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1928 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1928 Bowling Green Falcons football
NOL champion
Conference	Northwest Ohio League
Record	5–0–2 (3–0–1 NOL)
Head coach	Warren Steller (5th season)
Captain	Harry Gwynn
Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

1928 Northwest Ohio League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Bowling Green $	3	–	0	–	1	5	–	0	–	2
Defiance	2	–	1	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Bluffton	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	1
Findlay	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Toledo	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1928 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1928 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Warren Steller, the Falcons compiled a 5–0–2 record (3–0–1 against NOL opponents), won the NOL championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 84 to 18. Harry Gwynn was the team captain.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	atOhio Northern*	Ada, OH	W 7–0
October 13	atBluffton	Bluffton, OH	W 6–0		^[2]
October 19	Toledo	Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)	W 14–0	1,200	^[3]
November 3	Defiance	Bowling Green, OH	T 12–12
November 10	atDetroit City College*	Detroit, MI	W 20–0
November 17	Findlay	Bowling Green, OH	W 19–0		^[4]
November 24	Kent State*	Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)	T 6–6		^[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References[edit]

^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

^ "College Wins First Conference Tilt, 6 To 0: Falcons Air Attack Nets Only Touchdown". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 15, 1928. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Falcons Beat Rockets: B.G. Wins Decisively Before Fine Crowds". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 20, 1928. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Bowling Green 19, Findlay 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 18, 1928 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Bowling Green Champs". The Lima News. November 25, 1928. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Bowling Green Falcons football
Venues	Doyt Perry Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State: (Anniversary Award) Toledo: (Battle of I-75)
Culture & lore	Freddie and Frieda Falcon "Forward Falcons" "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" Falcon Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Northwest Ohio League football champions

Bowling Green (1921)
Bowling Green (1922)
Toledo (1923)
Defiance (1924)
Bowling Green (1925)
Findlay (1926)
Toledo (1927)
Bowling Green (1928)
Bowling Green & Toledo (1929)
Findlay (1930)
Defiance (1931)
Bluffton (1932)

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