2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2017 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	2–10 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mike Jinks (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kevin Kilmer (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Andy Padron (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Perry Eliano (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium
Seasons ←  2016 2018  →

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Akron xy		6	–	2					7	–	7
Ohio		5	–	3					9	–	4
Miami (OH)		4	–	4					5	–	7
Buffalo		4	–	4					6	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					2	–	10
Kent State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Central Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
Northern Illinois		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Michigan		4	–	4					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					5	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

The 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by second-year head coach Mike Jinks and played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

Preseason

In a preseason poll of league media, Bowling Green was picked to finish in third place in the East Division. ^[1]

Coaching staff

Name	Title	Years at BGSU
Mike Jinks	Head coach	2
Perry Eliano	Associate head coach/defensive coordinator	2
Kevin Kilmer	Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach	2
Andy Padron	Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach	2
Matt Brock	Special teams coordinator/linebackers coach	2
Marcus White	Defensive line coach	2
Stephen Hamby	Offensive line coach	2
Mike Mickens	Cornerbacks coach	4
Seth Doege	Receivers Coach	2
Ryan Downard	Safeties Coach	2
Clint Killough	Defensive graduate assistant	1

Source: ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	Noon	at Michigan State *	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPNU	L 10–35	71,202
September 9	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota *	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 27–35	17,912
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at Northwestern *	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 7–49	33,706
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee *	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 13–24	16,523
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 23–34	15,111
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 37–29	22,428
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 30–48	17,641
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 17–48	12,092
October 31	8:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPNU	W 44–16	7,140
November 7	7:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	L 28–38	12,205
November 15	8:00 p.m.	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy)	ESPNU	L 37–66	16,649
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,413
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	0	0	7	10
Spartans	0	14	21	0	35

See also: 2017 Michigan State Spartans football team

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	21	0	7	7	35
Falcons	3	6	7	11	27

See also: 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

At Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	0	0	7
Wildcats	14	21	0	14	49

See also: 2017 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	3	3	0	13
Blue Raiders	7	14	0	3	24

See also: 2017 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	13	7	7	7	34
Falcons	6	7	10	0	23

See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team

At Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	14	7	13	37
RedHawks	6	13	10	0	29

See also: 2017 Miami RedHawks football team

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	21	6	21	48
Falcons	6	10	7	7	30

See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	17	10	7	48
Falcons	7	0	3	7	17

See also: 2017 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

At Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	17	3	14	10	44
Golden Flashes	0	9	0	7	16

See also: 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Anniversary Award

At Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28
Bulls	21	0	7	10	38

See also: 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	14	10	28	14	66
Falcons	7	14	7	9	37

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team and Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry

At Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	10	7	14	0	31
Eagles	13	7	14	0	34

See also: 2017 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

References

1. "MAC Football 2017: Toledo, Ohio University picked as division winners in preseason poll". cleveland.com. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
2. 2017 Football Coaching Staff. Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
3. 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.