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Bowling Green Football Team History


Bowling Green Falcons
Bowling Green State University
 Bowling Green, KY
Founded: 1910
Stadium: Doyt Perry Stadium
Capacity: 30,599
Colors: Orange & Brown
Coach: Doyt Perry
Conference: Mid-American-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1919  <-- 1955 <- 1956 -> 1957 --> 2024
1956 Season Highlights
 Doyt Perry enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Bowling Green.
 The Falcons won the Mid-American Conference Championship.
 
1956 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Defiance (OH)  73   0   W       
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Kent State  17   0   W       
 Sat., Sep. 29  @ Western Michigan  27   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Drake  46   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Baldwin-Wallace  32   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Toledo  34   12   W       
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Marshall  34   12   W       
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Miami Ohio  7   7   T       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Ohio  41   27   W       
 
1956 Season Totals
  Record8-0 -1
  Points Scored311
  Scoring Average34.6
  Points Allowed99
  Defense Average11.0
  Opponents Record22-30
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-0 -1
  Away Record4-0
1956 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1956 Mid-American- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Bowling Green 8-0-131199   Doyt Perry
Kent State 7-220876   Trevor J. Rees
Miami Ohio 7-1-115983   John Pont
Marshall 3-6122185   Herb Royer
Ohio 2-7136211   Carroll C. Widdoes
Western Michigan 2-7114168   Jack Petoskey
Toledo 1-7-1118250   Jack Morton

1956 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1956 All Mid-American Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.