1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team
American college football season
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The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion Ohio (14-7), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61.
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record8–1 (5–1 MAC)
Headcoach
- Doyt Perry (6th season)
HomestadiumUniversity Stadium
| 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (5–1 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Ohio $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Bowling Green | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6. After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while taking off from the Toledo airport.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | Marshall |
| W 14–7 | 6,500–7,000 | [2][3] | |||
| October 1 | at Miami (OH) | W 21–12 | 8,474–10,000 | [4][5] | ||||
| October 8 | at Western Michigan | W 14–13 | 8,500 | [6] | ||||
| October 15 | at Toledo | W 14–3 | 9,500 | [7] | ||||
| October 22 | Kent State |
| W 28–0 | 11,800 | [8] | |||
| October 29 | Cal Poly* | No. 4 |
| W 50–6 | 4,900–7,500 | [9][10] | ||
| November 5 | No. 6. Southern Illinois* | No. 5 |
| W 27–6 | 6,200 | [11] | ||
| November 12 | No. 1 Ohio | No. 4 |
| L 7–14 | 12,600–12,660 | [12][13] | ||
| November 19 | at Texas Western* | No. 8 | W 21–0 | 8,000 | [14] | |||
