1964 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1964 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC champion
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1964 record9–1 (5–1 MAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
Marshall 4 2 0 7 3 0
Miami 4 2 0 6 3 1
Ohio 3 2 1 5 4 1
Western Michigan 2 4 0 3 6 0
Kent State 1 4 1 3 5 1
Toledo 1 5 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1964 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth and final season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 275 to 87.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Jerry Ward with 726 passing yards, Stew Williams with 609 rushing yards, and Jay Cunningham with 174 receiving yards.[3]

Doyt Perry resigned as the team's head football coach after the 1965 season but remained the school's athletic director until 1970. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.[4][5]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 19Southern Illinois*
W 35–12
September 26at North Texas StateW 21–7[6]
October 3Dayton*
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 35–0
October 10at Western Michigan
W 28–8
October 17at Toledo
W 31–14
October 24Kent State
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 41–0
October 31at Miami (OH)W 21–18
November 7Marshall
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 28–0
November 14Ohio
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 0–21
November 21at Xavier*
W 35–7
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1964 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1964 Mid-American Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "1964 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Doyt Perry Receives Honor". The Times Recorder. November 17, 1970. p. 3.
  5. ^ "BG's Doyt Perry is dead at age 82". The Akron Beacon Journal. February 12, 1992. p. C2.
  6. ^ "Bowling Green rips North Texas, 21–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1964. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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