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Know Your Foe Week 3: Kent State Golden Flashes

Location: Kent, Ohio
Enrollment: 39,367 (undergraduates and post graduates)

Kent State Football Facts

Home Stadium: Dix Stadium (Capacity 25,319)
Head Coach: Sean Lewis, 1st season, 1-1 (.500)
Conference: Mid American Conference (East Division)
Overall Bowl Record: 0-3 (.0)
Conference Titles: 1

Series History

First Game: November 6, 1965 (Penn State won, 21-6)
Last Game: September 3, 2016 (Penn State won, 33-13)
Overall: Penn State leads 5-0
Current Streak: Penn State, 5

Last Season (2-10 overall, 1-7 MAC)

In 2017, the Kent State Golden Flashes were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Haynes, and had a rough season with just two wins overall against Howard University and Miami of Ohio, and one win in the MAC, finishing last in the East Division of the conference.