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1995 Kent State

1–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠7–⁠1 Mid-American Conference), coached by Jim Corrigall.

Schedule and results

Kent State in 1995, game by game: won vs. Youngstown State 17–14; lost vs. Miami (OH) 0–39; tied at Ohio 28–28; lost at West Virginia 6–45; lost vs. Western Michigan 6–52; lost at South Carolina 14–77; lost at Central Michigan 16–27; lost at Akron 6–14; lost vs. Ball State 13–28; lost vs. Bowling Green 15–26; lost vs. Eastern Michigan 7–40+7−63Won 17–14 vs. Youngstown State+3Youngstown StateLost 0–39 vs. Miami (OH)-39Miami (OH)Tied 28–28 at Ohio0OhioLost 6–45 at West Virginia-39West VirginiaLost 6–52 vs. Western Michigan-46Western MichiganLost 14–77 at South Carolina-63South CarolinaLost 16–27 at Central Michigan-11Central MichiganLost 6–14 at Akron-8AkronLost 13–28 vs. Ball State-15Ball StateLost 15–26 vs. Bowling Green-11Bowling GreenLost 7–40 vs. Eastern Michigan-33Eastern Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsYoungstown StateW 17–⁠1451%
Sep 9vsMiami (OH)L 0–⁠3940%
Sep 16atOhioT 28–⁠2843%
Sep 23atWest VirginiaL 6–⁠4518%
Sep 30vsWestern MichiganL 6–⁠5236%
Oct 7atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠7719%
Oct 21atCentral MichiganL 16–⁠2715%
Oct 28atAkronL 6–⁠1440%
Nov 4vsBall StateL 13–⁠2826%
Nov 11vsBowling GreenL 15–⁠2626%
Nov 18vsEastern MichiganL 7–⁠4025%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Eastern Michigan 40–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 68 on file).

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠7–⁠1 10th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠390
Coach
Jim Corrigall
Elo
1191 −131 this season
SP+ rating
-30.4 No. 107 of 107; offense No. 106, defense No. 96
SRS
−29.4 No. 107 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Charley Molnar
Defensive coordinator
Bob Junko

All-MAC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Astron WhatleyRBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Mike BarryDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Toledo7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠124
Miami (OH)6–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Ball State6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠4
Eastern Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan2–⁠64–⁠7
Akron2–⁠62–⁠9
Ohio1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Kent State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.