1938 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1938 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–2–3 (2–2–2 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainWayne Stewart
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
John Carroll $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Wooster 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 0 – 3
Ohio Northern 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Capital 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Muskingum 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Mount Union 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Kent State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Toledo 0 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Bowling Green 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 2 – 3
Case 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Oberlin 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Kenyon 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Marietta 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Findlay 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Otterbein 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Heidelberg 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Ashland 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1938 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Cardinals compiled a 3–2–3 record (2–2–2 against OAC opponents), finished in eleventh place out of 19 teams in the OAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 95 to 41. Wayne Stewart was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at CapitalBexley, OHT 0–0[2]
September 30at John CarrollCleveland, OHL 0–202,000[3]
October 8Ashland
W 50–02,500[4]
October 15Wittenberg
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 7–03,500[5]
October 22at Ohio NorthernAda, OHT 0–0[6]
October 29Michigan State Normal*
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
T 7–73,000[7]
November 5Kent State
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
L 3–75,000[8][9]
November 12at Hiram*Hiram, OHW 28–7[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Falcon Errors Give Capital 0-0 Tie Game: Uncomfortable Heat Proves Sever Handicap To Both Elevens". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. September 26, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bowling Green Bows To Carroll, 20-0". The Springfield News-Sun. October 2, 1938. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Falcons Have Field Day At Ashland's Expense". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 10, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "B.G. Falcons Edge Wittenberg 7 to 0". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 17, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ohio Northern Held To Tie By Bee-Gees". The Springfield News-Sun. October 23, 1938. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Falcons Held To 7 To 7 Tie By Ypsilanti". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 31, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Falcons Lose Tough One To Kent 7 To 3: Penalty In Crucial Moment Spells Doom For Bee Gee". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 7, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kent State Gets "Break" To Defeat Bowling Green". The Zanesville Times-Signal. November 6, 1938. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Falcons Comeback To Beat Hiram 28-7". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 14, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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