Battle Of The Birds: Falcons Aim To Extend Win Streak Saturday Against Ball State At Home

Saturday, October 17

Bowling Green, Ohio

12 p.m.

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Battle Of The Birds: Falcons Aim To Extend Win Streak Saturday Against Ball State At Home

October 12, 2026 | Football

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Falcons, Cardinals Set For 12 p.m. Kick At Doyt Perry Stadium

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Saturday, Oct. 17 \| 12 p.m. \| Doyt Perry Stadium \| Bowling Green, Ohio

	BOWLING GREEN FALCONS (2-4, 2-0 MAC)	vs.	BALL STATE CARDINALS (1-5, 0-2 MAC)

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University team remains at home for their next game, hosting the Ball State Cardinals for a 12 p.m. kick at Doyt Perry Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 17). Bowling Green has won three straight against the Cardinals as well as nine of the last 10. The game will mark the first meeting between the two since 2024 and the first in Bowling Green since 2023.

Bowling Green vs. Ball State

Bowling Green and Ball State will be meeting for the first time since Nov. 23, 2024 in Muncie, a game the Falcons won 38-13.
The Falcons will be hosting the Cardinals for the first time since Nov. 1, 2023, a game Bowling Green won 24-21.
Bowling Green has won the last three meetings between BGSU and Ball State as well as nine of the last 10 games dating back to the 1999 season. The lone loss in the stretch was in 2014.

Back End Of The Homestand

Bowling Green State University remains home to conclude the current homestand with the second game of the stretch, hosting Ball State.
Coming off back-to-back MAC wins, the Falcons will now seek their first 3-0 MAC start since the 2015 season when BGSU began their MAC schedule with a 6-0 record.
The Falcons are also seeking the team's first three-game winning streak since winning five-straight in 2024 from Oct. 19 until Nov. 23, a streak that's final win came against Ball State.

Five Top Storylines

Over the last three games, the Bowling Green defense has totaled 25 tackles for loss and 15 sacks. The Falcons recorded six sacks against both South Florida and Miami (OH) after not having six or more sacks in a game since 2022. As a team, the Falcons are averaging 3.0 sacks per game, ranking 14th in the nation.
Through six games, Dorian Pringle is averaging 9.5 tackles per game, ranking 10th in the nation. Pringle has recorded at least seven tackles in each game this year and has surpassed double-digit tackles twice this season.
Myles Bradley has registered seven sacks on the season, averaging 1.17 per game to rank fifth in the country for sacks per game. Cashmire Lewis isn't too far behind, averaging 0.67 sacks per game to rank 48th in the nation.
Bowling Green got the ground attack rolling against Sacramento State, rushing for 225 yards as a team. In total, the Falcons had seven different players carry the ball, all doing so multiple times and ending with positive yards. Additionally, Austyn Dendy registered a two-score day while Jay Kastantin added a rushing touchdown as well.
Against Sacramento State, Dorian Pringle forced a fumble that was picked up and returned for a touchdown by D'Kyah Banks, the first defensive score of the year for BGSU.

Myles [Garrett?] Bradley

Against South Florida, Myles Bradley recorded 4.5 sacks for the Falcons, marking what is believed to be a program record and tied for seventh in MAC history.
The total marked the most by a Falcon since Chris Jones had 3.5 against Central Michigan on Oct. 30, 2010.
Bradley is now averaging 1.17 sacks per game, which ranks first in the MAC and fifth in the nation.
Bradley's sacks aided in the Falcons registering six over the course of the game, the most for BGSU in a game since logging six against Central Michigan on Oct. 22, 2022.
Entering the game against Bowling Green, South Florida had allowed just one sack through their first three games of the season.
For his BGSU career, Bradley now has 13 sacks, tied for ninth in program history with Kevin O'Neil (1994-97) and Willie Gibson (1993-94).

Pringle: The Fun Don't Stop

Dorian Pringle didn't waste any time getting back into form for the Falcons, leading the team in tackles against TSU in the season opener with 16, ranking second in the nation at the time.
Pringle's career-high in tackles also marked the first 15+ tackle game by a Falcon since Brock Horne had 15 at Buffalo on Oct. 30, 2021.
Pringle followed it up with seven tackles against Nebraska, averaging 11.5 tackles per game through two weeks, leading the MAC and ranking fourth in the nation.
Pringle kept pace in week three against Iowa State with a team-leading nine tackles, moving his season average to 10.7 tackles per game, ranking sixth in the nation.
Pringle added seven tackles against USF, a team-leading 10 against Miami (OH and a team-leading eight tackles against Sacramento State moving his season average to 9.5 tackles per game, now 10th in the nation.
The start to the season marked the return to the field for Pringle after missing majority of the 2025 season due to an injury. Prior to the injury, Pringle had registered a team-leading 27 tackles through three games.

Are 21 Points the Magic Number?

Bowling Green has an all-time .751 winning percentage (312–102–4) when scoring 21 points or more.
Since 2000, that winning percentage is .681 (143–67); since 2010, it stands at .772 (78–23).
Since 2022, the Falcons have won 70.2-percent (26–11) of games scoring 21+ points.
BGSU's all-time record jumps to 235–36 (.867) when scoring 28 or more points.

Connecting With Kastantin

In his Bowling Green debut, Jay Kastantin put up impressive numbers in the completion percentage department. Kastantin completed 24 of his 30 passes for an 80-percent mark.
Kastantin targeted eight different players in the game, connecting with five of them for the 24 completions, but none more than Jeremiah Scoby who he hit 10 times on 11 targets.
Kastantin followed it up against Nebraska with a 62.5-percent mark, moving his season percentage to 73.9-percent to rank 17th in the nation.
In the MAC opener against Miami (OH), Kastantin produced the first 300-yard passing game by a Falcon since 2024, throwing for 305 yards against the RedHawks.
Kastantin added a pair of touchdown passes in the game against Miami (OH), his first multi-touchdown game as a Falcon.

Clear Bag Mandate Expanding To Doyt
Falcon fans should be familiar with the clear bag mandate that began on Jan. 1, 2026 at all BGSU Athletics venues. The same policy from the Stroh Center and Slater Family Ice Arena will be instituted at the Doyt Perry Stadium this upcoming season. The full mandate can be found on the BGSUFalcons.com website.

New Parking Process
BGSU Athletics will be utilizing a new parking ingress route this year for home football games, aiming to ease traffic patterns coming to games. All pre-purchased parking passes should be ready to be scanned upon arrival to each respective lot. Students can park for free in the established student lot and should have their student ID ready to present.

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