2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football
2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Rock (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brian George (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

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.^[1] They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

East Division

Record4–8 (3–5 MAC)

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2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$	7	–	1	10	–	4
Buffalo	6	–	2	8	–	5
Ohio	4	–	4	7	–	6
Akron	4	–	4	5	–	7
Kent State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UMass	1	–	7	1	–	11
Miami (OH)	0	–	8	0	–	12
West Division
Northern Illinois x	8	–	0	12	–	2
Ball State	7	–	1	10	–	3
Toledo	5	–	3	7	–	5
Central Michigan	5	–	3	6	–	6
Eastern Michigan	1	–	7	2	–	10
Western Michigan	1	–	7	1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

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

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

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

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

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2013 Kent State Golden Flashes football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Rock (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brian George (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →