 Following the loss to NIU, Kent State accepted the invitation to play in the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl.Kent State fell to Arkansas State in the game by a score of 17–13 to finish 11–3 overall.Darrell Hazell accepted the head coaching position at Purdue on December 5, but Purdue granted Hazell permission to coach Kent State in the bowl game, the first bowl appearance by the Flashes since the 1972 Tangerine Bowl.