Bowling Green Falcons football
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| First season | 1919 | ||
| Athletic director | Bob Moosbrugger | ||
| Head coach |
Mike Jinks 2nd year, 4–8 (.333) |
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| Stadium | Doyt Perry Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 24,000 | ||
| Field surface | Field Turf | ||
| Location | Bowling Green, Ohio | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | MAC (1952–present) | ||
| Division | East | ||
| Past conferences | Independent (1919–21) Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1921–31) Independent (1931–33) Ohio Athletic Conference (1933–41) Independent (1941–52) |
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| All-time record | 507–348–52 (.588) | ||
| Bowl record | 5–7 (.417) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 1 (1959) [JC] | ||
| Conference titles | 12 | ||
| Division titles | 4 | ||
| Colors | Brown and Orange |
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| Fight song | Forward Falcons (Official) | ||
| Mascot | Freddie and Frieda Falcon | ||
| Marching band | Falcon Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike, Inc. | ||
| Rivals | Toledo Rockets | ||
| Website | BGSUFalcons.com | ||
The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the intercollegiate football team of Bowling Green State University. 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 Falcons have played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium since 1966. The stadium currently holds 24,000 spectators. 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 current head coach is Mike Jinks.
The football program was born shortly after the university opened, at the time known as the Bowling Green Normal School. In the early years of Bowling Green State Normal College, common nicknames of BG athletic teams used by sports writers were “B.G. Normals,” “Teachers,” and the “B.G. Pedagogues". The team began play in 1919 and played on a local field behind the Ridge Street School in Bowling Green, Ohio. The first team was composed of nineteen male students, over half of the 36 men that enrolled in the college. The roster included Ivan "Doc" Lake, who would later would give the Falcons their nickname.John Stitt served as the program's first football coach during the initial 3-game 1919 season. The first football game in BG's history was held on October 3, 1919 against Toledo University, a series that would turn into a rivalry that still exists in the present day. The game ended with a 6-0 score. 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. In the final game of the short season the team lost to Michigan State Normal College (Eastern Michigan) 10–0. In the 1920 season, BG recorded its first score in a 10 -6 loss at Findlay College. 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.
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