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Bowling Green Opens MAC Play at Kent State on Saturday
September 27, 2021 | Football
Falcons Open MAC Play at Kent State
• Bowling Green State University stays on the road when the Falcons travel across Ohio to Kent State on Saturday.
• It is the 89th meeting between the Falcons and the Golden Flashes.
Bowling Green and MAC Openers
• Bowling Green opens Mid-American Conference play on Saturday at Kent State. This is the second time in the Scot Loeffler era that BGSU has opened MAC play at Kent State after doing so in 2019.
• Bowling Green is 4-6 in MAC openers dating back to 2011. All four of those wins came on the road. The Falcons are 4-2 in conference openers on the road since 2011, which includes wins at Miami (OH) (2011), Kent State (2013), UMass (2014) and Buffalo (2015).
• Saturday's game is the second time Bowling Green has opened league play on the road since 2015. Both times during that span have come at Kent State.
Five Top Storylines
• Bowling Green is coming off a win at Minnesota after notching 192 yards of total offense. BGSU is the first "Group of 5" team to win at a "Power 5 School" without amassing 200 yards of total offense since Western Michigan beat Virginia in Charlottesville in 2006. They are one of three schools overall in 2021 to accomplish this feat (Rutgers at Syracuse; Iowa at Iowa State).
• LB Darren Anders is the only player in the nation this season with 25+ tackles (35), one interception, one interception and at 3.0+ tackles for loss (3). Anders currently ranks No. 28 in the nation and No. 2 in the MAC with 9.0 tackles per game.
• S Davon Ferguson is the only player in the nation with 30+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and 4.0+ passes defended. In BGSU records dating back to 2000, he is the only Falcon to reach those numbers through a season's first four games. He is No. 1 in the MAC and No. 25 in the nation with 5.2 solo tackles per game.
• LB Brock Horne is the only underclassman in the nation with 20+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and 1+ interceptions. He is one of six FBS players in 2021 with those numbers.
• QB Matt McDonald is No. 1 in the MAC in completion percentage (66.9). He also ranks No. 1 in the MAC in completions per game (22.25) and No. 2 in passing yards (886) and passing yards per game (221.5).
Bowling Green vs. Kent State
• Saturday is the 89th all-time meeting Bowling Green and Kent State, a series BGSU leads 60-22-6. However, Kent State has won three in a row after a BGSU five-game winning streak in the series.
• Bowling Green and Kent State will battle it out for the annual Anniversary Award, a traveling award that goes to the winner of this contest. Established in 1985 by the respective alumni departments at BGSU and KSU, the Anniversary Award commemorates the founding of BGSU and KSU in 1910. The Anniversary Award commemorates the founding of both institutions, which occurred in 1910 as a result of the Lowry Bill. The award was first given out in 1985 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of each school. The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 25 of the 34 meetings.
• Bowling Green has won three of its last four games at Dix Stadium. In the three wins, the Falcons have outscored Kent State 133-38. Since 2000, Bowling Green is 8-2 against Kent State at Dix Stadium.
• BGSU is in search of its first win in a conference opener since a road win at Buffalo, 28-22, in 2015.
• The last time the Falcons opened up the MAC schedule with a win at Kent State was in 2013. BGSU won that matchup, 41-22, and went on to win the East Division championship and defeat NIU in the MAC Championship game.
The Win at Minnesota
• Bowling Green snapped Minnesota's 21-game winning streak against non-conference teams. It was the longest active streak in the nation heading into the game.
• The 10 points yielded by Bowling Green was the first time the Falcons held a "power-5" school to 10 or fewer points since topping Missouri, 17-10, in 1995.
• It was Bowling Green's first win over a member of the B1G since beating both Purdue and Maryland on the road in 2015.
• With 192 yards of total offense, it is the first time in records dating back to 2000 where Bowling Green won and did not surpass 200 yards of total offense.
• BGSU is one of three schools this season to win despite accumulating 200 yards of total offense (Rutgers at Syracuse, Iowa at Iowa State).
• BGSU is the first "Group of 5" team to win at a "Power 5 School" without amassing 200 yards of total offense since Western Michigan beat Virginia in Charlottesville in 2006.
• BGSU's touchdown in the second quarter snapped Minnesota's streak of 87:24 of game time without allowing points.
Falcons Forcing Turnovers/No-Fly Zone
• Bowling Green has notched at least two interceptions in back-to-back games for the first time 2015 when the Falcons did so against Ball State in the season finale, followed by the MAC championship game against NIU.
• Overall, BGSU has forced at least one turnover in all four games this season.
Ferguson Making His Mark
• CB Davon Ferguson is making his mark after coming to Bowling Green as a transfer from Kansas last spring.
• Ferguson made 2.0 tackles for a loss and broke up two passes against Murray State on Sept. 18. He was the only player in the nation that weekend to accomplish such a feat and is one of eight to do so this season.
