1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team
| 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (5–1 MAC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Ohio $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Bowling Green | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion Ohio (7–14), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61.[1]
On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6. After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while taking off from the Toledo airport.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 24 | Marshall | W 14–7 | |
| October 1 | at Miami (OH) | W 21–12 | |
| October 8 | at Western Michigan | W 14–13 | |
| October 15 | at Toledo | W 14–3 | |
| October 22 | Kent State | W 28–0 | |
| October 29 | Cal Poly | W 50–6 | |
| November 5 | Southern Illinois | W 27–6 | |
| November 12 | Ohio | L 7–14 | |
| November 19 | at Texas Western | W 21–0 |
References
- ^ "Bowling Green Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "Cal Poly's Team Crashes". The Sun Telegram (San Bernardino). October 30, 1960. p. 1A.
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