Jump to content

1983 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1983 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record8–3 (7–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDoyt Perry Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Illinois $ 8 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Toledo 7 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Bowling Green 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Ball State 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Western Michigan 4 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Miami (OH) 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Ohio 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Kent State 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Eastern Michigan 0 – 9 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1983 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Denny Stolz, the Falcons compiled an 8–3 record (7–2 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 277 to 242.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Brian McClure with 3,264 passing yards, Darryl Story with 724 rushing yards, and Stan Hunter with 1,107 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Fresno State*
W 35–2730,000[3]
September 17at BYU*
L 28–6364,659[4]
September 24Miami (OH)
W 17–1424,409[5]
October 1at Eastern Michigan
W 26–2111,593[6]
October 8Toledo
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
L 3–633,527[7]
October 15at Western Michigan
W 23–2019,885[8]
October 22at Northern Illinois
L 23–2418,500[9]
October 29Central Michigan
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 15–1413,775[10]
November 5Ball State
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 45–3017,210[11]
November 12at Ohio
W 24–20[12]
November 19Kent State
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
W 38–311,100[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "1983 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1983 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Falcons take revenge against 'Dogs". The Fresno Bee. September 11, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "BYU buries Bowling Green 63–28". The Daily Herald. September 18, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "BG finally breaks Miami whammy". Dayton Daily News. September 25, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "McClure throws for 2 TDs, runs for another in BG win". The Lima News. October 2, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Toledo edges BG in defensive battle". The Muncie Star. October 9, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Western Michigan falls short of another super finish". The Grand Rapids Press. October 16, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Northern Illinois rallies past Bowling Green 24–23". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bowling Green nips CMU, 15–14". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 30, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Records fall but so does Ball State". The Muncie Star. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "BGSU 24, Ohio U. 20". Springfield News-Sun. November 13, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "A good day for records, bad day for Kent". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 20, 1983. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.


Stub icon

This college football 1980s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=1983_Bowling_Green_Falcons_football_team&oldid=1277510386"