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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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Hiram*W 40–0[3]
October 5at John CarrollCleveland, OHW 20–7[4]
October 12Bluffton*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
W 39–0[5]
October 19Bowling Greendagger
L 0–138,500[6]
October 26 at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHL 12–21[7]
November 1at Kalamazoo*Kalamazoo, MIW 12–0[8]
November 9vs. Ohio Wesleyan*Athens, OHW 7–0[9]
November 15at Akron*W 13–613,197[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "Kent Staters Spank Hiram, 40-0, In Debut". The Akron Beacon Journal. September 29, 1946. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kent Staters Trip Carroll". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 6, 1946. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kent State Wins, 39-0: Flashes Find Bluffton Easy In Third Win". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 13, 1946. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kent Staters Fumble, Lose To Beegees". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 20, 1946. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "B-W Turns Back Kent, 21-12". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 27, 1946. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Hornet Eleven Beaten by Kent State, 12-0". The Enquirer and News. Battle Creek, Michigan. November 2, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kent State Tops Bishops On Capri's 40-Yard Rush". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 10, 1946. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kent Rips Spoke From 'Big Wheel' In Clash With Akron, 13-6". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 16, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.


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