2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football
2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Sean Lewis (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Sowder (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Tom Kaufman (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

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.

2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Buffalo x	7	–	1	10	–	4
Miami (OH)	6	–	2	6	–	6
Ohio	6	–	2	9	–	4
Akron	2	–	6	4	–	8
Bowling Green	2	–	6	3	–	9
Kent State	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois x$	6	–	2	8	–	6
Western Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	6
Eastern Michigan	5	–	3	7	–	6
Toledo	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ball State	3	–	5	4	–	8
Central Michigan	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Ray Guy Award^[1]	Derek Adams	P	JR
Wuerffel Trophy^[2]	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.^[3]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
East Division
1	Ohio	140 (21)
2	Buffalo	112 (1)
3	Miami	95 (2)
4	Akron	74
5	Bowling Green	58
6	Kent State	25

Roster

2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`2`	Will Matthews	Jr
WR	`10`	Kavious Price	Jr
RB	`11`	Justin Rankin	Jr
RB	`12`	Darrick Edwards	Jr
WR	`12`	Raymond James	So
QB	`13`	Will Phillis	Fr
QB	`14`	Dustin Crum	So
QB	`15`	Woody Barrett	So
QB	`17`	Marquez Glover	Fr
QB	`18`	Pyrce Taylor	Fr
RB	`18`	Xavier Williams	Fr
WR	`19`	Donte Ross	Sr
WR	`20`	Trey Harrell	Jr
WR	`22`	Javaughn Williams	Fr
WR	`23`	Isaiah McKoy	Fr
RB, WR	`24`	Raekwon James	Sr
RB	`25`	Craig Elmore	Fr
RB, TE	`26`	Myles Washington	Jr
RB	`27`	Isaac Vance	Fr
WR	`28`	Mandela Lawrence−Burke	Jr
RB	`33`	Jo−El Shaw	Jr
TE	`45`	Adam Dulka	So
TE	`46`	Mitch Lengyel	So
OL	`54`	Nate Warnock	Jr
OL	`55`	Julian Sams	Fr
OL	`62`	Mike Morris	Fr
OL	`64`	Bryce Gibbs	Jr
OL	`65`	Luke Dye	Fr
OL	`67`	Nathan Monnin	So
OL	`68`	Mike Marinelli	Jr
OL	`69`	Sam Allan	Fr
OL	`70`	Jack Clement	Fr
OL	`71`	Eddie Brecht	Fr
OL	`72`	Jamil Viaud	Jr
OL	`73`	Zach Whaley	Fr
OL	`75`	Adam Gregoire	Jr
OL	`76`	Chase Van Hoef	Jr
OL	`77`	Daniel Johnson	Fr
OL	`78`	Zach Corrigall	So
WR	`80`	Johnny Woods	Sr
WR	`81`	Dominic DiGioia	Jr
WR	`83`	Lon'kevious McFadden	Fr
WR	`84`	Jalil Nelson	Fr
TE	`85`	Mark Williams	Fr
WR	`86`	Zaquon Tyson	Sr
WR	`87`	Mike Carrigan	Jr
TE	`88`	Conor Brumfield	Jr
WR	`89`	Antwan Dixon	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`1`	Nick Faulkner	Jr
LB	`6`	Matt Bahr	Sr
CB	`7`	Jamal Parker	Jr
S	`8`	Elvis Hines	So
CB	`10`	Quan Robinson Jr.	Sr
DL	`11`	Jordan Silva	Sr
S	`13`	Erik Simpson	Sr
S	`14`	John Henry Bronczek	Jr
CB	`15`	Keith Sherald Jr.	So
LB	`19`	A.J. Musolino	Fr
CB	`21`	Montre Miller	Fr
LB	`22`	Jim Jones	Sr
S	`25`	Juantez McRae	Sr
DB	`26`	Richie Carpenter Jr.	Jr
CB	`29`	Capone Blue	Fr
CB	`30`	Darryl Marshall	Sr
S	`31`	Akeam Peters	Jr
LB	`32`	Dalton Hicks	Jr
LB	`34`	Kesean Gamble	So
CB	`36`	Jeremiah Salaam	Fr
LB	`37`	Cepeda Phillips	So
S	`38`	Jae'Vante Ray	Jr
CB	`39`	Miles Daniel	So
S	`41`	Rodley Jolicoeur	Fr
DE	`42`	Jordan Felice	Fr
DE, LB	`43`	Tyler Britton	So
LB	`44`	Matt Harmon	Fr
NT	`49`	Kalil Morris	Sr
LB	`50`	Sebastian Spear	So
DL	`51`	Connor Parks	Fr
LB	`52`	Ishmael Robinson	Fr
DE	`53`	Alex Hoag	Jr
DL	`56`	Elijah Ratliff	Fr
LB	`57`	William Luckey	Fr
DE	`58`	Theo Eboigbe	Sr
DL	`59`	Will Burns	Fr
DL	`91`	Neiman Novitski	Fr
DL	`92`	Theo Majette	Jr
DL	`93`	Matt Bell	So
DL	`94`	Dennis Wariboko	Jr
DE	`97`	Zayin West	Fr
NT	`98`	Dominic Hill	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`60`	Dalton DeChristopher	Fr
K	`82`	Matthew Trickett	Fr
K	`90`	Colten McFadden	Fr
P	`94`	Grant Urenovitch	So
LS	`95`	Joey Palumbo	Jr
P	`96`	Derek Adams	Jr

Head coach

Sean Lewis

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Tom Kaufman (Defensive Coordinator/Associate HC)
Andrew Sowder (Offensive Coordinator)
Zac Barton (Special Teams Coordinator)
Colin Ferrell (Outside Linebackers)
Brian Cochran (Defensive Line)
Jonathan Cooley (Secondary)
Matthew Middleton (Wide Receivers)
Bill O'Boyle (Offensive Line)
Macky MacPherson (Running Backs)
Will Windham (Inside Linebackers)
Dominic Clegg (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Matt Battaglia (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Matt Johnson (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Dan Conwell (Defensive Graduate Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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

Source:^[4]

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

References

^ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
^ "NIU & Ohio Picked as Divisional Winners in 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll".
^ 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[1] "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[2] "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[3] "NIU & Ohio Picked as Divisional Winners in 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll".

[4] 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

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2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Sean Lewis (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Andrew Sowder (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Tom Kaufman (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →