It is almost as difficult to go winless for an entire season as it is to go undefeated. In FBS play this campaign, there is one team that remains winless and there is no end in sight to the losing.
Kent State lost to Ohio, 41-0, in MAC play on Wednesday. The Golden Flashes are 0-9 and tack on the nine-game slide to end 2023 and you have an 18-game losing streak overall.
The Golden Flashes have had numerous quarterbacks lost to injury and had to play walk-on freshman QB Ruel Tomlinson against the Bobcats.
They allowed a kickoff return touchdown and punt return score in the third quarter. It was the first time Ohio had done that in a game since 2008.
Ohio, which outgained Kent State, 407-114, dominated in every aspect. They had 23 first downs to the Golden Flashes’ seven.
At 0-9, Kent State has been outscored 414-136. They played Pitt, Tennessee, and Kentucky in three of their first four games. The losses to the Volunteers and Nittany Lions were by a combined score of 127-0,
The Golden Flashes last led in a game in the fourth quarter of the contest that ended the 2023 season against Northern Illinois. The stretch has reached 544 minutes and 45 seconds.
The previous time Kent State was scoreless at home was 2015, a 48-0 loss to Bowling Green.
