| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Team: | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 7–6 |
| Conf Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Sean Lewis |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Andrew Sowder |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Tom Kauffman |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Veer and shoot |
| Def Scheme: | 3–4 |
| Stadium: | Dix Stadium |
| Champion: | Frisco Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Frisco Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 51–41 vs. Utah State |
The 2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second year head coach Sean Lewis and played their home games at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio, as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.[1]
Trailing 6–27 in the fourth quarter against Buffalo with a 3–6 record, Kent State proceeded to score 24 unanswered points in the last eight minutes of the game to win 30–27, and later followed that victory with two additional wins to reach bowl eligibility for the first time since 2012. Kent State were then invited to the Frisco Bowl where they defeated Utah State with a 51–41 score.
The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Golden Flashes predicted to finish in fourth place in the East Division.[2]
| East Division | |||
| 1 | Ohio | 144 (24) | |
| 2 | Miami | 107 | |
| 3 | Buffalo | 100 | |
| 4 | Kent State | 62 | |
| 5 | Akron | 54 | |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 37 | |
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See also: 2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team.
See also: 2019 Kennesaw State Owls football team.
See also: 2019 Auburn Tigers football team.
See also: 2019 Bowling Green Falcons football team.
See also: 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 2019 Akron Zips football team.
See also: 2019 Ohio Bobcats football team.
See also: 2019 Miami RedHawks football team.
See also: 2019 Toledo Rockets football team.
See also: 2019 Buffalo Bulls football team.
See also: 2019 Ball State Cardinals football team.
See also: 2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team.
See also: 2019 Utah State Aggies football team and 2019 Frisco Bowl.