The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an

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team that represented

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in the

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(MAC) during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach

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, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion

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(14-7), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61. On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6. After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while taking off from the Toledo airport.

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Bowling Green Falcons football seasons

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