The 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ...
in the
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season
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. The Falcons played their home games at
Doyt Perry Stadium
Doyt L. Perry Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Bowling Green Falcons football team. It opened in 1 ...
. They were led by second-year head coach
Dino Babers
Dino Sean Babers (born July 19, 1961) is an American football coach who is the current head football coach at Syracuse University. He was head coach at Bowling Green State University from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, Babers had been head coach a ...
and were members of the East Division of the
Mid-American Conference
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. They finished the season 10–4, 7–1 in MAC play to be champions of the East Division. They represented the East Division in the
MAC Championship where they defeated
Northern Illinois
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Economics
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to become MAC champions. They were invited to the
GoDaddy Bowl
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where they lost to
Georgia Southern
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.
Schedule
Roster
Game summaries
vs Tennessee
at Maryland
Memphis
at Purdue
at Buffalo
Massachusetts
Akron
at Kent State
Ohio
at Western Michigan
Toledo
at Ball State
Northern Illinois–MAC Championship Game
Georgia Southern–GoDaddy Bowl
References
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
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Bowling Green Falcons football seasons
Mid-American Conference football champion seasons
Bowling Green Falcons football
The Bowling Green Falcons football program is the intercollegiate football team of Bowling Green State University. The team is a member of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level; BGSU footba ...
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