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KENT STATE FOOTBALL Nov.28, 2020 | Game Four| Kent State at Buffalo Contacts(Dan Griffin| [email protected]|330-814-5921) | Taylor Czajkowski Game 4 DATE: Nov 28, 2020 TIME:Noon LOCATION: Buffalo, NY STADIUM: UB Stadium Kent State Golden Flashes TV: CBS Sports Net Buffalo Bulls 3-0, 3-0 3-0, 3-0 2019 Record: 7-6 (Won Frisco Bowl) RADIO: Kent State Radio 2019 Record: 8-5 Head Coach: Sean Lewis (Third Year) Tune-In and Kent State App Head Coach: Lance Leipold(6th Season) Record at Kent State:12-16 TWITTER:@KentStFootball Record at UB: 34-32 Overall Record: 12-16 STATS:KentStateSports.com Overall Record: 143-38 2020 Schedule The Opening Kick vs EMU* W, 27-23 • The Flashes put their seven-game winning streak on the line Nov. 4, 2020 |Dix Stadium Kent, Ohio against the Buffalo Bulls in a battle of 3-0 teams. at BG* W, 62-24 • The schools are meeting for the 26th time overall and the Nov. 10, 2020 | Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio 19th time as conference foes. Kent State is 6-5 all time in vs TSDTR* W, 69-35 Buffalo and the Bulls lead the all-time series 13-12 Nov. 17, 2020 | Dix Stadium Kent, Ohio. • Dustin Crum completed his first 17 passes in the first half at Buffalo* against the Zips before finishing 22-of-25 on the night. Crum Nov. 28, 2020| UB Stadium Buffalo, N.Y. is completing over 75 percent of his passes, that’s third in the at Miami (OH)* NCAA and tops amongst the group of five Dec. 5, 2020 | Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio • Dustin Crum threw for 348 yards and ran for 104 more, his vs Ohio* 452 yards of total offense is third most in program history, Dec. 12, 2020 | Dix Stadium Kent, Ohio. trailing only Jose Davis who had 474 and 534 yard games, respectfully in 1997 • Running Back Marquez Cooper recorded his first 100-yard rushing game against Akron, rolling up 107 yards on 14 car- ries and three touchdowns • Kent State rushed for 390 yards against the Zips. That marks the Sixth straight game the team has rushed for over 200 yards as a team, not surprisingly, Kent State is 6-0 in those games • 11-11 Kent State went 11-11 on third down against the Zips last week, the Golden Flashes are the only team in the FBS this season to convert 100 percent of their third downs with at least 11 attempts. • The victory over Akron marked the seventh-straight win for the Flashes, dating back to last season. That is the lon- gest win streak since they ran off 10-straight wins in the 2012 season. KENT STATE FOOTBALL • The win also moved Kent State to 3-0 for the first time since SOCIAL MEDIA 1958, should they win against Buffalo, it will be the first time since 1948 the Flashes started 4-0. FACEBOOK:/KentStFootball INSTAGRAM:@KentStFootball TWITTER:@KentStFootball WEB:KentStateSports.com/Sports/Football KENT STATE FOOTBALL Nov.28, 2020 | Game Four| Kent State at Buffalo Contacts(Dan Griffin| [email protected]|330-814-5921) | Taylor Czajkowski Week FourTeam/Media Schedule Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Tuesday Practice: P.M. Practice: P.M. Practice: P.M. Practice: A.M. Happy Thanksgiving Practice: Walk- Kent State at UB through Kickoff: Noon media availability media availability media availability media availability media availability- TV: CBS Sports Net post-practice at 11 post-practice at 11 post-practice at 11 post-practice at 11 None Radio: Kent State a.m. (Zoom/Phone) a.m. (Zoom/Phone) a.m. (Zoom/Phone) a.m. (Zoom/Phone) App, Tune-IN Media Contacts Kent State Media Services Dan Griffin-Director of Athletics Communication Notes and Releases Contact for: Football, Wrestling Baseball Updated Kent State football game notes are available in PDF format at Email: [email protected] | Phone: 330-814-5921 www.kentstatesports.com. To receive the notes via email, contact Director of Athletics Communications Dan Griffin at 330.672.8468 or [email protected]. Meghan Donovan-Asst. Director of Athletics Communication Contact for: Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s B-Ball Email: [email protected] | Phone: 330-672-8467 Media Credentials All members of the media wishing to cover games in a working capacity must submit a Jay Fiorello-Asst. Director of Athletics request to cover the game through KentStateSports.com or by emailing Dan Griffin at Communication [email protected]. NO season credentials will be given due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contact for: Volleyball, Women’s B-Ball, Softball Media members will have their name on a check-in list outside of the stadium on the day of Email: [email protected] | Phone: 330-672-8420 the game. ALL media must be screened, cleared and be wearing a wrist band