# 2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

The 2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 6:00 pm | Liberty* | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPN3 | W 17–10 | 20,790 |
| September 7 | 12:00 pm | Bowling Green | Dix StadiumKent, Ohio (Battle for the Anniversary Award) | ESPN+ | L 22–41 | 22,758 |
| September 14 | 7:00 pm | at No. 8 LSU* | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | ESPNU | L 13–45 | 89,113 |
| September 21 | 3:30 pm | at Penn State* | Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PN | BTN | L 0–34 | 92,371 |
| September 28 | 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan | Waldo StadiumKalamazoo, MI | ESPN3 | W 32–14 | 15,503 |
| October 5 | 3:30 pm | No. 23 Northern Illinois | Dix StadiumKent, OH | TWCS | L 24–38 | 18,773 |
| October 12 | 3:00 pm | at Ball State | Scheumann StadiumMuncie, IN | ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 16,861 |
| October 19 | 3:00 pm | at South Alabama* | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | | L 21–38 | 14,351 |
| October 26 | 3:30 pm | Buffalo | Dix StadiumKent, OH | TWCS | L 21–41 | 14,197 |
| November 2 | 3:30 pm | at Akron | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | TWCS | L 7–16 | 20,239 |
| November 13 | 8:00 pm | Miami (OH) | Dix StadiumKent, OH | ESPNU | W 24–6 | 8,573 |
| November 19 | 8:00 pm | at Ohio | Peden StadiumAthens, OH | ESPN2 | W 44–13 | 17,181 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| • Golden Flashes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

### Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Falcons | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| Golden Flashes | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 |

### LSU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| • #8 Tigers | 21 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 45 |

### Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nittany Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Golden Flashes | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Broncos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Northern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### South Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaguars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Miami [OH]

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| RedHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |