1928 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1928 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit     9 0 0
Butler     6 2 0
John Carroll     6 3 0
Kent State     4 2 2
Marquette     5 3 1
Ball Teachers     3 2 2
Notre Dame     5 4 0
DePaul     4 4 1
Haskell     5 5 0
Michigan Tech     2 2 1
Saint Louis     4 4 1
Wabash     4 4 1
Loyola (IL)     4 4 0
Lombard     3 4 1
Michigan State     3 4 1
Detroit City College     2 5 1
Valparaiso     1 6 0

The 1928 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State during the 1928 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored by a total of 89 to 34.[1]

In addition to compiling the program's first winning season, the 1928 team set programs records for points scored in a game (26 against Cedarville) and in a season (89). The team also gained 347 yards against Cedarville, which was 100 more than the team had ever gained in a previous game.[2]

The Chestnut Burr of 1929 noted the remarkable improvement of the 1928 team, building on the prior year's fine defensive work with improved offensive output.[3]

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Kent State Normal Sets Many Gridiron Records". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 2, 1928. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 1929 The Chestnut Burr. Students of Kent State College. 1929. p. 178.