Bowling Green — Mid-American
HC
Eddie George · Doyt L. Perry Stadium · Bowling Green, OH · 24,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.03 / 0.15
2025
Class rank
#75
class of 2026
Returning PPA
-6%
returning production
| 2016 |
OSU W 77–10 | Columbus |
| 2006 |
OSU W 35–7 | Columbus |
| 2003 |
OSU W 24–17 | Columbus |
| 1997 |
OSU W 44–13 | Columbus |
| 1992 |
OSU W 17–6 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 Bowling Green's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (17 in / 27 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Austin Novosad | QB | ← Oregon | ★★★ |
| John Baker IV | EDGE | ← Toledo | ★★★ |
| Armahn Hale | S | ← New Mexico State | ★★★ |
| Ke'Marion Baldwin | RB | ← Charleston Southern | ★★★ |
| Selah Brown | DL | ← Louisville | ★★★ |
| Nick Sowell | WR | ← South Carolina State | ★★★ |
| Mike Wright III | S | ← Florida Atlantic | ★★★ |
| Ryan Kingston | P | ← Southeast Missouri State | ★★★ |
| + 9 more |
Origins
Perry went 77-11-5 in ten seasons, a winning percentage almost nobody in the sport's history has matched. Urban Meyer got his first head coaching job here in 2001.
Founded 1910 · State normal school, one of two Ohio opened the same year · first football 1919 · defined by Doyt Perry
All-time record
All-time
392–329–11
1947–2025
Win %
54.3%
72 seasons played
Winning seasons
42
58% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 2–1 (1947–1951) · FBS 390–328–11 (1956–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 1991 | 11 | 1 | Mid-American |
| 1985 | 11 | 1 | Mid-American |
| 2003 | 11 | 3 | Mid-American |
| 1992 | 10 | 2 | Mid-American |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | Mid-American |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1947 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 298 | 71% |
36% | 130 of 136 | 4.7 | 11% |
| 2nd down | 229 | 53% |
34% | 118 of 136 | 5.0 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 40 | 80% |
70% | — | 3.7 | 8% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 54 | 22% |
26% | — | 3.9 | 11% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 72 | 36% |
26% | — | 6.8 | 19% |
| 4th down | 19 | 84% |
37% | — | 2.7 | 5% |
142 drives · 29% ended in points · 6.7 plays and 34.3 yards per drive · 0.17 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 14 | Massachusetts |
(08:30) Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #5 B.Ridley caught at BGSU11, for … |
87 | 6.94 |
| 7 | Toledo |
RJ Garcia II pass complete to Cameron Pettaway for 73 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK) |
73 | 6.83 |
| 4 | Louisville |
Lucian Anderson III run for 75 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK) |
75 | 6.78 |
| 7 | Toledo |
Lucian Anderson III pass complete to Cameron Pettaway for 45 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleathe… |
45 | 4.47 |
| 10 | Buffalo |
End of 3rd quarter. |
40 | 4.19 |
| 13 | Akron |
(13:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #7 J.Johnson caught at B… |
38 | 4.08 |
| 8 | Central Michigan |
Lucian Anderson III run for 24 yds to the CMU 32 for a 1ST down Central Michigan Penalty, … |
39 | 4.06 |
| 9 | Kent State |
End of 3rd quarter. |
49 | 4.03 |