Peace Pipe (college football)

Peace Pipe Trophy
Teams	Bowling Green Falcons Toledo Rockets
Originated	1980
Overall Series	Toledo leads 17-15
Current Holder	Toledo

In college football, the Peace Pipe is a trophy awarded annually to the winner of the game between the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University. The trophy is a miniature replica of an American Indian peace pipe sitting atop a trophy with both teams' logos.

The game is sometimes referred to as The Black Swamp Showdown and the Battle of I-75, as the cities of Toledo and Bowling Green are both located on Interstate 75, just 20 miles apart, and in the Black Swamp area of Northwest Ohio.

The rivalry between UT and BGSU goes back to 1919. The games were (and to an extent still are) marked by a passionate fan following and a hatred for the respective opponent.^{[citation needed]} In 1935, fans rioted following a 63–0 blowout win by UT and as a result, BGSU and UT did not resume the rivalry until 1948 (although Toledo did not field a football team during WWII from 1943–1945).^{[citation needed]} In 1948, the smoking of a six-foot peace pipe was instated as a gesture of goodwill between the two teams at half-time of their annual basketball match.^{[citation needed]} The peace pipe would be kept by the winning university until the teams played again the following season.

The tradition came to an abrupt and unpleasant end in 1969 when the pipe was stolen from the UT offices.^{[citation needed]} It was never recovered and the thief never caught.^{[citation needed]}

In 1980, the Peace Pipe trophy was reinstated when a scale-down replica was fashioned and placed on top of a trophy created by former UT football player Frank Kralik. Kralik donated the trophy to the university to be given to the winner of each year's football game, which like many other college football rivalries is usually the last game of the regular season for both teams.

Currently, ESPN annually broadcasts the Peace Pipe game, allowing it to reach a wide audience outside of northwest Ohio. Though the two schools play in different divisions in the Mid-American Conference, they have yet to meet in the MAC Championship Game.

Game results

Bowling Green victories shaded in ██ orange. Toledo victories are shaded ██ blue.

#	Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	October 11, 1980	Toledo	Bowling Green	17	Toledo	6	BG 1–0
2	October 24, 1981	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	38	Toledo†	0	BG 2–0
3	October 23, 1982	Toledo	Toledo	24	Bowling Green†	10	BG 2–1
4	October 8, 1983	Bowling Green	Toledo	6	Bowling Green	3	Tied 2–2
5	October 6, 1984	Toledo	Toledo†	17	Bowling Green	6	UT 3–2
6	November 11, 1985	Bowling Green	Bowling Green†	21	Toledo	0	Tied 3–3
7	November 15, 1986	Toledo	Toledo	22	Bowling Green	3	UT 4–3
8	October 17, 1987	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	20	Toledo	6	Tied 4–4
9	September 24, 1988	Toledo	Toledo	34	Bowling Green	5	UT 5–4
10	October 14, 1989	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	27	Toledo	23	Tied 5–5
11	October 13, 1990	Toledo	Toledo†	19	Bowling Green	13	UT 6–5
12	October 19, 1991	Bowling Green	Bowling Green†	24	Toledo	21	Tied 6–6
13	October 17, 1992	Toledo	Bowling Green†	10	Toledo	9	BG 7–6
14	October 2, 1993	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	17	Toledo	10	BG 8–6
15	October 15, 1994	Toledo	Bowling Green	31	Toledo	16	BG 9–6
16	October 21, 1995	Bowling Green	Toledo†	35	Bowling Green	16	BG 9–7
17	October 5, 1996	Toledo	Toledo	24	Bowling Green	16	BG 9–8
18	October 25, 1997	Bowling Green	24 Toledo‡	35	Bowling Green	20	Tied 9–9
19	October 17, 1998	Toledo	Toledo‡	24	Bowling Green	16	UT 10–9
20	October 2, 1999	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	34	Toledo	23	Tied 10–10
21	November 22, 2000	Toledo	Toledo	51	Bowling Green	17	UT 11–10
22	November 23, 2001	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	56	Toledo†	21	Tied 11–11
23	November 30, 2002	Toledo	Toledo‡	42	Bowling Green	24	UT 12–11
24	November 29, 2003	Bowling Green	22 Bowling Green‡	31	Toledo	23	Tied 12–12
25	November 23, 2004	Toledo	Toledo†	49	Bowling Green	41	UT 13–12
26	November 22, 2005	Bowling Green	Toledo	44	Bowling Green	41	UT 14–12
27	November 21, 2006	Toledo	Toledo	31	Bowling Green	21	UT 15–12
28	November 23, 2007	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	37	Toledo	10	UT 15–13
29	November 28, 2008	Toledo	Bowling Green	38	Toledo	10	UT 15–14
30	November 27, 2009	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	38	Toledo	24	Tied 15–15
31	November 17, 2010	Toledo	Toledo	33	Bowling Green	14	UT 16-15
32	October 15, 2011	Bowling Green	Toledo	28	Bowling Green	21	UT 17-15

†Eventual MAC Champions
‡Lost in MAC Championship Game (1997–present)