Regular season ·
Kent State beat Akron
Records are after this game.
Kent State beat Akron by 7 points in overtime.
How the game turned
Q4 1:59 Kent State 35, Akron 35
Kent State 39% to win
Finley 13-yd TD pass to Polk, ties it 35-35
Big moments
- 1Q1 8:43 · Kent State 0, Akron 3Kent State's win chance fell from 19% to 17%.Schramm 29-yd field goal, Akron goes ahead 3-0
- 2Q1 3:51 · Kent State 7, Akron 3Kent State's win chance rose from 24% to 38%.Garcia 3-yd TD run, Kent State goes ahead 7-3
- 3Q2 7:51 · Kent State 7, Akron 10Kent State's win chance fell from 32% to 21%.Gant 4-yd TD run, Akron goes ahead 10-7
- 4Q2 2:50 · Kent State 14, Akron 10Kent State's win chance rose from 26% to 47%.DeShields 89-yd TD pass to Clark, Kent State goes ahead 14-10
- 5Q2 0:10 · Kent State 14, Akron 17Kent State's win chance fell from 36% to 23%.Finley 30-yd TD pass to Williams, Akron goes ahead 17-14
- 6Q3 8:52 · Kent State 21, Akron 17Kent State's win chance rose from 24% to 47%.DeShields 43-yd TD pass to Wolford, Kent State goes ahead 21-17
- 7Q4 1:59 · Kent State 35, Akron 35Kent State's win chance fell from 86% to 39%.Finley 13-yd TD pass to Polk, ties it 35-35
- 8OT1 · Kent State 42, Akron 35Kent State's win chance rose from 41% to 60%.DeShields 25-yd TD pass to Banks, Kent State goes ahead 42-35
Kent State's lowest chance to win was 16 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 1:59 left in the 4th quarter, Akron's chance to win went from 14 percent to 61 percent when Akron scored a touchdown.
The score went from Kent State 35, Akron 27 to Kent State 35, Akron 35.
The play: Finley 13-yd TD pass to Polk, ties it 35-35.
What happened next
Akron's next game: W 19-16 at Bowling Green, Nov 18
7 days laterKent State's next game: L 16-28 vs Central Michigan, Nov 19
8 days later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.