#Bowling green football series

The Falcons lead the all-time series 18-9, and the Zips also have a third-year coach looking to grow his program in Tom Arth. BG was outplayed in all facets against the lowly Zips, who had lost 21 straight games before beating BG. If there's one 2020 performance Loeffler and the Falcons would want back, it would be a 31-3 loss at Akron. This is the third straight year BG will have at least three weekday games. The first nine games are on Saturday, while there are three-midweek games at the end of the year. In 2020, the Falcons defeated UT 20-7 at home to end a nine-game losing streak in the rivalry. The rivalry game, unfortunately, will be played midweek for the second straight year and fifth time in the last eight years - a head-scratcher, for sure. Prior to its meeting with the Rockets at The Doyt, BG plays at Buffalo - the only team on the schedule that reached a bowl game last season.

The bye week heading into the Battle of I-75 should be beneficial. The Falcons follow with a winnable home game against Murray State, which is playing this spring, before opening MAC play at Kent State, which had the best offense in FBS last year. BG lost 59-30 the last time it played Tennessee in 2015, and the Falcons lost 42-17 the last time they played Minnesota (2008).īG follows with a home opener against a South Alabama team (4-7 overall in 2020) that finished second in the Sun Belt Conference West Division (3-5). They will not play games against West Division members Ball State, Eastern Michigan, or Northern Illinois during the regular season.It could be tough for these fledgling Falcons under coach Scot Loeffler (3-15 in his first two seasons) to gain early traction next season with non-conference games against an SEC program and a Big Ten school. In Mid-American Conference play, the Falcons will play home games against Toledo, Central Michigan, Akron, and Ohio and road games against Kent State, Western Michigan, Miami, and Buffalo. East Divisionīowling Green's non-conference schedule will consist of home games against Morgan State of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Louisiana Tech of Conference USA and road games against Kansas State of the Big 12 Conference and Notre Dame, a football independent. The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Falcons predicted to finish in sixth place in the East Division. He was promoted to defensive coordinator in February 2019 after Carl Pelini left to pursue other opportunities. On December 10, former Louisville defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder was announced as the new linebackers coach. On December 4, Loeffler announced that he would retain Pelini as defensive coordinator and hired former Western Michigan tight ends coach Terry Malone to be the new offensive coordinator. Loeffler had spent the previous three seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Boston College. On November 28, 2018, the school announced that Scot Loeffler had been hired to become the new head coach. Seven games into the 2018 season, Bowling Green fired third-year head coach Mike Jinks defensive coordinator Carl Pelini served as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.