochran (Defensive Line)
  • Jonathan Cooley (Secondary)
  • Matthew Middleton (Wide Receivers)
  • Bill O'Boyle (Offensive Line)
  • Macky MacPherson (Running Backs)
  • Will Windham (Inside Linebackers)
  • Dominic Clegg (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
  • Matt Battaglia (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
  • Matt Johnson (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
  • Dan Conwell (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m.at Illinois*
BTNL 24–3131,898
September 83:30 p.m.Howard*
ESPN+W 54–1415,242
September 1512:00 p.m.at No. 11 Penn State*
FS1L 10–63106,528
September 2212:00 p.m.at Ole Miss*
SECNL 17–3850,417
September 293:00 p.m.at Ball State
ESPN+L 24–529,367
October 63:30 p.m.Ohio
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPN+L 26–2720,062
October 132:30 p.m.at Miami (OH)
ESPN+L 6–315,003
October 203:30 p.m.Akron
ESPN+L 23–24 OT18,774
October 308:00 p.m.at Bowling Green
ESPNUW 35–2813,131
November 67:30 p.m.at Buffalo
ESPNUL 14–4815,078
November 156:00 p.m.Toledo
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
CBSSNL 34–565,387
November 2312:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan
  • Dix Stadium
  • Kent, OH
ESPN3L 20–286,125
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source:[4]

Game summaries

At Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 10 7 0 24
Fighting Illini 3 0 21 7 31
See also: 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 0 14 0 14
Golden Flashes 16 10 21 7 54
See also: 2018 Howard Bison football team

At Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 3 0 0 10
No. 11 Nittany Lions 21 7 21 14 63
See also: 2018 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

At Ole Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 7 10 0 17
Rebels 7 0 17 14 38
See also: 2018 Ole Miss Rebels football team

At Ball State

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 10 7 0 24
Cardinals 21 14 7 10 52
See also: 2018 Ball State Cardinals football team

Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 0 7 13 27
Golden Flashes 14 3 6 3 26
See also: 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team

At Miami (OH)

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 0 0 6 6
RedHawks 0 21 10 0 31
See also: 2018 Miami RedHawks football team

Akron

1 2 3 4OT Total
Zips 7 3 7 07 24
Golden Flashes 3 7 7 06 23
See also: 2018 Akron Zips football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)

At Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 7 7 14 35
Falcons 3 10 0 15 28
See also: 2018 Bowling Green Falcons football team and Anniversary Award

At Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 0 0 0 14 14
Bulls 21 13 14 0 48
See also: 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Rockets 14 14 21 7 56
Golden Flashes 7 10 10 7 34
See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 14 7 0 28
Golden Flashes 10 0 7 3 20
See also: 2018 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

References

  1. ^ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "NIU & Ohio Picked as Divisional Winners in 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll".
  4. ^ 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.