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American college football season

1968 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record1–9 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons← 19671969 →
1968 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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. Defensive tackle Jim Corrigall was selected as a first-team All-MAC player.

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 14at Dayton*L 10–24
September 21Buffalo*L 13–21
September 28Ohio
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
L 7–31
October 5at Miami (OH)L 0–24
October 12Western Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
L 0–14
October 19at Bowling GreenL 7–30
October 26Toledo
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
L 12–28
November 2at Louisville*L 9–23
November 9at MarshallW 36–12
November 16Xavier*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
L 7–23
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D7. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. "1968 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. 2016 Record Book, p. D17-D19.
  4. "1968 Kent State Golden Flashes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  5. 2016 Kent State Football Record Book, p. D42.
  6. "WU Coach to Kent State: Puddington Quits". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 13, 1967. p. 5D.
  7. "Final defeat is saddest". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 17, 1968. Retrieved May 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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