2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2007 Bowling Green Falcons football
MAC East Division co-champion
GMAC Bowl, L 7–63 vs Tulsa
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
Record	8–5 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Gregg Brandon (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mick McCall (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Ward (1st as DC, 8th overall season)
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium
Seasons ←  2006 2008  →

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Div							Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy		4	–	2					5	–	2					6	–	7
Bowling Green x		4	–	2					6	–	2					8	–	5
Buffalo x		4	–	2					5	–	3					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	3					4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		3	–	3					4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		2	–	4					3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	5					1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$		4	–	1					6	–	1					8	–	6
Ball State x		4	–	1					5	–	2					7	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	2					3	–	4					4	–	8
Western Michigan		2	–	3					3	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		2	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		0	–	5					1	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green finished the season 8–5 overall and has finished 4–2 in the MAC East. They participated in the GMAC Bowl, losing to Tulsa 63–7. They capped the regular season by beating arch rival Toledo for the first time in 3 years. ^[1]

Pre-season

Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association. ^[2] Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams. ^[3]

All-MAC preseason teams

• First team
  • Kory Lichtensteiger, C
• Second team
  • Erique Dozier, LB
  • Corey Partridge, WR

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00 pm	at Minnesota *	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 32–31 OT	49,253
September 8	12:00 pm	at Michigan State *	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 17–28	67,276
September 22	12:00 pm	Temple	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN+	W 48–35	16,482
September 29	6:00 pm	Western Kentucky *	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		W 42–21	20,622
October 6	12:00 pm	at No. 7 Boston College *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPNU	L 24–55	40,117
October 13	3:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	FSNO	L 14–47	16,148
October 20	4:00 pm	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Battle for the Anniversary Award)		W 31–20	10,248
October 27	6:00 pm	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPNGP	L 27–38	11,602
November 2	7:30 pm	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPNU	W 44–20	12,766
November 9	7:30 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPNU	W 39–32	4,304
November 17	1:00 pm	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Buffalo, NY		W 31–17	11,740
November 23	2:30 pm	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Peace Pipe Trophy)	ESPNU	W 37–10	18,926
January 6	8:00 pm	vs. Tulsa	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (GMAC Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–63	36,932
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team consists of 96 total players. The class breakdown of these players is 12 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshman, and 19 true freshman. ^[4] Returning starters from the 2006 team are six offensive starters and eight defensive starters. Overall, 53 lettermen are returning from the 2006 team (25 on offense, 28 on defense and 0 on special teams). ^[5]

