1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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The 1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Donald Starn, Kent State compiled a 6–2 record (3–2 against OAC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 174 to 69.[1] The team opened the season with five consecutive victories, including back-to-back shutouts over Alfred Holbrook (49–0) and Buffalo (54–0).[1] The team's 54 points scored against Buffalo was the most in school history to that point and also included a school record for most points in a quarter (27 points in the third quarter).[2] The team then lost two of its last three games, including a 7–3 loss in the 10th match in its rivalry with Bowling Green.[1]

ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (3–2 OAC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumRockwell Field
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1938 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (3–2 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 â†’
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1938 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wooster $5–0–25–0–3
John Carroll4–0–26–2–1
Ohio Northern6–1–16–1–1
Capital5–1–16–1–1
Denison5–2–07–2–0
Mount Union4–2–05–3–0
Muskingum4–2–15–3–1
Wittenberg4–2–04–4–0
Baldwin–Wallace2–1–03–5–0
Kent State3–2–06–2–0
Toledo0–0–16–3–1
Bowling Green2–2–23–2–3
Case2–2–12–4–2
Oberlin1–4–03–4–1
Findlay1–4–03–5–0
Kenyon1–4–01–5–0
Marietta1–4–01–6–0
Otterbein1–5–02–6–0
Heidelberg1–7–01–8–0
Ashland0–7–00–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Albion*
W 17–0[3]
October 1at HeidelbergTiffin, OHW 22–6[4]
October 7at FindlayFindlay, OHW 13–7[5]
October 15Alfred Holbrook*
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 49–0[6]
October 22Buffalo*
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 54–0[2]
October 28 at John Carroll
L 6–27[7]
November 5at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OH (rivalry)W 7–35,000[8][9]
November 12Baldwin–Wallace
  • Bowers Field
  • Kent, OH
L 6–26[10][11]
  • *Non-conference game
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