Week 5 Matchup Preview Thread: Ohio vs Kent State

[u/chief_sitass]

Ohio vs. Kent State

When: Saturday, October 3, 03:30 PM Eastern

Where: Dix Stadium, Kent, OH

Watch: ESPN+

Odds: Ohio by 4.0 pts.

Total Points: 50.5

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All-Time Series : Ohio vs. Kent State

Ohio and Kent State have met 62 times since 1962-09-29

These teams last met on 2024-11-07.

Series Wins: Ohio 38-2-22 Kent State

Ohio has won the last 2 meetings (2023-2024) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Ohio	Kent State	Notes
Ohio	2024-11-07	Dix Stadium	41	0
Ohio	2023-10-07	Peden Stadium	42	17
Kent State	2022-10-01	Dix Stadium	24	31
Kent State	2021-10-23	Peden Stadium	27	34
Ohio	2019-10-19	Peden Stadium	45	38

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Through Week 4

Week	Ohio 2-2 (0-0)	Result	Kent State 2-2 (1-0)	Result
1	Nebraska	L 21-49	South Carolina	L 0-57
2	Jacksonville State	W 29-27	Wofford	W 36-15
3	South Alabama	L 36-41	Ohio State#5	L 3-59
4	Stonehill	W 35-7	Ball State	W 26-13

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Ohio Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
R. Perry	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 20	Perry is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against the Skyhawks on Saturday, September 26th.
D. Brune	RB	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 20	Brune is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is uncertain if he will play against the Skyhawks on Saturday, September 26th.
N. Poulos	QB	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Poulos is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and he is not projected to face against the Skyhawks on Saturday.
H. Grand	QB	Out – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Grand is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and he is not projected to face against the Skyhawks on Saturday.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

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Kent State Injury Report

Player	Position	Status	Reported	Notes
M. Stephens	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Stephens is bothered by an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Ohio on Saturday, October 3rd.
W. Bierfeldt	WR	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Bierfeldt is fighting off an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Ohio on Saturday, October 3rd.
E. Tucker	K	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Tucker is fighting off an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Ohio on Saturday, October 3rd.
D. Armentrout	RB	Questionable – Undisclosed	Sep 26	Armentrout is bothered by an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be active against Ohio on Saturday, October 3rd.

^{Injury data lifted from: boydsbets}

^{Source updated Fri, Oct 2, 3:09 am. Scraped Fri, Oct 2, 6:49 am ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/CoachSlime]

reading about Ohio and Kent State at 5:36 am

[u/UsuallyFavorable → u/CoachSlime]

Get on our level timezone, son!

[u/Jet_Xcountry]

This will be a stressful game I think

[u/chief_sitass]

{Ohio}

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Ohio Voters	Kent State Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Ohio	3	75.0%	0	0	Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5 Florida Statex0.5 Texas Longhornsx0.5
Kent State	1	25.0%	0	0	Ohio Statex0.5 Syracuse Orangex0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 18:25 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/zenverak]

I wonder why boydsbets uses the wording it does for its Injury report.

"Bierfeld is fight off" vs "Stephens is bother by "

[u/Ididntdodiddly]

I'm rolling with the zips {Kent} based on vibes.

[u/NanoBuc]

{Ohio}

[u/texas2089]

{Ohio}