Oct. 4, 2003
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -
The Bowling Green State University football team opened the Mid-American Conference schedule with a 23-3 win over Central Michigan University at Perry Stadium Saturday (Oct. 4). The following are some notes and numbers from the game...
The win was the Falcons' 10th consecutive at home, the longest active streak in the MAC.
The victory was the BGSU's 50th in Homecoming games ... the Falcons are now 50-22-10 all-time on Homecoming weekend.
Junior kicker Shaun Suisham had a career-high five field-goal attempts in the game ... he made three of those kicks, tying a career best ... Suisham also connected on three field goals in the Falcons' win over Missouri last season.
Sophomore P.J. Pope ran for 88 yards and scored both of BGSU's touchdowns ... Pope also caught six passes for 48 yards, setting career bests in both categories.
Senior Vardan Mkhitarian made his first career start for the Falcons ... Mkhitarian, in his second year at BGSU after transferring from Pasadena Community College, made the start at right guard.
Redshirt sophomore Steve Sanders set a new career standard in receiving yards ... Sanders caught five passes for a game-high 77 yards.
Senior Josh Harris was an efficient 25-for-35 through the air, for a total of 298 yards ... Harris also carried the ball 18 times for 78 yards in the win.
All six scoring drives in the game (five for BGSU, one for CMU) were at least 10 plays and 53 yards in length.
BGSU's 23 points marked the Falcons' lowest scoring output in a home game in almost two years, since a game vs. Miami (Nov. 3, 2001) ... that contest was the Falcons' last home loss, 24-21 to the RedHawks.
Junior T.J. Carswell, making just the second start of his career, had a career-high 11 tackles.
Three other Falcons posted double-digit totals in tackles ... Keon Newson had 11 stops, as did Mitch Hewitt ... Jason Morton led the Brown and Orange with 12 total tackles.
The Falcon defense allowed only three points, the lowest output a MAC opponent has scored at BGSU since the Falcons shut out Buffalo, 35-0, on Sept. 8, 2001.
