The 2021 season's largest margin: Kent State 60, VMI 10. A 50-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The 2021 Season
Kent State's 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Dustin CrumQB3,238 passing yards
- Marquez CooperRB1,205 rushing yards
- Xavier WilliamsRB812 rushing yards
- Bryan BradfordRB298 rushing yards
- Dante CephasWR1,240 receiving yards
- Keshunn AbramWR680 receiving yards
- Ja'Shaun PokeWR315 receiving yards
- Dean ClarkDB116 tackles
- A.J. MusolinoLB92 tackles
- Nico BoldenS86 tackles
- CJ WestDL5 sacks
- Brandon ColemanLB3 sacks
- Adin HuntingtonDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Kent State 31, Western Michigan 64. A 33-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Kent State fell to Wyoming 38-52 in the postseason.
"Go Flashes"
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.