Kent State·Mid-American

2021 — The 2021 Season

Kent State's 2021 season (7-7) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-7
Final result Bowl season Lost the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Texas A&M 10-41 W vs VMI 60-10 L @ Iowa 7-30 L @ Maryland 16-37 W vs Bowl Gre 27-20 W vs Buffalo 48-38 L @ West Mic 31-64 W @ Ohio 34-27 W vs Nort Ill 52-47 L @ Cent Mic 30-54 W @ Akron 38-0 W vs Miam (OH 48-47 L @ Nort Ill 23-41 L @ Wyoming 38-52 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Kent State 60, VMI 10. A 50-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Kent State 31, Western Michigan 64. A 33-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Kent State fell to Wyoming 38-52 in the postseason.

"Go Flashes"
— Kent State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Kent State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.