1942 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

1942 Kent State Golden Flashes football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–3 (1–1 OAC)
Head coach	Donald Starn (8th season)
Home stadium	Kent State Athletic Field

1942 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ohio Northern $	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
John Carroll	3	–	0	–	1			3	–	2	–	3
Oberlin	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Toledo	1	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Wooster	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Kent State	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Findlay	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Heidelberg	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Wittenberg	1	–	2	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
Kenyon	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Case	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Muskingum	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Capital	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Mount Union	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Ashland	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Otterbein *	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	1	–	1
Marietta *	1	–	0	–	0			2	–	0	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – did not complete for championship

The 1942 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1942 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Donald Starn, Kent State compiled a 5–3 record.^[1]

Kent State was ranked at No. 313 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Toledo	Toledo, OH	L 14–26		[3]
October 3	Findlay	Kent State Athletic Field Kent, OH	W 6–0		[4]
October 10	at Miami (OH)*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 7–53		[5]
October 17	Wright-Patterson Fields*	Kent State Athletic Field Kent, OH	W 24–0	3,000	[6]
October 24	Western Reserve*	Kent State Athletic Field Kent, OH	L 13–28		[7]
October 31	at Bowling Green*	Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)	W 7–0	2,500	[8]
November 7	Hiram*	Hiram, OH	W 20–0		[9]
November 14	at Akron*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (rivalry)	W 23–6		[10]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Toledo Downs Kent By 26-14". The Akron Beacon Journal. September 27, 1942. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Kent State In Close Victory". Dayton Daily News. October 4, 1942. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Miami Shows Power To Defeat Kent State Eleven By Score Of 53-7". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1942. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Pylons Lose 24 To 0 Tilt To Kent State". Dayton Daily News. October 18, 1942. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Kent Extends Cleveland Foe In 28-13 Loss". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 25, 1942. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Flashes Upset Bowling Green By 7-0 Count". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 1, 1942. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Kent Jolts Hiram, 20-0". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 8, 1942. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Kent Thumps Zippers, 23-6". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 15, 1942. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.