1930 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1930 Kent State Golden Flashes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     10 0 0
Marquette     8 0 1
Haskell     9 1 0
Michigan State     5 1 2
DePaul     4 2 1
Detroit     5 3 2
Kent State     3 3 1
Saint Louis     3 3 2
John Carroll     3 5 2
Loyola (IL)     2 6 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State College (later renamed Kent State University) during the 1930 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 3–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 61 to 42.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Mount UnionAlliance, OHL 6–183,000[2]
October 11at Akron
L 6–12[3]
October 18at CaseCleveland, OHL 0–6[4]
October 25AshlandT 0–0[5]
November 1Hiram
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 6–0[6]
November 8at CapitalColumbus, OHW 26–0[7]
November 15Defiancedagger
  • Bowers Field
  • Kent, OH
W 13–6[8][9]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mounts Take First Night Grid Battle". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 4, 1930. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Akron 12, Kent 6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 12, 1930. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Case Overpowers Kent". The Coshocton Tribune. October 19, 1930. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kent and Ashland Play to Standstill". The Sunday Times-Signal. October 26, 1930. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kent Defeats Hiram". The Coshocton Tribune. November 2, 1930. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Capital Tastes First Loss". The Lima News. November 9, 1930. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kent State Wins". The Coshocton Tribune. November 16, 1930. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grid Teams Ready For Final Battle". Daily Kent Stater. November 15, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved December 4, 2023 – via Daily Kent Stater Digital Archive.