Kent State Golden Flashes

7thin Mid-American Conference · 1-2

Ugh, no.

Kent State Golden Flashes lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes

1-2 3 – 59

Ranked #5 · 2-1

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Ohio Stadium (Columbus) · 100,009 fans · FOX

Recap

Smith sets Ohio State career receiving mark as 6th-ranked Buckeyes roll past Kent State 59-3

Jeremiah Smith became Ohio State's career receiving yardage leader, Ja’Kobi Jackson scored twice and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes rolled to a 59-3 victory over Kent State on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

Ohio Stadium · Columbus

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
KENT	0	0	0	3	3
OSU	21	14	7	17	59

Win Probability · Kent State Golden Flashes

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Game Leaders

Kent State Golden Flashes

Dru DeShields · 6/15, 35 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Brandon White · 5 CAR, 21 YDSRushing Yards
Wayne Harris · 2 REC, 29 YDSReceiving Yards
Aiden Burgess · 1Sacks
Joel Cordoba · 7Tackles

Ohio State Buckeyes

Julian Sayin · 18/22, 241 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Bo Jackson · 11 CAR, 73 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jeremiah Smith · 5 REC, 85 YDSReceiving Yards
Jason Moore · 0.5Sacks
Jason Moore · 5Tackles

2026 Mid-American Conference Standings

Team
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Central Michigan
Ohio
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Kent State
Buffalo
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ball State
Sacramento State

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 1:56

FG Sean Leonard 30 Yd Field Goal 3–59

Q4 7:22

FG Connor Hawkins 31 Yd Field Goal 0–59

Q4 14:19

TD Jamir Perez 11 Yd Fumble Return (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–56

Q4 14:27

TD Chris Henry Jr. 75 Yd pass from Luke Fahey (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–49

Q3 10:57

TD Ja'Kobi Jackson 1 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–42

Q2 0:00

TD Brandon Inniss 49 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–35

Q2 9:29

TD Bo Jackson 1 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–28

Q1 0:44

TD Isaiah West 4 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–21

Q1 6:42

TD Nate Roberts 6 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–14

Q1 12:07

TD Ja'Kobi Jackson 11 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Kent State Golden FlashesOhio State Buckeyes

Offense

134 Total Yards 527

63 Passing Yards 382

71 Rushing Yards 145

6 First Downs 25

Efficiency

4-16 3rd Down 1-8

0-2 4th Down 2-4

8/21 Completions 22/28

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 2

13-100 Penalties 3-25

29:39 Possession 30:21

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Dru DeShields	6/15	35	2.3	1	32.9
Da'Realyst Clark	1/1	29	29.0	0	--
Nolan Good	0/1	0	0.0	0	0.4
Ethan Thanthanavong	0/1	0	0.0	0	--
Deante Ruffin	1/3	-1	-0.3	0	36.5
Team	8/21	63	3.0	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brandon White	5	21	4.2	7
Donovan Delaney Jr.	9	20	2.2	9
Mason King	3	11	3.7	9
Ayden Harris	3	8	2.7	5
Deante Ruffin	2	7	3.5	4
Dru DeShields	2	6	3.0	4
Jakorion Caffey	3	5	1.7	9
Nolan Good	3	5	1.7	9
Hunter Hopperton	3	2	0.7	2
Ethan Thanthanavong	1	-14	-14.0	0
Team	34	71	2.1	9

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Wayne Harris	2	29	14.5	29
Da'Realyst Clark	1	14	14.0	14
Ardell Banks	1	13	13.0	13
Jakorion Caffey	1	4	4.0	4
Terik Mulder	1	3	3.0	3
Mason King	1	1	1.0	1
Matthew Maxey	1	-1	-1.0	0
Team	8	63	7.9	29

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Nolan Good	1	1
Ethan Thanthanavong	1	1
Team	2	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Joel Cordoba	7	4	0	0
Quan Rhodes-McKee	7	2	0	2
Sayed Abuhamdeh	5	4	0	0
A'tiq Muhammad	5	2	0	0
Derrick Jackson III	4	2	0	0
Norey Johnson	3	2	0	0
Davion Pritchard	3	2	0	0
Martell Buchanan	3	2	0	0
Trey Rubinstein	3	2	0	0
Clinton Robinson	3	2	0	0
Lionel Burns III	3	2	0	0
Rocco Nicholl	3	1	0	0
Josue Cordoba	3	1	0	0
Angelo Stockstill	2	2	0	0
Bryce Griffin	2	2	0	0
Garrett Long	2	2	0	0
Aiden Burgess	2	1	1	1
Rafael Terrero Jr.	2	1	0	1
Darian Blachewicz	2	1	0	1
Jared Kelley	1	1	0	0
Thomas Aden	1	1	0	0
Antonio Bottiggi	1	1	0	0
Ezekiel Castex	1	1	0	0
Zymir Reed	1	1	0	0
Camdon Wilborn	1	0	0	0
Matthew Sollberger	1	0	0	0
Cade Romanini	1	0	0	0
Team	72	42	1	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Tanner Mintz	1	48
Norey Johnson	1	0
Team	2	48

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brendyn Smith	2	27	13.5	16
Da'Realyst Clark	1	5	5.0	5
Team	3	32	10.7	16

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Sean Leonard	1/1	100.0	30	0/0	3
Team	1/1	100.0	30	0/0	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jake Stoeckel	5	214	42.8	49
Kolten Ford	3	113	37.7	48
Team	8	327	40.9	49

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Julian Sayin	18/22	241	11.0	2	0	76.1
Luke Fahey	4/5	141	28.2	1	1	91.3
Tavien St. Clair	0/1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0
Team	22/28	382	13.6	3	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bo Jackson	11	73	6.6	1	17
Ja'Kobi Jackson	8	47	5.9	2	14
Favour Akih	8	13	1.6	0	5
Isaiah West	6	10	1.7	1	8
Stanley Jackson Jr.	2	8	4.0	0	5
Legend Bey	1	0	0.0	0	0
Julian Sayin	2	-6	-3.0	0	1
Team	38	145	3.8	4	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jeremiah Smith	5	85	17.0	0	23
Brandon Inniss	4	78	19.5	1	49
Chris Henry Jr.	1	75	75.0	1	75
Brock Boyd	4	66	16.5	0	39
Phillip Bell	3	37	12.3	0	20
Devin McCuin	2	29	14.5	0	22
Nate Roberts	2	12	6.0	1	6
Bo Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	22	382	17.4	3	75

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Payton Pierce	0	0	1
Jamir Perez	0	0	1
Team	0	0	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Jason Moore	5	2	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Will Smith Jr.	5	2	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Terry Moore	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cincere Johnson	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen McClain	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Alliegro	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Riley Pettijohn	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Braxton Rembert	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Payton Pierce	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Qua Russaw	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Mathews Jr.	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Damari Simeon	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Little Jr.	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jamir Perez	2	0	0	0	1	1	1
Beau Atkinson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Epi Sitanilei	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blaine Bradford	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Thomas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simeon Caldwell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Roker III	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Deshawn Stewart	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stanley Jackson Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Timmons	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
James Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Walker	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darryus McKinley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dre Quinn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tarvos Alford	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	53	27	1	4	7	3	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Riley Pettijohn	1	8	0
Team	1	8	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Phillip Bell	3	21	7.0	10
De'Zie Jones	2	9	4.5	9
Team	5	30	6.0	10

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Connor Hawkins	1/1	100.0	31	8/8	11
Team	1/1	100.0	31	8/8	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Joe McGuire	1	47	47.0	1	0	47
Team	1	47	47.0	1	0	47

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