Wk 9 · 2026

Kent State Golden Flashes at Sacramento State Hornets — Fri, Oct 30

Fri, Oct 30 · Hornet Stadium, Sacramento · ESPN2

Kent State Golden Flashes

MAC · no games yet

10:30pET

no line posted yet

Sacramento State Hornets

MAC · no games yet

What is at stake

A MAC game — it counts in the standings that decide that league's championship game. Run the race.

Efficiency · 2025 ratings

-11.9#127

Efficiency margin

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23.0

Offense (pts/100)

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34.9

Defense (pts/100)

no data

57.3

Pace (plays/g)

no data

5.07

Yards / play

no data

5.86

Yards / play allowed

no data

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2025 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is always the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one.

Team stats · 2025 per game

21.2

Points / game

33.8

33.6

Points allowed

26.2

294

Yards / game

425

427

Yards allowed

367

236

Pass yds allowed

217

191

Rush yds allowed

150

1.08

Turnovers / game

1.25

From completed 2025 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Kent State form

W 35-31at NIUL 16-28vs CMUW 42-35at AKRL 13-17at BALLW 24-21vs BGSU

2025 season

Sacramento St form

L 27-31at UCDW 23-20vs IDHOW 52-24at PRSTW 35-13at EWUL 35-49vs MONT

2025 season

Kent State this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Sacramento St this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked when the game goes final. There is no line archive before this season, so these records begin with 2026 Week 1.

Common opponents · 4

Opponent	Kent State	Sacramento St
Ball State MAC	vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview	at Wk 8 · scheduled preview
Ohio MAC	vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview	vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview
Bowling Green MAC	at Wk 11 · scheduled preview	at Wk 6 · scheduled preview
E Michigan MAC	at Wk 13 · scheduled preview	at Wk 1 · scheduled preview

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Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

Kent State leaders 2025 season

Passing	Dru DeShields QB #12	136/240, 2030 YDS, 18 TD, 3 INT
	CJ Montes QB #7	10/19, 140 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Gavin Garcia RB #5	146 CAR, 647 YDS, 3 TD
	Jordan Nubin RB #27	79 CAR, 253 YDS, 1 TD
	Jahzae Kimbrough RB #84	39 CAR, 97 YDS
Receiving	Cade Wolford WR #8	19 REC, 509 YDS, 7 TD
	Da'Shawn Martin WR #18	33 REC, 507 YDS, 4 TD
	Wayne Harris WR #6	35 REC, 383 YDS, 1 TD
	Ardell Banks WR #1	12 REC, 205 YDS, 2 TD

Defense

Tackles	Mason Woods LB #0	94
	CJ Young LB #8	89
	Joel Cordoba DB #2	68
Sacks	Jamond Mathis LB #8	6
	Jelani Davis DL #95	2.5
	CJ Young LB #8	2.5
Interceptions	Terrell Miller CB #18	2
	Joel Boamah CB #12	1
	CJ Young LB #8	1

full roster and per-player history

Sacramento St leaders 2025 season

Passing	Cardell Williams QB #6	110/175, 1621 YDS, 10 TD, 7 INT
	Jaden Rashada QB #8	17/42, 264 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Rodney Hammond Jr. RB #2	188 CAR, 1214 YDS, 13 TD
	Damian Henderson II RB #26	91 CAR, 565 YDS, 5 TD
	JaQuail Smith RB #23	76 CAR, 511 YDS, 5 TD
Receiving	Ernest Campbell WR #4	37 REC, 755 YDS, 8 TD
	Jordan Anderson WR #0	24 REC, 361 YDS
	Jordan Williams TE #16	11 REC, 170 YDS, 1 TD
	Rodney Hammond Jr. RB #2	15 REC, 147 YDS

Defense

Tackles	Oscar Moore LB #5	69
	Koa Akui S #3	65
	Alex Rocha LB #33	49
Sacks	Dylan Hampsten DL #11	8
	Jayland McGlothen DL #90	7
	Xavier Williams DL #45	5.5
Interceptions	Koa Akui S #3	5
	Jason Oliver CB #26	2
	Lamont Johnson-Burrell CB #23	2

full roster and per-player history

These are season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.