Anniversary Award

The Anniversary Award is a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between rivals Bowling Green State University and Kent State University.

Bowling Green Falcons Kent State Golden Flashes
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 6, 1920 Bowling Green 7, Kent State 0
Latest meeting	September 21, 2019 Kent State 62, Bowling Green 20
Next meeting	November 4, 2020
Statistics
Meetings total	87
All-time series	Bowling Green leads 60–20–6
Trophy series	Bowling Green leads 25–9
Largest victory	Bowling Green, 48–0 (2015)
Longest win streak	Bowling Green, 14 (1974–1987)
Current win streak	Kent State, 2 (2018–present)

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Locations of Bowling Green and Kent State

History

The Anniversary Award was created by each of the schools' alumni departments and commemorates the founding of both institutions, which occurred in 1910 as a result of the Lowry Bill. The award was first given out in 1985 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of each school.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 25 of the 34 meetings.

Game results

Bowling Green victories

Kent State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1920 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–0 2 1921 Bowling Green, OH Tie 0–0 3 1922 Kent, OH Bowling Green 6–0 4 1927 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–0 5 1928 Bowling Green, OH Tie 6–6 6 1934 Bowling Green, OH Tie 0–0 7 1935 Kent, OH Kent State 45–0 8 1936 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 6–0 9 1937 Kent, OH Tie 13–13 10 1938 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 7–3 11 1939 Kent, OH Bowling Green 34–0 12 1940 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 13–0 13 1941 Kent, OH Bowling Green 12–6 14 1942 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 7–0 15 1946 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–0 16 1947 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 21–18 17 1948 Kent, OH Bowling Green 23–14 18 1949 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 27–6 19 1950 Kent, OH Kent State 19–6 20 1951 Bowling Green, OH Tie 27–27 21 1952 Kent, OH Bowling Green 44–21 22 1953 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 41–7 23 1954 Kent, OH Kent State 28–25 24 1955 Kent, OH Tie 6–6 25 1956 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 17–0 26 1957 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–7 27 1958 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 8–7 28 1959 Kent, OH Bowling Green 25–8 29 1960 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 28–0 30 1961 Kent, OH Bowling Green 21–6 31 1962 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 45–6 32 1963 Kent, OH Bowling Green 18–3 33 1964 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 41–0 34 1965 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–6 35 1966 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 35–12 36 1967 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–6 37 1968 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–7 38 1969 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–0 39 1970 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 44–0 40 1971 Kent, OH Bowling Green 46–33 41 1972 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 14–10 42 1973 Kent, OH Kent State 21–7 43 1974 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 26–10 44 1975 Cleveland, OH Bowling Green 35–9 No. Date Location Winner Score 45 1976 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 17–13 46 1977 Kent, OH Bowling Green 14–10 47 1978 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 28–20 48 1979 Kent, OH Bowling Green 28–17 49 1980 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 24–3 50 1981 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 13–7 51 1982 Kent, OH Bowling Green 41–7 52 1983 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 38–3 53 1984 Kent, OH Bowling Green 27–10 54 1985 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 26–14 55 1986 Kent, OH Bowling Green 31–15 56 1987 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–20 57 1988 Kent, OH Kent State 31–19 58 1989 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 51–28 59 1990 Kent, OH Bowling Green 20–16 60 1991 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 35–7 61 1992 Kent, OH Bowling Green 28–22 62 1993 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 40–7 63 1994 Kent, OH Bowling Green 22–16 64 1995 Kent, OH Bowling Green 26–15 65 1996 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 31–24 66 1997 Kent, OH Kent State 29–20 67 1998 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 42–21 68 1999 Kent, OH Kent State 41–27 69 2000 Kent, OH Bowling Green 18–11 70 2001 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 24–7 71 2002 Kent, OH #21 Bowling Green 45–14 72 2003 Bowling Green, OH #25 Bowling Green 42–33 73 2005 Kent, OH Bowling Green 24–14 74 2006 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 38–3 75 2007 Kent, OH Bowling Green 31–20 76 2008 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 45–30 77 2009 Kent, OH Bowling Green 36–35 78 2010 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 30–6 79 2011 Kent, OH Kent State 27–15 80 2012 Bowling Green, OH #25 Kent State 31–24 81 2013 Kent, OH Bowling Green 41–22 82 2014 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–20 83 2015 Kent, OH Bowling Green 48–0 84 2016 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 42–7 85 2017 Kent, OH Bowling Green 44–16 86 2018 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 35–28 87 2019 Kent, OH Kent State 62–20 Series: Bowling Green leads 60–21–6

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