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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Headcoach
CaptainVern Dunham
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1948 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Head coach
CaptainVern Dunham
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
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1948 Midwestern non-major college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan Tech – 7–0–0
Bowling Green – 8–0–1
Washington University – 9–1–0
John Carroll – 7–1–2
Ashland – 6–1–2
Ball State – 6–2–0
Dayton – 7–2–1
Baldwin–Wallace – 5–2–2
Indiana State – 4–4–0
Wabash – 4–4–0
Wayne – 4–4–0
Valparaiso – 4–5–0
Toledo – 5–6–0
Michigan State Normal – 3–5–0
Xavier – 4–6–0
Central Michigan – 3–6–0
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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

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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-Wallacedagger
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 33–287,205[9]
October 30at Findlay
W 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]
  • daggerHomecoming
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