Punter, Kent State, 2008–⁠11

Matt Rinehart

Number: No. 5
Height: 5′9″
Hometown: Dover, OH

Matt Rinehart played punter at Kent State (2008–⁠11).

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,799

3,025

2,858

3,341

4–⁠85–⁠75–⁠75–⁠7

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2008*	Kent State	45	1,799	40.0	55
2009	Kent State	74	3,025	40.9	80
2010	Kent State	67	2,858	42.7	64
2011	Kent State	78	3,341	42.8	68
Career		264	11,023	41.8	80

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Kent State	5	P
2009	Kent State	5	P
2010	Kent State	5	P
2011	Kent State	5	P	5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Kent State 11 games, 78 punts, 42.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	atAlabama	L 7–⁠48	12	528	52
Sep 10	vs.Louisiana	L 12–⁠20	9	386	55
Sep 17	atKansas State	L 0–⁠37	6	229	48
Sep 24	vs.South Alabama	W 33–⁠25	7	298	48
Oct 1	atOhio	L 10–⁠17	5	252	68
Oct 8	atNorthern Illinois	L 10–⁠40	6	269	65
Oct 15	vs.Miami (OH)	L 3–⁠9	9	358	50
Oct 29	vs.Bowling Green	W 27–⁠15	7	300	51
Nov 4	vs.Central Michigan	W 24–⁠21	6	236	46
Nov 12	atAkron	W 35–⁠3	4	163	53
Nov 19	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 28–⁠22	7	322	63

No box score in the source for Nov 25 at Temple, so that game is not listed.

2010 Kent State 12 games, 67 punts, 42.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	vs.Murray State	W 41–⁠10	5	231	59
Sep 11	atBoston College	L 13–⁠26	6	249	55
Sep 18	atPenn State	L 0–⁠24	6	216	44
Oct 2	atMiami (OH)	L 21–⁠27	5	211	48
Oct 9	vs.Akron	W 28–⁠17	9	371	64
Oct 16	atToledo	L 21–⁠34	7	292	54
Oct 23	atBowling Green	W 30–⁠6	4	181	48
Oct 30	vs.Ball State	W 33–⁠14	4	208	62
Nov 6	vs.Temple	L 10–⁠28	7	339	54
Nov 13	vs.Army	L 28–⁠45	3	115	50
Nov 20	atWestern Michigan	L 3–⁠38	6	251	46
Nov 26	vs.Ohio	W 28–⁠6	5	194	54

2009 Kent State 12 games, 74 punts, 40.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.Coastal Carolina	W 18–⁠0	8	318	53
Sep 12	atBoston College	L 7–⁠34	10	386	51
Sep 19	vs.Iowa State	L 14–⁠34	9	334	53
Sep 26	vs.Miami (OH)	W 29–⁠19	5	179	46
Oct 3	atBaylor	L 15–⁠31	3	147	53
Oct 10	vs.Bowling Green	L 35–⁠36	7	305	64
Oct 17	atEastern Michigan	W 28–⁠6	5	208	53
Oct 24	atOhio	W 20–⁠11	5	222	56
Oct 31	vs.Western Michigan	W 26–⁠14	1	80	80
Nov 7	atAkron	L 20–⁠28	6	222	46
Nov 21	atTemple	L 13–⁠47	5	193	59
Nov 27	vs.Buffalo	L 6–⁠9	10	431	58

2008 Kent State 12 games, 45 punts, 40.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	vs.Boston College	L 0–⁠21	5	217	54
Sep 6	atIowa State	L 28–⁠48	4	165	54
Sep 13	vs.Delaware State	W 24–⁠3	4	160	45
Sep 20	atLouisiana	L 27–⁠44	9	350	46
Sep 27	atBall State	L 20–⁠41	2	94	50
Oct 4	vs.Akron	L 27–⁠30	4	156	46
Oct 11	vs.Ohio	L 19–⁠26	2	80	46
Oct 25	atMiami (OH)	W 54–⁠21	3	108	38
Nov 1	atBowling Green	L 30–⁠45	3	117	43
Nov 12	vs.Temple	W 41–⁠38	4	129	39
Nov 18	vs.Northern Illinois	L 14–⁠42	3	133	55
Nov 28	atBuffalo	W 24–⁠21	2	90	53

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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