2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	3–9 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Paul Haynes (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Treadwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian George (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dix Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3					8	–	5
Akron		5	–	3					8	–	5
Buffalo		3	–	5					5	–	7
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Miami (OH)		2	–	6					3	–	9
UMass		2	–	6					3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Western Michigan x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2					10	–	2
Central Michigan x		6	–	2					7	–	6
Ball State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

The 2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-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 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place in the East Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	2:00 pm	at Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 3–52	36,693
September 12	6:00 pm	Delaware State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 45–13	15,091
September 19	12:00 pm	at TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 7–10	52,823
September 26	3:30 pm	Marshall*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ASN	L 29–36 2OT	15,424
October 3	3:30 pm	Miami (OH)	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 20–14	10,991
October 10	3:00 pm	at No. 24 Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 7–38	23,118
October 17	3:30 pm	at Massachusetts	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	ESPN3	W 15–10	15,217
October 24	1:00 pm	Bowling Green	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPN3	L 0–48	14,739
November 5	7:00 pm	Buffalo	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 17–18	10,379
November 10	8:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	L 0–27	15,654
November 18	8:00 pm	Central Michigan	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPNU	L 14–27	8,742
November 27	12:00 pm	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ASN	L 0–20	16,391
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries

At Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	3	3
Fighting Illini	28	10	7	7	52

Delaware State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	6	0	7	13
Golden Flashes	16	20	9	0	45

At Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	7	0	7
Golden Gophers	3	7	0	0	10

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Thundering Herd	7	0	7	8	7	7	36
Golden Flashes	6	7	6	3	7	0	29

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	0	0	14	14
Golden Flashes	6	7	7	0	20

At Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	7	0	0	0	7
#24 Rockets	7	17	7	7	38

At Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	10	3	2	15
Minutemen	0	10	0	0	10

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	17	10	7	48
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	6	0	0	12	18
Golden Flashes	0	10	7	0	17

At Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0
Bobcats	7	3	10	7	27

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	17	3	7	0	27
Golden Flashes	0	14	0	0	14

At Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0
Zips	7	7	3	3	20

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