2007 Bowling Green Falcons football | |||
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MAC East Division Co-Champions | |||
GMAC Bowl, L 63-7 vs Tulsa | |||
Conference | Mid-American Conference East | ||
2007 record | 8-5 (6-2 MAC) | ||
Head coach | Gregg Brandon | ||
Offensive coordinator | Mick McCall | ||
Defensive coordinator | Mike Ward | ||
Home stadium | Doyt Perry Stadium (c. 23,724, Field Turf) | ||
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Miami xy | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green x | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo x | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 3 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Michigan xy† | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State x | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions
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The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green finished the season 8-5 overall and has finished 4-2 in the MAC East. They participated in the GMAC Bowl, losing to Tulsa 63-7. They capped the regular season by beating arch rival Toledo for the first time in 3 years.[1]
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Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association [2]. Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams[3].
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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9/1/2007 | 8:00pm | at Minnesota* | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | Big Ten Network | W 32-31 OT | 49,253 | ||
9/8/2007 | 12:00pm | at Michigan State* | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | Big Ten Network | L 28-17 | 67,276 | ||
9/22/2007 | 12:00pm | Temple | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | ESPN Plus | W 48-35 | 16,482 | ||
9/29/2007 | 6:00pm | Western Kentucky* | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | W 42-21 | 20,622 | |||
10/6/2007 | 12:00pm | at #7 Boston College* | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPNU | L 55-24 | 40,117 | ||
10/13/2007 | 3:00pm | at Miami | Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH | FSN Ohio | L 47-14 | 16,148 | ||
10/20/2007 | 4:00pm | at Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, OH | W 31-20 | 10,248 | |||
10/27/2007 | 6:00pm | Ohio | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | ESPN GamePlan | L 38-27 | 11,602 | ||
11/2/2007 | 7:30pm | Akron | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | ESPNU | W 44-20 | 12,766 | ||
11/9/2007 | 7:30pm | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI | ESPNU | W 39-32 | 4,304 | ||
11/17/2007 | 1:00pm | at Buffalo | University at Buffalo Stadium • Buffalo, NY | W 31-17 | 11,740 | |||
11/23/2007 | 2:30pm | Toledo | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH | ESPNU | W 37-10 | 18,926 | ||
1/6/2008 | 8:00 pm | vs. Tulsa | Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl) | ESPN | L 63-7 | 36,932 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team consists of 95 total players. The class breakdown of these players is 12 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshman, and 18 true freshman [4]. Returning starters from the 2006 team are six offensive starters and eight defensive starters. Overall, 53 lettermen are returning from the 2006 team (25 on offense, 28 on defense and 0 on special teams).[5]
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As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Kory Lichtensteiger was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best center. He was one of 6 athletes recognized[6]. Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC[7]).
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Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Turner, Anthony | 13 | 106 | 552 | 33 | 519 | 4.9 | 9 | 39 | 39.9 |
Geter, Willie | 12 | 71 | 457 | 25 | 432 | 6.1 | 1 | 50 | 36.0 |
Bullock, Chris | 11 | 64 | 314 | 33 | 281 | 4.4 | 0 | 24 | 25.5 |
Macon, Dan | 13 | 36 | 186 | 24 | 162 | 4.5 | 2 | 26 | 12.5 |
Sheehan, Tyler | 13 | 93 | 366 | 218 | 148 | 1.6 | 3 | 23 | 11.4 |
Ransom, Eric | 2 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 14 | 23.0 |
Glaud, Anthony | 8 | 15 | 56 | 36 | 20 | 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 2.5 |
Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 |
Partridge, Corey | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 1.1 |
Steffy, Shane | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TEAM | 10 | 15 | 0 | 31 | -31 | -2.1 | 0 | 0 | -3.1 |
Total | 13 | 418 | 2007 | 400 | 1607 | 3.8 | 16 | 50 | 123.6 |
Opponents | 13 | 570 | 2950 | 248 | 2702 | 4.7 | 25 | 63 | 207.8 |
Name | GP-GS | Effic | Cmp-Att-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
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Sheehan, Tyler Murray (the bomb) | 13 | 132.6 | 303-476-11 | 63.7 | 3264 | 23 | 83 | 251.1 |
Glaud, Anthony | 8 | 133.2 | 23-36-2 | 63.9 | 266 | 2 | 32 | 33.2 |
Turner, Anthony | 13 | 387.2 | 4-5-0 | 80.0 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 5.0 |
Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 0.0 | 0-2-1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Partridge, Corey | 8 | 631.6 | 1-1-0 | 100.0 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 3.0 |
Brighton, Derek | 12 | 150.4 | 1-1-0 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 |
TEAM | 10 | 0.0 | 0-1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 13 | 134.9 | 332-522-14 | 63.6 | 3625 | 29 | 83 | 278.8 |
Opponents | 13 | 138.5 | 230-381-14 | 60.4 | 2816 | 27 | 76 | 216.6 |
Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 82 | 962 | 11.7 | 9 | 44 | 74.0 |
Partridge, Corey | 8 | 46 | 453 | 9.8 | 2 | 28 | 56.6 |
Geter, Willie | 12 | 37 | 296 | 8.0 | 0 | 33 | 24.7 |
Parks, Marques | 13 | 28 | 360 | 12.9 | 5 | 36 | 27.7 |
Wright, Chris | 12 | 26 | 370 | 14.2 | 3 | 83 | 30.8 |
Turner, Anthony | 13 | 22 | 185 | 8.4 | 1 | 31 | 14.2 |
Pronty, Tyrone | 13 | 19 | 165 | 8.7 | 2 | 23 | 12.7 |
Winovich, Pete | 13 | 15 | 93 | 6.2 | 0 | 11 | 7.2 |
Kelley, Jermiah | 9 | 12 | 219 | 18.2 | 3 | 52 | 24.3 |
Charles, Zach | 13 | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 0 | 49 | 7.8 |
Brighton, Derek | 12 | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 0 | 18 | 8.1 |
Ransom, Eric | 2 | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 1 | 53 | 58.5 |
Macon, Dan | 13 | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 1 | 43 | 7.7 |
Bullock, Chris | 11 | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 |
Sheehan, Tyler | 13 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 2 | 25 | 3.8 |
Cheathem, Keston | 8 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
Scheidler, Jimmy | 13 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 |
Total | 13 | 332 | 3625 | 10.9 | 29 | 83 | 278.8 |
Opponents | 13 | 230 | 2816 | 12.2 | 27 | 76 | 216.6 |
Statistics from: "Bowling Green - Cumulative Season Statistics". BGSUFalcons.com. http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/teamcume.html. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
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