1975 Bowling Green Falcons football team
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (4–2 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Doyt Perry Stadium |
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| No. 12 Miami (OH) $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1975 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their eighth season under head coach Don Nehlen, the Falcons compiled an 8–3 record (4–2 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 278 to 166.[1]
The team's statistical leaders included Mark Miller with 1,252 passing yards, Dan Saleet with 1,114 rushing yards, and Dave Dudley with 338 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 13 | at BYU* | W 23–21 | 29,718 | ||||
| September 20 | Southern Miss* | W 16–14 | 14,369 | [3] | |||
| September 27 | at Dayton* | W 21–14 | |||||
| October 4 | Western Michigan |
| W 28–0 | ||||
| October 11 | Toledo |
| W 34–17 | ||||
| October 18 | vs. Kent State | W 35–9 | |||||
| October 25 | Miami (OH) |
| L 17–20 | ||||
| November 1 | Ball State |
| L 20–27 | ||||
| November 8 | at Ohio | W 19–17 | |||||
| November 15 | at Southern Illinois* | W 48–6 | |||||
| November 22 | at Texas–Arlington* | L 17–21 | 4,500 | [4] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1975 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ "1975 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ "Preston leads BG". Dayton Daily News. September 21, 1975. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bowling Green surprised". News-Journal. November 23, 1975. p. 3C. Retrieved March 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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