1927 Bowling Green Falcons football team
| 1927 Bowling Green Falcons football | |
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| Conference | Northwest Ohio League |
| Record | 5–1–1 (2–1 NOL) |
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| Captain | Ora Knecht |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluffton | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defiance | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1927 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Warren Steller, the Falcons compiled a 5–1–1 record (2–1 against NOL opponents), finished in second place out of five teams in the NOL, and outscored opponents by a total of 52 to 14. Ora Knecht was the team captain.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 24 | at Otterbein* | Westerville, OH | T 0–0 | [2] | ||
| October 1 | Ohio Northern* | Bowling Green, OH | W 6–2 | |||
| October 15 | at Kent State* | Kent, OH (rivalry) | W 13–0 | [3] | ||
| October 22 | Detroit City College* | Bowling Green, OH | W 6–0 | |||
| October 29 | at Findlay | Findlay, OH | W 6–0 | |||
| November 11 | at Defiance | Defiance, OH | W 15–0 | |||
| November 19 | Bluffton | Bowling Green, OH | L 6–12 | [4] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Bee Gee College And Otterbein In Scoreless Tie Saturday". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. September 26, 1927. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kent Is Beaten". Dayton Daily News. October 16, 1927. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "College Defeated By Bluffton; First Loss". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 21, 1927. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.