1967 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1967

| team = Kent State Golden Flashes

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| short_conf = MAC

| record = 4–6

| conf_record = 1–5

| head_coach = Leo Strang

| hc_year = 4th

| captain =

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

}}

The 1967 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Leo Strang, the Golden Flashes compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, finished in sixth place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 144.{{cite news |author= |title=Football Standings; Final Mid-American Conference |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recorder/154271745/ |newspaper=The Times Recorder |location=Zanesville, Ohio |date=November 25, 1967 |page=3B |access-date=August 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Kent State defeated Ohio in conference play, by a score of 21–14, on September 30, but later forfeited that victory because an ineligible player, junior end Ted Chester, had played in the game for the Golden Flashes. Chester has also played the previous week, in 35–0 victory over Northern Illinois, but the Huskies refused to accept a forfeit.{{cite news |last=Dietrich |first=Phil |title=Strang Quits As Kent State Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-strang-quits-as/6910220/ |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |date=November 21, 1967 |page=B2 |access-date=August 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

The team's statistical leaders included Don Fitzgerald with 891 rushing yards, Ron Swartz with 1,029 passing yards, and Will Perry with 601 receiving yards.2016 Record Book, p. D17-D19. Three Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: defensive tackle Jim Corrigall, halfback Don Fitzgerald, and defensive back Lou Harris.2016 Kent State Football Record Book, p. D42.

Strang resigned as Kent State's head football coach on November 21, 1967 after closing out the season with successive wins over Louisville, Marshall, and Xavier. He compiled a 16–21–2 record in four seasons as Kent State's head coach, a .436 win-loss percentage. Only one other Kent coach, with an equal or longer tenure, has posted a better win-loss percentage than Leo Strang since 1967.2023 Kent State Football Record Book, Kent State University, 2023, pp. 2-5. [https://kent https://kentstatesports.com/documents/2023'8/28/2023_Football_record_book.pdf] Retrieval September 3, 2024.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Buffalo

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 6–30

| attend = 11,019

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Northern Illinois

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| score = 35–0

| attend = 14,100

| source = {{cite news |title=Kent State Slams No. Illinois 35–0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90330348/star-tribune/ |access-date=December 9, 2021 |work=Star Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=September 24, 1967 |page=4S |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Ohio

| site_stadium = Peden Stadium

| site_cityst = Athens, OH

| score = 21–14 (forfeit)

| attend = 18,565

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Kent State Trips Ohio U. 21-14 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recorder/154270303/ |newspaper=Times Recorder |location=Zanesville, Ohio |agency=United Press International |date=October 1, 1967 |page=1D |access-date=August 29, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| w/l = l

| opponent = Miami (OH)

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| score = 7–21

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Western Michigan

| site_stadium = Waldo Stadium

| site_cityst = Kalamazoo, MI

| score = 7–16

| attend = 22,800

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| w/l = l

| opponent = Bowling Green

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–7

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Toledo

| site_stadium = Glass Bowl

| site_cityst = Toledo, OH

| score = 13–14

| attend = 16,105

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Louisville

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| score = 28–21

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| w/l = w

| opponent = Marshall

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Kent, OH

| score = 41–2

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Xavier

| site_stadium = Xavier Stadium

| site_cityst = Cincinnati, OH

| score = 31–19

| attend = 8,294

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-xu-ends-campaign/124072347/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=XU ends campaignwith 'freek show;' Kent winner, 31–19|date=November 19, 1967|accessdate=May 4, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

{{cite web|title=1967 Kent State Golden Flashes Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=October 4, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/kent-state/1967-schedule.html}}{{cite web |author= |title=Schedule/Results (1967 Kent State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/404036 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |work=NCAA Statistics |access-date=May 23, 2025 }}{{cite web|title=2016 Kent State Football Record Book|publisher=Kent State University|page=D7|accessdate=October 4, 2016|url=http://kentstatesports.com/documents/2016/9/2/FALL_ASRB_football_2016.pdf}}

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