Wide Receivers 7 Barnes, Freddie – Sophomore 84 Brighton, Derek – Freshman 6 Charles, Zach – Sophomore 80 Cheathem, Keston – Junior 81 Emans, Matt – Senior 82 Hodges, Adrian – Freshman 85 Hutson, Ray – Freshman 86 Kelley, Jermiah – Junior 3 Parks, Marques – Junior 1 Partridge, Corey – Junior 83 Pronty, Tyrone – Sophomore 15 Wiley, Calvin – Sophomore 12 Wright, Chris – Sophomore Offensive Lineman 64 Albert, Scott – Sophomore 61 Bojicic, Ben- Freshman 60 Buckosh, Jarrett – Sophomore 55 Curtis, Brandon – Junior 66 Dodge, Josh – Freshman 46 Donahue, Tyler – Freshman 74 Fink, Jeff – Junior 73 Huelsman, Kevin – Senior 76 Kent, Aaron – Junior 78 Lichtensteiger, Kory – Senior 50 Mack, Brandon – Senior 70 Minturn, Brady – Sophomore 71 Nystrom, Drew – Senior 72 Stanford, Andrew – Senior 75 Steffy, Shane – Sophomore 65 Watson, Pat – Senior Tight End 91 Rieke, Nick – Freshman 89 Scheidler, Jimmy – Sophomore Quarterback 14 Brown, Nathan – Freshman 8 Glaud, Anthony – Freshman 16 Hunter, Tony – Sophomore 13 Sheehan, Tyler – Sophomore 17 Turner, Anthony – Junior		Running Back 33 Bullock, Chris – Sophomore 28 Geter, Willie – Freshman 49 Lawrence, Nick – Sophomore 5 Macon, Dan – Senior 19 Ransom, Eric – Junior 34 Van Demark, Curtis – Sophomore 35 Waldron, Nate – Junior 11 Winovich, Pete – Senior Defensive Lineman 92 Alvarado, Kevin – Freshman 63 Barrow, Orlando – Freshman 96 Branch, Darren – Freshman 99 Briggs, Diyral – Junior 62 Burrell, Preston – Freshman 95 Davis, Nick – Junior 93 Hardwick, Jacob – Sophomore 98 Johnson, Andrew – Freshman 88 O'Drobinak, Sean – Senior 90 Ream, Michael – Sophomore 40 Schaefer, Joe – Junior 77 Torresso, Nick – Freshmann Defensive Tackles 87 Young, D.J. – Sophomore Defensive End 47 Baker, Adrian – Junior 93 Hartung, Garth – Sophomore 51 Magnone, Angelo – Freshman 97 Smith, Darius – Freshman 94 Tipton, Carlos – Freshman Cornerbacks 18 Williams, Derrick – Freshman 28 Wooldridge, Mark – Freshman Defensive Backs 24 Brown, Jahmal – Sophomore 22 Corner, Vincent – Sophomore 37 Davis, Aaron – Sophomore 27 Fillari, Giovanni – Junior 21 Lewis, Kenny – Junior 23 Lewis, Tarell – Sophomore 25 Mahone, P.J. – Sophomore 10 Marshall, Calvin – Freshman 32 Mosley, Anthony – Freshman 4 Sanderson, Jerett – Sophomore 2 Smith, Antonio – Junior 32 Tomlinson, Alfred – Freshman 31 Williams, Roger – Sophomore 14 Walker, Freddie – Junior		Linebackers 45 Basler, Cody – Sophomore 56 Tyler, Jason - Freshman 57 Dahlman, Neal – Freshman 53 Davis, Jerrson – Sophomore 30 Dozier, Erique – Junior 42 Fells, Eugene – Freshman 44 Haneline, John – Junior 9 Hargrove, Loren – Senior 43 Jackson, Brandon – Sophomore 36 Parks, Lewis – Freshman 35 Scheidler, Josh – Sophomore 52 Stanley, Glen – Freshman 48 Wright, Gary – Freshman 38 Young, Chris – Freshman Long Snappers 54 Cutler, Kyle – Senior 46 Rutherford, Craig – Sophomore Kickers 39 Norsic, Matthew – Sophomore 41 Vrvilo, Sinisia – Junior Punters 26 Iovinelli, Nick – Junior

Coaching staff

• Gregg Brandon – Head Coach
• Troy Rothenbuhler – Asst. Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting
• Mick McCall – Offensive Coordinator
• Mike Ward – Defensive Coordinator
• Stephen Bird – Special Teams/Outside Receivers
• Matt Campbell – Offensive Line
• Adam Gonzaga – Secondary
• Deion Melvin – Linebackers
• John Hunter – Running Backs
• Doug Phillips – Defensive Line
• Jason Morton – Offensive Assistant
• Brad Wilson – Defensive Assistant
• Aaron Hillmann – Strength and Conditioning
• David Ebersbach – Director of Operations

Post season

As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Kory Lichtensteiger was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best center. He was one of 6 athletes recognized. ^[6] Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC ^[7] ).

