1929 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1929 Bowling Green Falcons football
NOL co-champion
Conference Northwest Ohio League
Record4–2–1 (3–0–1 NOL)
Head coach
CaptainHarold Treece
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 Northwest Ohio League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bowling Green + 3 0 14 2 1
Toledo + 3 0 14 2 1
Defiance 2 2 03 4 1
Findlay 1 3 03 5 0
Bluffton 0 4 00 6 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1929 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1929 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Warren Steller, the Falcons compiled a 4–2–1 record (3–0–1 against NOL opponents), won the NOL championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 76 to 54. Harold Treece was the team captain. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Baldwin–Wallace * Bowling Green, OH L 0–18
October 11at Michigan State Normal * Ypsilanti, MI L 7–34
October 18 Findlay Bowling Green, OHW 23–0
October 25at Toledo Toledo, OH (rivalry)T 0–0 [2]
November 2at Defiance Defiance, OHW 6–0 [3]
November 9 Bluffton
  • College Field
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 15–02,550 [4]
November 16 Detroit City College *Bowling Green, OHW 25–2 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. "Rockets and Falcons in Scoreless Battle". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 26, 1929. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Falcons Upset Defiance College In Two Contests". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 4, 1929. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Falcons Clinch Conferene Title By Win: Beavers Victims of Bowling Green Attadd". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 11, 1929. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Falcons Trim Detroit". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1929. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.