2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Don Treadwell (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators	Ben Needham (2nd season); Jeff Burrow (1st season);
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Haynes 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.

ConferenceMid-American Conference

East Division

Record2–10 (1–7 MAC)

Headcoach

Paul Haynes (5th season)

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2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Akron xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
Ohio	5	–	3	9	–	4
Miami (OH)	4	–	4	5	–	7
Buffalo	4	–	4	6	–	6
Bowling Green	2	–	6	2	–	10
Kent State	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Central Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	5
Northern Illinois	6	–	2	8	–	5
Western Michigan	4	–	4	6	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	5	5	–	7
Ball State	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

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On August 28, 2017, the school announced that head coach Paul Haynes would be taking a medical leave of absence and miss the first two to three weeks of the season.^[2] Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell was named interim head coach.^[3] Haynes returned to the Flashes after missing two games due to prostate cancer treatments.^[4]

On November 22, one day after the Flashes' final game of the season against Akron, the school fired Paul Haynes after five losing seasons.^[5]^[6] On December 19, the school hired Sean Lewis as head coach.^[7]^[8]

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Name	Title
Paul Haynes	Head coach
Don Treadwell	Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Dave McMichael	Special teams coordinator/tight ends coach
Ben Needham	Defensive coordinator/linebackers coach
Jeff Burrow	Co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach
Doc Gamble	Wide receivers coach
Mark Spencer	Recruiting coordinator/running backs coach
Colin Ferrell	Defensive line coach
Rob Zeitman	Offensive line coach
Joe Tresey	Cornerbacks coach

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Clemson*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN	L 3–56	80,121
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Howard (FCS)*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 38–31	20,312
September 16	6:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CUSA.TV	L 0–21	24,044
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ACCRSN	L 3–42	47,812
September 30	3:30 p.m.	Buffalo	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 13–27	12,355
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	L 3–24	11,398
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 17–14	20,537
October 21	12:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 3–48	19,540
October 31	8:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPNU	L 16–44	7,140
November 8	7:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	CBSSN	L 20–48	9,584
November 14	7:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPNU	L 23–42	5,580
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,683
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	3	0	0	3
No. 5 Tigers	21	7	21	7	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	7	7	10	7	31
Golden Flashes	14	7	2	15	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0
Thundering Herd	0	7	0	14	21

2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Coaching staff

Schedule

Game summaries

At Clemson

Howard

At Marshall

At Louisville

Buffalo

At Northern Illinois

Miami (OH)

At Ohio

Bowling Green

At Western Michigan

Central Michigan

At Akron

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2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Treadwell (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators	Ben Needham (2nd season) Jeff Burrow^[1] (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →