Bowling Green State University Athletics
Game #9 - Oct. 30 - at Bowling Green 31, Central Michigan 7
December 19, 1999 | Football
Oct. 30, 1999
The difference in the game was the rushing attack of both teams. The Falcons ran for 223 yards, behind the first 100-yard day of his career by freshman Joe Alls, while the Falcon defense limited Central Michigan to just 43 yards on 24 carries.
The Falcons scored the first 21 points of the game, two of those three touchdowns coming on drives to open the game and open the second half. The first half score came on a 10-play, 80-yard drive and they started the second half by driving 57 yards in nine plays.
After CMU put their only points of the game on the board 1:50 after the Falcons had made it 21-7, a pair of BG scores just 2:27 apart early in the fourth quarter put the game away.
BG had come into the game 10th in the MAC against the run having yielded an average of 245 yards on the ground over the last four games. But, this afternoon it was different as CMU did not get into the positive figures rushing the ball until there was less than five minutes left in the first half.
Joe Alls led the Falcon ground game with 134 yards on 29 carries, the first 100-yard day of his career.
Central Michigan 0 0 7 0 - 7 Bowling Green 7 7 7 10 - 31 BG - Aaron Alexander 31 pass from Andy Sahm (Jason Strasser kick), 10:51, 1st qtr. BG - Brent Martin 9 pass from Sahm (Strasser kick), 6:49, 2nd qtr. BG - Joe Alls 1 run (Strasser kick), 11:00, 3rd qtr. CM - David Hannah 40 pass from Pete Shepherd (Paul Savich kick), 9:10, 3rd qtr. BG - Strasser 26 field goal, 13:23, 4th qtr. BG - Godfrey Lewis 26 run (Strasser kick), 10:56, 4th qtr. Attendance - 8,573
Team Statistics - First Downs (CM 16, BG 24), Rushes-Yards (CM 24-43, BG 54-223), Passing Yardage (CM 248, BG 181), Completions-Attempts-Interceptions (CM 26-44-0, BG 14-25-0), Punts-Avg. (CM 8-35.1, BG 7-41.0), Fumbles-Lost (CM 1-1, BG 1-1), Penalties-Yards (CM 7-49, BG 1-10), Time of Possession (CM 25:33, BG 34:27).
Individual Leaders - Central Michigan - Rushing (Ira Gooch 10-33), Passing (Pete Shepherd 26-44-248), Receiving (David Hannah 8-96, Ira Gooch 8-59). Bowling Green - Rushing (Joe Alls 29-134), Passing (Andy Sahm 9-19-116, Ricky Schneider 5-6-65), Receiving (Aaron Alexander 6-93, Kurt Gerling 4-48).
