1946 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1946 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2 (1–1 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
1946 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Otterbein $ 5 0 0 7 1 0
Toledo 4 0 0 6 2 2
Muskingum 4 0 1 5 3 1
Oberlin 2 0 0 4 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace 4 1 0 4 2 2
Mount Union 5 1 1 7 1 1
Findlay 3 1 0 6 2 0
Marietta 3 1 0 3 4 0
Heidelberg 5 2 1 5 2 1
Kent State 1 1 0 6 2 0
Akron 3 4 0 5 4 0
Wittenberg 3 4 0 3 5 0
Ashland 2 3 1 2 5 1
Wooster 2 4 2 2 4 2
Denison 2 4 0 2 6 0
Case 1 4 0 2 7 0
John Carroll 1 4 0 1 7 0
Kenyon 1 5 0 1 7 0
Capital 1 6 0 1 6 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 2 0 0 5 0
Ohio Northern 0 6 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Trevor J. Rees, Kent State compiled a 6–2 record.[1]

Kent State ranked fourth nationally among small-college teams with an average of 349.1 yards per game in total offense. It also ranked fourth nationally in total defense, giving up an average of only 115.1 yards per game.[2]

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D6. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 87.