The Kent State Golden Flashes will play Pittsburgh on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the full slate.

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2024 Kent State Game and TV Schedule

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Kent State 2024 Strength of Schedule

• According to their opponents’ combined win total last year (66), the Golden Flashes have the 93rd-ranked schedule in college football.
• Kent State is facing the 53rd-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
• In terms of toughness, based on their MAC opponents’ combined win total last season, the Golden Flashes will be facing the 101st-ranked conference schedule this year.
• Kent State will play six teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule features three teams that put up nine or more victories and three squads with less than four wins last year.
• The Golden Flashes will have six teams on their schedule this season that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Kent State Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Flashes were a bottom-25 offense last year, ranking third-worst with 269.3 yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 81st in FBS (390.6 yards allowed per game).
• Kent State ranked worst in scoring offense (14.7 points per game) and 12th-worst in scoring defense (34.6 points per game allowed) last season.
• The Golden Flashes ranked 11th-worst in passing offense last season (163.8 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 49th with 214.5 passing yards allowed per contest.
• Kent State was a bottom-25 run offense last year, ranking 17th-worst with 105.5 rushing yards per game. Defensively, it ranked 106th in FBS (176.1 rushing yards allowed per game).
• With a 29.7% third-down conversion rate (sixth-worst) and a 47.2% third-down rate allowed on defense (fifth-worst), the Golden Flashes were outplayed on both sides of the ball last year in terms of third-down efficiency.
• Kent State forced nine total turnovers (127th in FBS) last season and turned it over 13 times (17th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -4, 97th-ranked in college football.

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