before entering the stadium. Space in the press box is EXTREMELY limited this season and will be handled on Taylor Czajkowski-Graduate Assistant Contact for: Football (secondary), XC, Gym, WLax a first-come, first-serve basis. Email:[email protected] | Phone: 330-672-3084 Press Conferences Richard Benge-Graduate Assistant Head Coach Sean Lewis will hold a virtual press conference after every game as well as a Contact for: Soccer, Track and Field weekly press conference. The day of the press conference will be two days after the previous Email:[email protected] | Phone: 330-672-3084 week’s game. All press conferences will be password protected, if you would like to attend a press conference, please email [email protected] with your name and affiliation, and a Matt Quammen-Graduate Assistant password will be provided. All press conferences will be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube Contact for: Field Hockey, Track and Field Email:[email protected] | Phone: 330-672-3084 channel, GoldenFlashesTV. Nick Kane-Director of Video/Creative Services Email: [email protected]| Phone: 330-672-2500 Weekday Interview Schedule All interviews with Kent State players and coaches must be coordinated through the Athletic Ivan Korsakov-Graduate Assistant: Video Communications office. Due to COVID-19 protocol, practices will be closed to the media for the Email: [email protected]| Phone: 330-672-2500 season. All interviews will be done via Zoom or by phone. Professional Scout Policy Professional scouts may receive credentials by sending a request via email to Director of Ath- letic Communications Dan Griffin at ([email protected]). With social distancing policies in effect for the 2020 season, seats inside the press box will be extemely limited. If no seating in the press box is available, scouts will be given seats in the west side stands. Stats In an effort to stay physically distant, eliminate touch points and in accordance with MAC protocols, all stats will be uploaded as a PDF immediately to the Kent State Football Page under “Football Media Links” Website Up-to-date Kent State football information is available via the official athletics department web site at www.kentstatesports.com. Updated results and statistics are available as well as releases, team roster, player bios, coaching staff bios and game recaps. The website also features real-time statistics for home games plus links to broadcasts of all games on the Kent State App. GO FLASHES App Your one-stop digital shop for all things Kent State is available with the GoFlashes app for IOS and Android. With the app, you can access the latest in Kent State Athletics news, stats and more. The “GameDay Hub” feature will have streamng information, game programs and social media updates. Simply search Kent State in the App Store or Google Play store and download for free. KENT STATE FOOTBALL Nov.28, 2020 | Game Four| Kent State at Buffalo Contacts(Dan Griffin| [email protected]|330-814-5921) | Taylor Czajkowski MATCHUP INFORMATION TEAM COMPARISON (2020) The Coaches At 34 years of age, Sean Lewis remains the youngest head coach in the FBS Team Statistics KENT Buffalo and is in his third season with the Golden Flashes. Lewis engineered a five-win Record (Overall) 3-0 3-0 improvment from year one to year two, closing the 2019 season on a four-game Record (Conference) 3-0 3-0 win streak. Capping the streak was a 51-41 victory over Utah State in the Tropical Points/game 52.7 44.3 Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. It was the first bowl win in school history and the Total offense/game 616.0 461.7 second time the team topped 50 points. Under Lewis, the team has gone from Rushing yards/game 299.0 242.3 12.7 points per game in the year before Lewis took over to over 29 points per game Passing yards/game 317.0 219.3 last season. Prior to Kent State, Lewis spent six years under Dino Babers at three Points allowed/game 27.3 19.0 different schools, most recently spending two seasons as co-offensive coordinator Total yards allowed/game 344.3 351.3 and quarterbacks coach at Syracuse. The Orange proved to be a program on the rise Rushing yards allowed/game 177.7 158.3 with a victory over then defending national champion Clemson. Lewis served in Passing yards allowed/game 166.7 193.0 the same position for two seasons at Bowling Green, helping the Falcons to a MAC Kickoff return average 13.8 13.00 title and two bowl appearances. Lewis also coached at Eastern Illinois, Akron and Punt return average 5.00 13.5 Nebraksa Omaha. Fumbles-lost 8-2 2-1 Penalties-yards 26-228 18-150 Lance Leipold returns as the Bulls head coach for 2020 and his sixth season Net yards/punt 39.0 33.7 in Buffalo.