2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by second-year head coach Mike Jinks and played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

2017 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2017 record	2–10 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mike Jinks (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kevin Kilmer (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Andy Padron (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Perry Eliano (2nd season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium (Capacity: 23,724)

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Akron xy		6	–	2					7	–	7
Ohio		5	–	3					9	–	4
Miami		4	–	4					5	–	7
Buffalo		4	–	4					6	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					2	–	10
Kent State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Central Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
Northern Illinois		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Michigan		4	–	4					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					5	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Previous season

The Falcons finished the 2016 season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.

Preseason

In a preseason poll of league media, Bowling Green was picked to finish in third place in the East Division.[1]

Coaching staff

Name	Title	Years at BGSU
Mike Jinks	Head Coach	2
Perry Eliano	Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator	2
Kevin Kilmer	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach	2
Andy Padron	Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach	2
Matt Brock	Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach	2
Marcus White	Defensive Line Coach	2
Stephen Hamby	Offensive Line Coach	2
Mike Mickens	Cornerbacks Coach	4
Seth Doege	Receivers Coach	2
Ryan Downard	Safeties Coach	2

Source:[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	Noon	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPNU	L 10–35	71,202
September 9	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 27–35	17,912
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 7–49	33,706
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 13-24	16,523
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 23–34	15,111
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 37–29	22,428
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 30–48	17,641
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 17–48	12,092
October 31	8:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPNU	W 44–16	7,140
November 7	7:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	L 28–38	12,205
November 15	8:00 p.m.	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy)	ESPNU	L 37–66	16,649
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,413
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Source:[3]

Game summaries

at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	0	0	7	10
Spartans	0	14	21	0	35

See also: 2017 Michigan State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2007	MSU, 28–17

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	21	0	7	7	35
Falcons	3	6	7	11	27

See also: 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	0	0	7
Wildcats	14	21	0	14	49

See also: 2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2003	BGSU, 28–24

at Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	3	3	0	13
Blue Raiders	7	14	0	3	24

See also: 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2016	MTSU, 41–21

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	13	7	7	7	34
Falcons	6	7	10	0	23

See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–7	2016	BGSU, 38–28

at Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	14	7	13	37
RedHawks	6	13	10	0	29

See also: 2017 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–42–5	2016	MIOH, 40–26

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	21	6	21	48
Falcons	6	10	7	7	30

See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–26–2	2016	OHIO, 30–24

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	17	10	7	48
Falcons	7	0	3	7	17

See also: 2017 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–9	2016	NIU, 45–20

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	17	3	14	10	44
Golden Flashes	0	9	0	7	16

See also: 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Anniversary Award

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–19–6	2016	BGSU, 42–7

at Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28
Bulls	21	0	7	10	38

See also: 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–3	2016	BGSU, 27–19

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	14	10	28	14	66
Falcons	7	14	7	9	37

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team and Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–38–4	2016	TOL, 42–35

at Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	10	7	14	0	31
Eagles	13	7	14	0	34

See also: 2017 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–12–1	2016	EMU, 28–25

References

1. "MAC Football 2017: Toledo, Ohio University picked as division winners in preseason poll". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
2. 2017 Football Coaching Staff. Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
3. 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.