2013 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27;
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions;

2013 Bowling Green Falcons football
2013 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC champion; MAC East Division champion
MAC Championship Game, W 47–27 vs. Northern Illinois
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, L 27–30 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
2013 record	10–4 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach	Dave Clawson (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Warren Ruggiero
Defensive coordinator	Mike Elko
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium; (Capacity: 23,724)
	Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Through the 2013 MAC Championship Game, the Falcons were led by fifth-year head coach Dave Clawson. On December 10, Clawson left to become the new head coach at Wake Forest; the school named special teams coordinator Adam Scheier as interim head coach for the 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.^[1]

The Falcons played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	Tulsa*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPNU	W 34–7	18,142
September 7	12:00 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Battle for the Anniversary Award)	ESPN+	W 41–22	22,758
September 14	12:00 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNU	L 10–42	41,869
September 21	3:30 pm	Murray State*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	BCSN	W 48–7	16,094
September 28	2:30 pm	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 31–14	13,262
October 5	3:30 pm	Massachusetts	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	BCSN	W 28–7	13,799
October 12	7:30 pm	at Mississippi State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN3	L 20–21	55,148
October 26	2:30 pm	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75)	ESPN3	L 25–28	21,724
November 5	8:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPNU	W 45–3	10,598
November 12	7:30 pm	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 49–0	8,527
November 23	1:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 58–7	1,751
November 29	1:30 pm	vs. Buffalo	Ralph Wilson Stadium Orchard Park, NY	ESPNU	W 24–7	26,226
December 6	8:00 pm	vs. No. 16 Northern Illinois	Ford Field Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 47–27	21,106
December 26	6:00 pm	vs. Pittsburgh*	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Little Caesars Pizza Bowl)	ESPN	L 27–30	26,259
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

Tulsa[]

at Kent State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bowling Green	7	17	10	7	41
Kent State	8	14	0	0	22

at Indiana[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bowling Green	7	3	0	0	10
• Indiana	7	14	7	14	42

Murray State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Murray State	0	0	7	0	7
• Bowling Green	6	21	14	7	48

Akron[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Akron	14	0	0	0	14
• Bowling Green	3	7	14	7	31

Massachusetts[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Massachusetts	0	0	0	7	7
• Bowling Green	0	14	14	0	28

at Mississippi State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bowling Green	3	10	7	0	20
• Mississippi State	14	7	0	0	21

Toledo[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Toledo	7	14	0	7	28
Bowling Green	0	7	3	15	25

at Miami (OH)[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bowling Green	7	17	21	0	45
Miami (OH)	3	0	0	0	3

Ohio[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio	0	0	0	0	0
• Bowling Green	21	14	7	7	49

at Eastern Michigan[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bowling Green	17	17	17	7	58
Eastern Michigan	7	0	0	0	7

at Buffalo[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bowling Green	3	0	14	7	24
Buffalo	0	7	0	0	7

vs. Northern Illinois (MAC Championship Game)[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bowling Green	17	14	0	16	47
#16 Northern Illinois	7	6	7	7	27

vs. Pittsburgh (Little Caesars Pizza Bowl)[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Pittsburgh	7	10	3	10	30
Bowling Green	3	7	10	7	27

References[]

^ "Adam Scheier Named Interim Head Coach" (Press release). Bowling Green Athletics. December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
^ "2013 Bowling Green Falcons Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

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[1] "Adam Scheier Named Interim Head Coach" (Press release). Bowling Green Athletics. December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

[Schedule-2] "2013 Bowling Green Falcons Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved June 16, 2013.

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2013 Bowling Green Falcons football

MAC champion MAC East Division champion
MAC Championship Game, W 47–27 vs. Northern Illinois
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, L 27–30 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2013 record	10–4 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach	Dave Clawson (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Warren Ruggiero
Defensive coordinator	Mike Elko
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium (Capacity: 23,724)
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Buffalo		6	–	2		8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4		7	–	6
Akron		4	–	4		5	–	7
Kent State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7		1	–	11
Miami		0	–	8		0	–	12
West Division
Northern Illinois x		8	–	0		12	–	2
Ball State		7	–	1		10	–	3
Toledo		5	–	3		7	–	5
Central Michigan		5	–	3		6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7		2	–	10
Western Michigan		1	–	7		1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions