1937 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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The 1937 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1937 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Falcons compiled a 3–4–1 record (2–3–1 against OAC opponents), finished in 12th place out of 19 teams in the OAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 80 to 56. John Cheetwood was the team captain.[1]

ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–3–1 OAC)
Headcoach
CaptainJohnny Cheetwood
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1937 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–3–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainJohnny Cheetwood
Home stadiumBowling Green University Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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1937 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Baldwin–Wallace $4–0–06–2–0
Denison5–1–16–1–1
Case4–1–06–2–1
Ohio Northern4–1–34–1–3
Marietta4–1–04–4–0
Wooster5–2–06–2–0
Muskingum3–3–24–3–2
Heidelberg4–4–14–4–1
Kent State3–3–13–4–1
Kenyon1–1–12–4–1
Capital3–4–04–4–0
Mount Union2–3–23–3–3
Bowling Green2–3–13–4–1
John Carroll1–2–03–5–0
Oberlin1–3–12–3–3
Ashland2–5–02–6–0
Wittenberg2–5–02–7–0
Findlay1–4–13–4–1
Otterbein1–6–02–6–0
Toledo0–0–06–3–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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The newly-constructed Bowling Green University Stadium was dedicated on October 16, 1937. The concrete structure had seating for 3,148 spectators and a pressbox for 35 reporters. It was built as a Works Progress Administration project at a cost of $50,000.[2][3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Hiram*Bowling Green, OHW 12–0[4]
October 2at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHL 0–21[5]
October 9at Michigan State Normal*
L 0–25[6][7]
October 16Capital
  • Bowling Green University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 12–0[2]
October 23Ohio Northern
  • Bowling Green University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 7–9
October 30at Kent StateKent, OH (rivalry)T 13–13[8]
November 6Wittenberg
  • Bowling Green University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
L 0–123,100[9]
November 11at HeidelbergTiffin, OHW 12–0[10]
  • *Non-conference game
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