All-MAC First Team Kory Lichtensteiger, Sr., C Diyral Briggs, Jr., DL

All-MAC Second Team Drew Nystrom, Sr., OL P.J. Mahone, So., DB

All-MAC Third Team Tyler Sheehan, So., QB Freddie Barnes, So., WR Sinisa Vrvilo, Jr., PK Antonio Smith, Jr., DB

Statistics

Team

Team Opp Scoring 392 417   Points per game 30.2 32.1 First downs 299 302   Rushing 113 146   Passing 170 126   Penalty 16 30 Total offense 5232 5518   Avg per play 5.6 5.8   Avg per game 402.5 424.5 Fumbles-Lost 19–12 24–12 Penalties-Yards 85–731 75–669   Avg per game 56.2 51.5

Team Opp Punts-Yards 55-2035 54-2066   Avg per punt 37.0 38.3 Time of possession/Game 28:41 31:19 3rd down conversions 74/180 (41%) 83/180 (46%) 4th down conversions 12/21 (57%) 7/17 (41%) Touchdowns scored 49 55 Field goals-Attempts-Long 15–19 11–16 PAT-Attempts 47–47 (100%) 50–51 (98%) Attendance 80398 199086   Games/Avg per Game 5/16080 7/28441   Neutral Site 1/36932

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4 Total Opponents 102 109 77 122 410 Bowling Green 85 110 107 82 384

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP-GS	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Turner, Anthony	13	106	552	33	519	4.9	9	39	39.9
Geter, Willie	12	71	457	25	432	6.1	1	50	36.0
Bullock, Chris	11	64	314	33	281	4.4	0	24	25.5
Macon, Dan	13	36	186	24	162	4.5	2	26	12.5
Sheehan, Tyler	13	93	366	218	148	1.6	3	23	11.4
Ransom, Eric	2	9	46	0	46	5.1	0	14	23.0
Glaud, Anthony	8	15	56	36	20	1.3	0	13	2.5
Barnes, Freddie	13	3	11	0	11	3.7	0	8	0.8
Partridge, Corey	8	2	9	0	9	4.5	0	7	1.1
Steffy, Shane	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TEAM	10	15	0	31	−31	−2.1	0	0	−3.1
Total	13	418	2007	400	1607	3.8	16	50	123.6
Opponents	13	570	2950	248	2702	4.7	25	63	207.8

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Cmp-Att-Int	Pct	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G
Sheehan, Tyler Murray (the bomb)	13	132.6	303–476–11	63.7	3264	23	83	251.1
Glaud, Anthony	8	133.2	23–36–2	63.9	266	2	32	33.2
Turner, Anthony	13	387.2	4–5–0	80.0	65	3	33	5.0
Barnes, Freddie	13	0.0	0–2–1	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Partridge, Corey	8	631.6	1–1–0	100.0	24	1	24	3.0
Brighton, Derek	12	150.4	1–1–0	100.0	6	0	6	0.5
TEAM	10	0.0	0–1–0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Total	13	134.9	332–522–14	63.6	3625	29	83	278.8
Opponents	13	138.5	230–381–14	60.4	2816	27	76	216.6

Receiving

Name	GP-GS	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Barnes, Freddie	13	82	962	11.7	9	44	74.0
Partridge, Corey	8	46	453	9.8	2	28	56.6
Geter, Willie	12	37	296	8.0	0	33	24.7
Parks, Marques	13	28	360	12.9	5	36	27.7
Wright, Chris	12	26	370	14.2	3	83	30.8
Turner, Anthony	13	22	185	8.4	1	31	14.2
Pronty, Tyrone	13	19	165	8.7	2	23	12.7
Winovich, Pete	13	15	93	6.2	0	11	7.2
Kelley, Jermiah	9	12	219	18.2	3	52	24.3
Charles, Zach	13	10	102	10.2	0	49	7.8
Brighton, Derek	12	10	97	9.7	0	18	8.1
Ransom, Eric	2	9	117	13.0	1	53	58.5
Macon, Dan	13	7	100	14.3	1	43	7.7
Bullock, Chris	11	4	29	7.2	0	11	2.6
Sheehan, Tyler	13	2	49	24.5	2	25	3.8
Cheathem, Keston	8	2	32	16.0	0	25	4.0
Scheidler, Jimmy	13	1	−4	−4.0	0	0	−0.3
Total	13	332	3625	10.9	29	83	278.8
Opponents	13	230	2816	12.2	27	76	216.6

Statistics from: "Bowling Green – Cumulative Season Statistic". BGSUFalcons.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2008.

References

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