# 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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 | Derek Adams | P | JR |
| Wuerffel Trophy | 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.
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 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 12:00 p.m. | at Illinois* | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL | BTN | L 24–31 | 31,898 |
| September 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Howard* | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN+ | W 54–14 | 15,242 |
| September 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Penn State* | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA | FS1 | L 10–63 | 106,528 |
| September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS | SECN | L 17–38 | 50,417 |
| September 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at Ball State | Scheumann StadiumMuncie, IN | ESPN+ | L 24–52 | 9,367 |
| October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Ohio | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN+ | L 26–27 | 20,062 |
| October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | Yager StadiumOxford, OH | ESPN+ | L 6–31 | 5,003 |
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Akron | Dix StadiumKent, OH (Wagon Wheel) | ESPN+ | L 23–24 $^{OT}$ | 18,774 |
| October 30 | 8:00 p.m. | at Bowling Green | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH (Anniversary Award) | ESPNU | W 35–28 | 13,131 |
| November 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at Buffalo | UB StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPNU | L 14–48 | 15,078 |
| November 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Toledo | Dix StadiumKent, OH | CBSSN | L 34–56 | 5,387 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN3 | L 20–28 | 6,125 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Fighting Illini | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 31 |

### Howard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Golden Flashes | 16 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 54 |

### At Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 11 Nittany Lions | 21 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 63 |

### At Ole Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Rebels | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 38 |

### At Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Cardinals | 21 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 52 |

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Golden Flashes | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 26 |

### At Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| RedHawks | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 31 |

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Golden Flashes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |

### At Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Falcons | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 28 |

### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Bulls | 21 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 48 |

### Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rockets | 14 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 56 |
| Golden Flashes | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |

### Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Golden Flashes | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |