Bowling Green State University Athletics
Football Game Notes For Akron Game
October 02, 2000 | Football
Oct. 2, 2000
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Akron (3-2, 2-0) at Bowling Green (1-4, 1-1)
1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 7
Doyt Perry Stadium (30,599)
Series Record: BGSU leads 7-4
Last Year: at Akron 55, BGSU 25
Radio: WBVI-FM (96.7)
2000 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time 9/2 at Michigan (ESPN Regional) L, 7-42 9/9 PITTSBURGH (ESPN Plus) L, 16-34 9/16 at Temple (ESPN Plus) L, 14-31 9/23 at Buffalo (HTTV, Buffalo) L, 17-20 9/30 at Kent State W, 18-11 10/7 AKRON 1:30 p.m. 10/14 at Miami 2 p.m. 10/21 E. MICHIGAN 7 p.m. 11/4 MARSHALL (ESPN Plus) 1:30 p.m. 11/11 OHIO 1:30 p.m. 11/22 at Toledo (ESPN 2) 6:30 p.m.
HOMECOMING FOR THE FALCONS
Saturday's game against Akron will be the focal point for the 79th Homecoming celebration. The Falcons are 47-21-10 in Homecoming contests. The University has invited back members of undefeated squads from 1928, 1930, and 1948, and surviving members will be recognized during the game.
BLACKNEY TO STEP DOWN AT END OF 2000
Coach Gary Blackney has informed BGSU Director of Athletics Paul Krebs that he will resign from his position following the conclusion of the 2000 season. Blackney is third in career victories at BGSU with a 59-45-2 record in nine-plus seasons and is the only coach in school history to win a bowl game, capturing post-season victories at the 1991 California Raisin Bowl and the 1992 Las Vegas Bowl. He is 45-26-2 against MAC foes and earned MAC Coach of the Year honors after guiding the orange and brown to league titles in 1991 and 1992. A member of the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees, Blackney and Toledo coach Gary Pinkel have the longest current tenure among MAC coaches. After coming to BGSU following a seven-year tenure as an assistant at Ohio State, Blackney tied an NCAA rookie coach record with 11 wins in his first season. In addition, he is the only Falcon mentor to win 10 games in back-to-back seasons and led the program to a MAC record 19-game winning streak. Blackney has been a college coach since 1970 and was a defensive coordinator at Ohio State and Wisconsin. He also served on staffs at Syracuse, UCLA, Rhode Island and Brown.
