1927 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1927 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Notre Dame     7 2 1
Detroit     7 2 0
Ball Teachers     5 2 1
Marquette     6 3 0
Michigan Tech     2 1 0
Haskell     5 3 1
Butler     4 3 1
John Carroll     3 2 3
Saint Louis     5 5 0
Lombard     4 4 0
Loyola (IL)     4 4 0
Michigan State     4 5 0
Northern Illinois State     1 4 1
Kent State     1 5 1
Valparaiso     1 5 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 1–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 80 to 25.[1][2]

On defense, the team was markedly improved, giving up only 79 points in seven games. On offense, however, the team was shut out in five games and totaled only 25 points on the season.[3]

During the football season, students began a band organization. "Although this effort was not as auspicious as it might have been, the seed was sown, and indications are that there will be a strong band next year."[4]

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kent State Calls Out Cagers After Bad Football Campaign". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 22, 1927. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 1928 The Chestnut Burr. Students of Kent State College. 1928. pp. 158–160.
  4. ^ 1928 Chestnut Burr, p. 164.