1950 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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1950 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (2–1 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Oberlin 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Heidelberg 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mount Union 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Kent State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Denison 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Akron 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Marietta 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Wooster 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Capital 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1950 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Trevor J. Rees, Kent State compiled a 5–4 record.[1] The season marked the opening of Memorial Stadium, which was built around the field where the team had been playing since 1941.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 228:00 p.m.at Morris Harvey*Charleston, WVL 0–7[2][3]
September 29at Mount UnionAlliance, OHL 14–19
October 7at John Carroll*
L 7–486,200[4]
October 14Marietta
W 57–0
October 21Ohio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
W 35–13
October 27Northern Illinois State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Kent, OH
W 56–7[5]
November 4Bowling Green*
W 19–6[6]
November 11at AkronAkron, OH (Wagon Wheel)W 19–7
November 18at New Hampshire*
L 7–13

[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D6. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Cubbedge, Bob (September 22, 1950). "Optimism Rules In Kent Grid Camp". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. Associated Press. p. 46. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Cubbedge, Bob (September 23, 1950). "Mud, Off-Key Play Beat Kent, 7-0". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. Associated Press. p. 11. Retrieved March 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Kent State 48-7 Loser To Carroll". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 8, 1950. pp. 1C, 5C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cubbedge, Bob (October 28, 1950). "Flashes Rip Huskies For 3rd Straight". Akron Beacon Journal. p. 13. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kent Spills Falcons, 19-6". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 5, 1950. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
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