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The team was led by Chet Chapman, who received the conference MVP award and also became Bowling Green's first All-American. In 1928, the Falcons recorded their first undefeated season with a record of 5–0–2. The nickname's popularity grew rapidly and was adopted by the school. During the same season, Ivan 'Doc' Lake, a BG alumnus and football player on the original team, suggested the nickname “Falcons”. The record was repeated two seasons later, in 1927, when the team dropped its final game of the season 12–6 to Bluffton. Warren Steller became the head coach of BG in 1924 and in his second season as head coach, BG recorded its first one-loss season in 1925. The team would repeat as the NWOIAA Champions in 1922, 1925, 19. Despite dropping the following game 27–0 to Ashland College, the team finished the season with a record of 3–1–1 and won the Northwest Ohio League conference championship, the first title in school history. After a 7–0 win over Defiance, BG faced Findlay on Octoin a game that set a national collegiate record in which BG scored 22 touchdowns to win 151–0 over Findlay College. In the first game BG and Kent battled to a scoreless tie in a game that saw no fan attendance due to influenza epidemic.

The team joined the Northwest Ohio League starting in the 1921 season. Ī game at the Ridge Street School in 1921. The 1920 team later recorded the program's first win, in the eighth and final game of the season, when the team defeated Kent State Normal College 7–0. In the 1920 season, BG recorded its first score in a 10-6 loss at Findlay College. In the final game of the short season the team lost to Michigan State Normal College (Eastern Michigan) 10–0. The second game of the season marked BG's first road game at Defiance College, where the team dropped to 0–2 with a 12–0 shutout.

#Bowling green football series#

The first football game in BG's history was held on Octoagainst Toledo University, a series that would turn into a rivalry that still exists in the present day. John Stitt served as the program's first football coach during the initial 3-game 1919 season. The roster included Ivan 'Doc' Lake, who would later would give the Falcons their nickname. The first team was composed of nineteen male students, over half of the 36 men that enrolled in the college. The team began play in 1919 and played on a local field behind the Ridge Street School in Bowling Green, Ohio. In the early years of Bowling Green State Normal College, common nicknames of BG athletic teams used by sports writers were “B.G. The football program was born shortly after the university opened, at the time known as the Bowling Green Normal School.

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In their 93-year history, the Falcons have won 12 MAC championships and a College Division national championship – as voted by the UPI in 1959.

The Falcons have played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium since 1966. The team is a member of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level BGSU football competes within the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Bowling Green Falcons football program is the intercollegiate football team of Bowling Green State University.