<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Kent State Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <atom:link href="https://usustatesman.com/tag/kent-state/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/kent-state/</link> <description>USU's Student Newspaper</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:28:27 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-screen-shot-2017-10-19-at-4.33.29-pm-32x32.png</url> <title>Kent State Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/kent-state/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Utah State to face Kent State in Frisco Bowl</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-to-face-kent-state-in-frisco-bowl/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Walker]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:28:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frisco Bowl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kent State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU bowl game]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU Football]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State bowl game]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State Football]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22106533</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Aggies are bound for the Frisco Bowl it was announced Sunday afternoon. There in the plains of northeastern Texas,…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-to-face-kent-state-in-frisco-bowl/">Utah State to face Kent State in Frisco Bowl</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Aggies are bound for the Frisco Bowl it was announced Sunday afternoon. There in the plains of northeastern Texas, Utah State will take on MAC runner-up Kent State in the third iteration of the bowl game, this edition taking place on Friday, December 20.</p> <p>Following a 7-5 regular season that saw Utah State record its second straight winning season on the gridiron, the Aggies will have a chance to record its 14th eight-win season in team history and fifth since 1974. One of the current 13 eight-win campaigns came with head coach Gary Andersen at the helm, the 11-2 WAC champion 2012 squad. Were Utah State to win its final game, Andersen would become the fifth head coach with multiple eight-win seasons at USU. Matt Wells has the most such seasons with three.</p> <p>Twice these two teams have met in the past thanks to a home-and-home series in the mid-1970s when Utah State was an Independent. Kent State won the first meeting 27-16 in 1973 and the following 1974 season the Aggies got revenge with a 27-24 victory.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quick glance for USU (7-5) against Kent State (6-6) in the Frisco Bowl</p> <p>– USU's never been in the Frisco Bowl (3-year old bowl)<br />– All-time, USU is 1-1 vs Kent State (last mtg 1974)<br />– Kent State has never won a bowl (0-2, last app 2012)<br />– Utah State is 5-7 in bowls, 4-2 in last 6.</p> <p>— Jason Walker (@thejwalk67) <a href="https://twitter.com/thejwalk67/status/1203783391130214400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2019</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Kent State will enter the bowl game with a 6-6 overall record under second-year head coach Sean Lewis. It’s the first time since 2012 that the Golden Flashers have qualified for a bowl and just third in its school history. Kent State has never won a bowl game and are 0-2 all-time in the postseason.</p> <p>Utah State has gone to a bowl game eight times in the last nine years. The team is 4-3 in those bowl games, 1-1 with Andersen at the helm.</p> <p>Both years where USU went to a bowl game in the first Andersen era, 2011 and 2012, it was a trip to Idaho for the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The 2011 appearance became the first bowl berth for the Aggies in nearly 15 years — since the 1997 Humanitarian Bowl (a precursor name for the Potato Bowl). Utah State lost in the 2011 game 24-23 to Ohio, but in 2012 Utah State recorded its then-largest margin of victory in a postseason contest — a 41-15 win over Toledo.</p> <p>Last season, USU ended the year with a 52-13 blowout victory over North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl.</p> <p>For the second year in a row, the Frisco Bowl will feature a team from the Mountain West. Utah State will hope to do better than its predecessor as San Diego State were shut out by Ohio 27-0 in 2018.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utah-state-to-face-kent-state-in-frisco-bowl/">Utah State to face Kent State in Frisco Bowl</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>