The 1940 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University during the 1940 college football season.
In their sixth season under head coach Donald Starn, the Golden Flashes compiled an 8–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 186 to 43.
[1][2] It marked their final season at Rockwell Field.
265 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
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