1948 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 1948 Bowling Green Falcons football team, sometimes known as the Beegees, was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the Falcons compiled an 8–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 100. Vern Dunham was the team captain.[1]

1948 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Head coach
CaptainVern Dunham
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan Tech  700
No. 2 Notre Dame  901
Bowling Green  801
Washington University  910
John Carroll  712
Ball State  620
Michigan State  622
Baldwin–Wallace  522
Detroit  630
Indiana State  440
Wabash  440
Wayne  440
Valparaiso  450
Toledo  560
Michigan State Normal  350
Xavier  460
Central Michigan  360
Marquette  280
Rankings from AP Poll

In the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948, Bowling Green was ranked at No. 100.[2]

The team compiled its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

The school registered a record-breaking enrollment of 4,525 students at the beginning of the 1948-49 school year.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at OhioW 13–7[4][5]
October 2at Central Michigan
W 13–12[6]
October 9at ToledoW 21–6[7]
October 16Morris Harvey
W 48–6[8]
October 23Baldwin-Wallace
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 33–287,205[9]
October 30at FindlayW 28–7[10]
November 6at Kent StateKent, OH (rivalry)W 23–14[11]
November 13Morningside
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 38–7[12]
November 20John Carroll
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
T 13–13[13][14]
  • Homecoming

References