2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2015 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC champions MAC East Division champions
MAC Championship vs. Northern Illinois, W 34–14
GoDaddy Bowl vs. Georgia Southern, L 27–58
Conference	Mid-American Conference East Division
2015 record	10–4 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach	Dino Babers (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Lynch (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Sean Lewis (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Ward (1st year)
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 represents Bowling Green State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons play their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium. They are led by second year head coach Dino Babers, and are 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. #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.

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Game summaries

vs Tennessee

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

See also: 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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

See also: 2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

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

See also: 2015 Memphis Tigers football team

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

See also: 2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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

See also: 2015 Buffalo Bulls football team

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

See also: 2015 UMass Minutemen football team

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

See also: 2015 Akron Zips football team

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

See also: 2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

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

See also: 2015 Ohio Bobcats football team

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

See also: 2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team

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

See also: 2015 Toledo Rockets football team

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

See also: 2015 Ball State Cardinals football team

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

See also: 2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team and 2015 MAC Championship Game

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

See also: 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team and 2015 GoDaddy Bowl (December)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting