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Football Wraps Up Home Schedule vs. FIU
Kennesaw State football wraps up its home schedule on Saturday when it hosts FIU on Nov. 23 at Fifth Third Stadium for Senior Day. • Kennesaw State alumnus and football Hall of Famer Chandler Burks was named the Owls’ interim head coach on Nov. 10. Burks took the reins as the Owls’ interim head coach and is in his fourth season coaching at KSU.
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HC Chandler Burks Weekly Press Conference Previewing FIU
Within every single game they play, it's coming down to the wire. They're taking people to overtime. They've done a good job on defense and offense, creating a ton of explosives. Their quarterback, Jenkins, does a phenomenal job of distributing the ball effectively. They have a really good wide receive on the outside who's leading the league right now in yards per game.
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Kennesaw State Goes Down In OT To Sam Houston 23-17
Dealing with the loss of the only head coach they had ever known to facing a 7-2 playoff bound opponent, the Owls showed some grit overcoming a lot of adversity to keep the game close with the game tied at 3, again at 10 and again at 17 before finally going into overtime. A missed field goal in OT made it easy for SHSU who then needed any points for the win.
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Owls Return Home With New Head Coach To Host Bearkats
Kennesaw State (1-8, 1-4 CUSA) returns home on Saturday for another Conference USA matchup. It will be the Owls’ first ever game without former head coach Brian Bohannon at the helm. Bohannon was fired on Sunday. Kennesaw State co-offensive coordinator Chandler Burks will be the interim head coach for the remaining three games.
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Football Returns Home to Face
Sam Houston
Kennesaw State football returns home Saturday in the first of its final two home games of the 2024 season on Nov. 16 against Sam Houston. KSU alumnus and football letterwinner Chandler Burks makes his debut as the Owls’ interim head coach. Burks took the reins on Sunday and is in his 4th season coaching at KSU after induction into the KSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Statement from KSU Director of Athletics Milton Overton
From Milton Overton: "Over the last three years, the results on the football field failed to support our goal of building a competitive FBS program. I determined it was time to make a leadership change to take the program in a new direction. I advised Coach Bohannon of my decision, and, as is customary, offered him the opportunity to announce that he had stepped down."
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Football Drops Overtime Heartbreaker to UTEP
Kennesaw State put up 240 yards of offense in the second half alone to fight back and force overtime, but ultimately dropped the heartbreaker, 43-35, to UTEP Saturday at the Sun Bowl. Defensively, the Owls were led by a career day from LB Donelius Johnson with 15 stops (eight solo) as well as a half-sack. Milon Jones and Jordan Miles also recorded 9 tackles.
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Kennesaw State Drops Midweek Game at. Hilltoppers 31-14
Despite 98 rushing yards from running back Michael Benefield, KSU was unable to earn its second-straight win, falling 31-14 to Western Kentucky on Wednesday night at Houchens-Smith Stadium. QB Davis Bryson finished 13-for-26 for 96 yards and a tough-luck interception. Qua Ashley amassed 101 all-purpose yards (38 rushing, 3 receiving, 60 kickoff return).
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Owls Ride Momentum Of Big Win to Face Another #1 Team at WKU
Kennesaw State heads to Western Kentucky for still another midweek matchup on Wednesday, October 30. This will be the second straight week that the Owls take on the #1 team in C-USA after their stunning 24-21 victory over Liberty. Despite their struggles, KSU is coming off a monumental upset victory over Liberty, which has breathed new life into the team.
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Kennesaw State Named Cheez-It National Team of the Week
KSU's improbable win over Liberty continued to be lauded nationally as the Owls were named the Cheez-It National Team of the Week award, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). Powered by a season-high 323 yards of offense and unyielding defense, Kennesaw State kept Conference USA's top team at bay. The Owls broke up six passes.
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Trio of Owls Sweep Conference USA Player of the Week Awards
KSU redshirt soph Davis Bryson and redshirt Jr.s Tyler Hallum and Austin Welch have been named the Conference USA Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for their roles in the Owls' thrilling win over previously undefeated Liberty. Bryson finished with the third-highest QB passing grade (92.5) in the nation for Week 9.
