2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2015 Bowling Green Falcons football

MAC champion MAC East Division champion
MAC Championship, W 34–14 vs. Northern Illinois
GoDaddy Bowl, L 27–58 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2015 record	10–4 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Lynch (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Sean Lewis (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Ward (1st season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium (Capacity: 23,724)

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3		8	–	5
Akron		5	–	3		8	–	5
Buffalo		3	–	5		5	–	7
Kent State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Miami		2	–	6		3	–	9
UMass		2	–	6		3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2		8	–	6
Western Michigan x		6	–	2		8	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2		10	–	2
Central Michigan x		6	–	2		7	–	6
Ball State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 26, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium. They were led by second-year head coach Dino Babers and were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	4:00 p.m.	vs. No. 25 Tennessee*	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 30–59	61,323
September 12	Noon	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	BTN	W 48–27	36,332
September 19	3:00 p.m.	Memphis*	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ASN	L 41–44	21,178
September 26	Noon	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 35–28	33,162
October 3	3:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	BCSN/ESPN3	W 28–22	20,843
October 10	2:00 p.m.	Massachusetts	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 62–38	17,118
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 59–10	20,021
October 24	1:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPN3	W 48–0	14,739
November 4	8:00 p.m.	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN2	W 62–24	16,233
November 11	8:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN2	W 41–27	14,436
November 17	6:00 p.m.	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy)	ESPN2	L 28–44	23,492
November 24	7:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 48–10	5,201
December 4	8:00 p.m.	vs. Northern Illinois	Ford Field • Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 34–14	16,425
December 23	8:00 p.m.	vs. Georgia Southern*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (GoDaddy Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–58	28,656
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries

vs Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Volunteers	21	14	14	10	59
Falcons	10	10	10	0	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	6	14	28	48
Terrapins	10	3	7	7	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	7	17	10	44
Falcons	14	13	7	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2004	BGSU, 52–35

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	14	0	14	35
Boilermakers	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2003	BGSU, 27–26

at Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	14	0	7	28
Bulls	3	3	3	13	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–3	2014	BGSU, 36–35

Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	10	7	14	7	38
Falcons	14	14	24	10	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	BGSU, 47–42

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	3	0	0	10
Falcons	7	21	21	10	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7	2014	BGSU, 27–10

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	17	10	7	48
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
57–19–6	2014	BGSU, 30–20

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	3	7	24
Falcons	14	13	21	14	62

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–25–2	2014	BGSU, 31–13

at Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	13	14	0	41
Broncos	10	10	7	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–18–3	2014	WMU, 26–14

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	17	13	7	7	44
Falcons	0	14	14	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–36–4	2014	TOL, 27–20

at Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	13	14	7	14	48
Cardinals	0	0	7	3	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–9–1	2014	BALL, 41–24

Northern Illinois–MAC Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	14	7	6	34
Huskies	0	0	14	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–8	2014	NIU, 51–17

Georgia Southern–GoDaddy Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	9	14	21	14	58
Falcons	13	14	0	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

↑ "2015 Bowling Green Falcons Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

Bowling Green Falcons football
Venues	Doyt Perry Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Anniversary Award) Toledo (Peace Pipe Trophy, 1980–2010; Battle of I-75 Trophy, 2011–present)
Culture & lore	Freddie and Frieda Falcon "Forward Falcons" "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" Falcon Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Mid-American Conference football champions

Cincinnati (1947)
Miami (1948)
Cincinnati (1949)
Miami (1950)
Cincinnati (1951)
Cincinnati (1952)
Ohio (1953)
Miami (1954)
Miami (1955)
Bowling Green (1956)
Miami (1957)
Miami (1958)
Bowling Green (1959)
Ohio (1960)
Bowling Green (1961)
Bowling Green (1962)
Ohio (1963)
Bowling Green (1964)
Bowling Green & Miami (1965)
Miami & Western Michigan (1966)
Ohio & Toledo (1967)
Ohio (1968)
Toledo (1969)
Toledo (1970)
Toledo (1971)
Kent State (1972)
Miami (1973)
Miami (1974)
Miami (1975)
Ball State (1976)
Miami (1977)
Ball State (1978)
Central Michigan (1979)
Central Michigan (1980)
Toledo (1981)
Bowling Green (1982)
Northern Illinois (1983)
Toledo (1984)
Bowling Green (1985)
Miami (1986)
Eastern Michigan (1987)
Western Michigan (1988)
Ball State (1989)
Central Michigan & Toledo (1990)
Bowling Green (1991)
Bowling Green (1992)
Ball State (1993)
Central Michigan (1994)
Toledo (1995)
Ball State (1996)
Marshall (1997)
Marshall (1998)
Marshall (1999)
Marshall (2000)
Toledo (2001)
Marshall (2002)
Miami (2003)
Toledo (2004)
Akron (2005)
Central Michigan (2006)
Central Michigan (2007)
Buffalo (2008)
Central Michigan (2009)
Miami (2010)
Northern Illinois (2011)
Northern Illinois (2012)
Bowling Green (2013)
Northern Illinois (2014)
Bowling Green (2015)
Western Michigan (2016)

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