1976 Bowling Green Falcons football team

1976 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDoyt Perry Stadium
1976 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ball State $ 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Kent State 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Ohio 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Western Michigan 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Miami (OH) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Toledo 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Eastern Michigan 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Northern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1976 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In their ninth season under head coach Don Nehlen, the Falcons compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 292 to 249.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Mark Miller with 1,839 passing yards, Dave Preston with 989 rushing yards, and Jeff Groth with 598 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Syracuse*
W 22–723,859[3]
September 18Eastern Michigan
W 53–1212,605[4]
September 25San Diego State*
L 15–2711,673[5]
October 2at Western Michigan
W 31–2819,500[6]
October 9at Toledo
W 29–2816,180[7]
October 16Kent State
  • Doyt L. Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
W 17–1315,263[8]
October 23at Miami (OH)
L 7–915,081[9]
October 30Central Michigan
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 28–38[10]
November 6Ohio
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 26–3113,469[11]
November 13Southern Illinois*
  • Doyt Perry Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 35–7[12]
November 20at Chattanooga*
L 29–494,600[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1976 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1976 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bowling Green strikes Syracuse 22–7". The Times Herald Record. September 12, 1976. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Falcons bomb Hurons, 53–12". The Blade. September 19, 1976. Retrieved September 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Aztecs' Turner Gains 209 Yards". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 26, 1976. p. III-16. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jerome Persell's four TDs not enough". The Kalamazoo Gazette. October 3, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Falcons winners over Rockets, 29–28". The Blade. October 10, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Penalties deny Kent win". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 17, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Miami upends BG, 9–7". Dayton Daily News. October 24, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rummel, Gray ;ead CMU win". The Times Herald. October 31, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bobcats claw Falcons, 31–26". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 7, 1976. Retrieved September 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bowling Green bombs SIU–C". Southern Illinoisan. November 14, 1976. Retrieved September 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Errors plague Bowling Green". Dayton Daily News. November 21, 1976. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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