Kent State Aims For Two In a Row at Bowling Green Saturday
9/20/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
KENT, Ohio The Kent State University football team aims for its second straight victory when it travels to Bowling Green State University, Saturday, Sept. 23. Game time is 1 p.m. at Perry Stadium.
The Mid-American Conference East Division-leading Golden Flashes square off with one of the teams they are tied with atop the standings, as the Falcons and Ohio University also are 1-0 in the early going. Kent State wraps up a three-game road stretch Saturday at Bowling Green.
FLASH FACTS
• Kent State snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 16-14 win at Miami, KSU's first win in Oxford since 1988.
• Senior wideout Najah Pruden is ninth in the nation in receiving yards per game, averaging 106.7 yards per contest.
•Kent State plays on natural grass this week for the first time since last season's opener at Michigan State.
• Kent State aims to go 2-0 to start conference play for the first time since 2003.
THE OPENING KICKOFF • Kent State wraps up a three-game road swing when it travels to Bowling Green, Ohio, to face the Falcons, Saturday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m., in a game between MAC East Division leaders.
TELEVISION
• The game will be carried live on BCSN and in the K-Zone on kentstatesports.com, with Jim Oswald (play-by-play) and Josh Harris (analyst) calling the action.
RADIO
• Together for the fifth straight year, Bill Needle (play-by-play), Tom Linder (color analyst) and Ty Linder (sidelines) call the excitement of Golden Flashes football on the Kent State Sports Network. KSU football may be heard on flagship station WHLO-AM 640 in Akron, WHK-AM 1420 in Cleveland and WHKZ-AM 1440 in Youngstown.
WEBSITE
• Live audio all Kent State football game broadcasts, live video of select games and live stats are available via the Golden Flashes' official athletic department website (www.kentstatesports.com).
THE SERIES
• Bowling Green leads the all-time series with Kent State 52-15-6, with the Falcons having won five straight in the series.
THE COACHES
• Doug Martin (Kentucky '85) enters his third season as a head coach, owning a 7-18 record leading the Golden Flashes. He was promoted to head coach March 1, 2004, after serving as the team's offensive coordinator in 2003.
• Gregg Brandon (Northern Colorado '78) is in his fourth season at Bowling Green, owning a 28-12 record with the Falcons.
UP NEXT
• Kent State returns to Dix Stadium to host Akron in the MAC TV Game of the Week, Saturday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m... Bowling Green travels to Ohio next week.
| Complete Kent State-Bowling Green Game Notes |
