In his third game at head coach, Sean Lewis would have to slay his greatest dragon yet: the No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions. Kent State managed to keep the score respectable in the first half, but Lewis’ program ultimately fell to 1-2 after a 63-10 thrashing in the country’s second largest football stadium.
With some bold play-calling in the opening minutes, Kent State clearly announced that it had come to play in front of over 100,000 in Happy Valley. The Golden Flashes impressively halted the Penn State defense on the Nittany Lions’ first drive of the afternoon, but a fatal roughing the punter on fourth down extended the drive and injected new life into the home team.