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Owls Stun First Place Flames As Crowd Storms The Field…Twice!
It was a thrilling Wednesday night game that made national headlines as a “monumental win” with fans and students storming the field for the first time that I can remember at Fifth Third Stadium…and they had to do it again! A historic 27-24 victory for KSU against Liberty, ending the Flames’ 17-game regular-season winning streak...the Owls’ first win over an FBS team.
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Owls Return Home to Face Liberty Under the Lights
Kennesaw State football will continue its midweek action, playing its first Wednesday night game as it welcomes former Big South foe Liberty in its lone home game between three road trips. Wednesday night’s game will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two teams, but the first since 2017 and the first as Conference USA opponents.
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Kennesaw State Falls to Middle Tennessee
Garland Benyard tied the school record for sacks (3.0) and Donelius Johnson recorded the first safety in program history to help lead a valiant defensive effort, but Kennesaw State football dropped a 14-5 conference game to Middle Tennessee on Tuesday night at Floyd Stadium. KSU struggled with 10 three-and-outs on the game to foil the attack.
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Kennesaw State Visits MTSU For Midweek C-USA Game
Kennesaw State (0-5, 0-1 CUSA) takes it’s quest for a first win of the season on the road to Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro for a strange Tuesday night game staying in the conference on October 15th. The weeknight game does give the Owls an 11 day break. They have a shot in that one with the Blue Raiders (1-5, 0-2 CUSA) playing on five days rest.
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KSU Drops Conference USA Debut to Jax State
Michael Benefield and Qua Ashley combined for 334 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, but Kennesaw State football dropped a 63-24 decision to Jacksonville State on Friday night in its Conference USA debut at Fifth Third Stadium. In just its fifth game as part of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the Owls (0-5, 0-1 CUSA) fought back from a 21-3 deficit.
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Owls Begin Conference USA Play At Home Friday Night With Jax State
A new era begins Friday night at Fifth Third Stadium as the Owls host their first ever Conference USA game against a familiar foe in Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks come in at 1-3, fresh off a dominant 44-7 win against Southern Miss where QB Tyler Huff threw for 236 yards and rushed for 77. The Gamecocks had 6 plays of 20 yards or more in that victory.
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Coach Bohannon Sits Down with
11 Alive's Maria Martin
11 Alive's Maria Martin sat down with KSU head coach Brian Bohannon to talk about his plan to make sure that his guys are ready as the Owls move up to the FBS level and Conference USA after nine seasons as an FCS team.
Q: There is a lot happening...a lot of change.
A: What a great opportunity for our team when you talk about the exposure on national TV.
Kennesaw State Owls 2024 Football Schedule/Results
2024 Record 1-9 (1-5 CUSA) 10th Place
Saturday,
September 7
vs Louisiana
Ragin’ Cajuns
Fifth Third Stadium,
Kennesaw, GA
Lost 34-10
Saturday,
September 14
@ San Jose
State Spartans
CEFCU Stadium,
San Jose, CA
Lost 31-10
Friday,
October 4
vs Jacksonville
State Gamecocks
Fifth Third Stadium,
Kennesaw, GA
(CUSA)
Lost 63-25
Tuesday,
October 15
@ Middle Tennessee
Blue Raiders
Floyd Stadium/
Horace Jones Field,
Murphreesboro, TN
(CUSA)
Lost 14-5
Wednesday,
October 23
vs Liberty Flames
Fifth Third Stadium,
Kennesaw, GA
(CUSA)
Lost 14-5
Saturday,
November 16
vs Sam Houston State Bearkats
Fifth Third Stadium,
Kennesaw, GA
(CUSA)
Lost 23-17 (OT)
Saturday,
November 23
vs FIU Panthers
Fifth Third Stadium,
Kennesaw, GA
(CUSA)
3:00 p.m.
(ESPN+)
(Senior Day)
(Conference USA Mental Health
Awareness Initiative)
(Youth Cheer Clinic)
Saturday,
November 30
@ Louisiana
Tech Bulldogs
Joe Aillet Stadium,
Ruston, LA
(CUSA)
4:00 p.m.
(ESPN Family of Networks)
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