| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Team: | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 3–9 |
| Conf Record: | 2–6 |
| Head Coach: | Paul Haynes |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Don Treadwell |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Ben Needham |
| Dc Year: | 1st as DC 3rd Overall |
| Stadium: | Dix Stadium |
The 2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.
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See also: 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.
See also: 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team.
See also: 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
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See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team.
See also: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team.
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See also: 2016 Northern Illinois Huskies football team.