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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  <-- 1961 <- 1962 -> 1963 --> 2024
1962 Season Highlights
 Doyt Perry enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Bowling Green.
 The Falcons won the Mid-American Conference Championship.
 
1962 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Marshall  48   6   W       
 Sat., Sep. 29  @ Dayton  14   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Western Michigan  10   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 13  @ Toledo  28   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 20  vs. Kent  45   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 27  @ Miami Ohio  24   24   T       
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ West Texas A&M  7   23   L       
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Ohio  7   6   W       
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Southern Illinois  21   0   W       
 
1962 Season Totals
  Record7-1 -1
  Points Scored204
  Scoring Average22.7
  Points Allowed91
  Defense Average10.1
  Opponents Record28-21
  Conference Record5-0
  Home Record4-0
  Away Record3-1 -1
1962 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1962 Mid-American- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Ohio 8-3261112Lost  14-155-113729  Bill Hess
Bowling Green 7-1-120491 5-0-116261  Doyt Perry
Miami Ohio 8-2-1241175Lost  21-493-1-19169  John Pont
Western Michigan 5-4158112 3-38165  Merle Schlosser
Kent State 3-6107185 2-469140  Trevor J. Rees
Toledo 3-6133176 1-585133  Clive H. Rush
Marshall 4-6137237   Charlie Snyder

1962 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1962 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.