• He is currently No. 25 in the nation and No. 1 in the MAC with 5.2 solo tackles per game.
• Bowling Green State University stays on the road when the Falcons travel across Ohio to Kent State on Saturday.
• It is the 89th meeting between the Falcons and the Golden Flashes.
Bowling Green and MAC Openers
• Bowling Green opens Mid-American Conference play on Saturday at Kent State. This is the second time in the Scot Loeffler era that BGSU has opened MAC play at Kent State after doing so in 2019.
• Bowling Green is 4-6 in MAC openers dating back to 2011. All four of those wins came on the road. The Falcons are 4-2 in conference openers on the road since 2011, which includes wins at Miami (OH) (2011), Kent State (2013), UMass (2014) and Buffalo (2015).
• Saturday's game is the second time Bowling Green has opened league play on the road since 2015. Both times during that span have come at Kent State.
Five Top Storylines
• Bowling Green is coming off a win at Minnesota after notching 192 yards of total offense. BGSU is the first "Group of 5" team to win at a "Power 5 School" without amassing 200 yards of total offense since Western Michigan beat Virginia in Charlottesville in 2006. They are one of three schools overall in 2021 to accomplish this feat (Rutgers at Syracuse; Iowa at Iowa State).
• LB Darren Anders is the only player in the nation this season with 25+ tackles (35), one interception, one interception and at 3.0+ tackles for loss (3). Anders currently ranks No. 28 in the nation and No. 2 in the MAC with 9.0 tackles per game.
• S Davon Ferguson is the only player in the nation with 30+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and 4.0+ passes defended. In BGSU records dating back to 2000, he is the only Falcon to reach those numbers through a season's first four games. He is No. 1 in the MAC and No. 25 in the nation with 5.2 solo tackles per game.
• LB Brock Horne is the only underclassman in the nation with 20+ tackles, 2.0+ sacks and 1+ interceptions. He is one of six FBS players in 2021 with those numbers.
• QB Matt McDonald is No. 1 in the MAC in completion percentage (66.9). He also ranks No. 1 in the MAC in completions per game (22.25) and No. 2 in passing yards (886) and passing yards per game (221.5).
Bowling Green vs. Kent State
• Saturday is the 89th all-time meeting Bowling Green and Kent State, a series BGSU leads 60-22-6. However, Kent State has won three in a row after a BGSU five-game winning streak in the series.
• Bowling Green and Kent State will battle it out for the annual Anniversary Award, a traveling award that goes to the winner of this contest. Established in 1985 by the respective alumni departments at BGSU and KSU, the Anniversary Award commemorates the founding of BGSU and KSU in 1910. The Anniversary Award commemorates the founding of both institutions, which occurred in 1910 as a result of the Lowry Bill. The award was first given out in 1985 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of each school. The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 25 of the 34 meetings.
• Bowling Green has won three of its last four games at Dix Stadium. In the three wins, the Falcons have outscored Kent State 133-38. Since 2000, Bowling Green is 8-2 against Kent State at Dix Stadium.
• BGSU is in search of its first win in a conference opener since a road win at Buffalo, 28-22, in 2015.
• The last time the Falcons opened up the MAC schedule with a win at Kent State was in 2013. BGSU won that matchup, 41-22, and went on to win the East Division championship and defeat NIU in the MAC Championship game.
The Win at Minnesota
• Bowling Green snapped Minnesota's 21-game winning streak against non-conference teams. It was the longest active streak in the nation heading into the game.
• The 10 points yielded by Bowling Green was the first time the Falcons held a "power-5" school to 10 or fewer points since topping Missouri, 17-10, in 1995.
• It was Bowling Green's first win over a member of the B1G since beating both Purdue and Maryland on the road in 2015.
• With 192 yards of total offense, it is the first time in records dating back to 2000 where Bowling Green won and did not surpass 200 yards of total offense.
• BGSU is one of three schools this season to win despite accumulating 200 yards of total offense (Rutgers at Syracuse, Iowa at Iowa State).
• BGSU is the first "Group of 5" team to win at a "Power 5 School" without amassing 200 yards of total offense since Western Michigan beat Virginia in Charlottesville in 2006.
• BGSU's touchdown in the second quarter snapped Minnesota's streak of 87:24 of game time without allowing points.
Falcons Forcing Turnovers/No-Fly Zone
• Bowling Green has notched at least two interceptions in back-to-back games for the first time 2015 when the Falcons did so against Ball State in the season finale, followed by the MAC championship game against NIU.
• Overall, BGSU has forced at least one turnover in all four games this season.
Ferguson Making His Mark
• CB Davon Ferguson is making his mark after coming to Bowling Green as a transfer from Kansas last spring.
• Ferguson made 2.0 tackles for a loss and broke up two passes against Murray State on Sept. 18. He was the only player in the nation that weekend to accomplish such a feat and is one of eight to do so this season.
• He is currently No. 25 in the nation and No. 1 in the MAC with 5.2 solo tackles per game.
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