The 1968 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Dave Puddington, the Golden Flashes compiled a 1–9 record (1–5 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 230 to 101.[1][2]
| 1968 Kent State Golden Flashes football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (1–5 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Ohio $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Don Nottingham with 727 rushing yards, Steve Trustdorf with 773 passing yards, and Doug Smith with 247 receiving yards.[3][4] Defensive tackle Jim Corrigall was selected as a first-team All-MAC player.[5]
Puddington was hired as Kent State's head football coach in December 1967. He had been the head football coach at Washington University in St. Louis from 1962 to 1967.[6]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 14 | at Dayton* | L 10–24 | ||
| September 21 | Buffalo* | L 13–21 | ||
| September 28 | Ohio |
| L 7–31 | |
| October 5 | at Miami (OH) | L 0–24 | ||
| October 12 | Western Michigan |
| L 0–14 | |
| October 19 | at Bowling Green | L 7–30 | ||
| October 26 | Toledo |
| L 12–28 | |
| November 2 | at Louisville* | L 9–23 | ||
| November 9 | at Marshall | W 36–12 | ||
| November 16 | Xavier* |
| L 7–23 | [7] |
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References
edit- ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D7. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ "1968 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ 2016 Record Book, p. D17-D19.
- ^ "1968 Kent State Golden Flashes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ 2016 Kent State Football Record Book, p. D42.
- ^ "WU Coach to Kent State: Puddington Quits". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 13, 1967. p. 5D.
- ^ "Final defeat is saddest". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 17, 1968. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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