By Collette Stenger and Lamont Burroughs

Falcons in their 74th Season of MAC Football

9 27 2025

BOWLING GREEN GAME NOTES

https://bgsufalcons.com/documents/2025/9/22/GM_5_-_at_Ohio_Game_Notes_-_2025.pdf

Falcons Open 74th Season of MAC Play
• Bowling Green State University opens its 74th season of play in the Mid-American Conference on Saturday against the Ohio Bobcats.
•  This will be the 76th meeting between the Falcons and the Bobcats.
• The game will kick at 12 p.m. and broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.

Bowling Green and MAC Openers
• Bowling Green begins Mid-American Conference play on Saturday at Ohio.
• Since 2011, the Falcons are 6-8 in MAC openers, with all six victories coming on the road. BGSU is 6-3 in road conference openers during that span, with wins at Miami (OH) (2011), Kent State (2013), UMass (2014), Buffalo (2015), and Akron (2022, 2024).
• Saturday’s contest marks the sixth time since 2015 that Bowling Green has opened league play on the road.

Five Top Storylines
• LB Gideon Lampron is one of three players in the nation with 30+ tackles, 4.5+ TFLs, 1.5+ sacks, and 1+ passes defended. The others are Keyshaun Elliot (Arizona State) and Mekhi Mason (Louisiana Tech).
• TE Jyrin Johnson has 11 receptions for 159 yards this season. His 159 receiving yards rank No. 19 nationally among tight ends, while his 11 catches rank No. 28. Both totals lead all MAC tight ends.
• CB Kal-El Pascal is one of only five players in the nation with 29+ tackles, 1+ interception, and 1+ forced fumble. Others on the list include Mac Harris (South Florida), Ronan Hanafin (Clemson), Xavian Sorey Jr. (Arkansas), and Shane Whitter (North Texas).
• PK Jackson Kleather is tied for No. 2 in the nation with 10 made field goals.
• TE Jacob Harris is tied for No. 7 nationally among tight ends with two receiving touchdowns. That mark is tied for the MAC lead with Jake Bruno (Ohio) and Joshua Long (Eastern Michigan).

Bowling Green vs. Ohio
•  BGSU leads the all-time series with the Bobcats, 41-32-2; however, Ohio has won seven of the last eight meetings and 10 of the last 15 contests.
• Since 2000, Bowling Green is 9-1 against Ohio when holding the Bobcats below 300 yards of total offense.
• Since 2000, Bowling Green is 6-5 against Ohio when recording 400+ yards of total offense.
• Since 2000, Bowling Green is 7-0 against Ohio when winning the turnover battle. The Falcons are 0-9 when losing it, and 1-2 when turnovers are even.

BGSU Caps 1959 Championship at Ohio
•  In 1959, Bowling Green traveled to Athens and defeated Ohio, 13-9, in front of 12,000 fans at what is now Peden Stadium. The victory capped a perfect 9-0 season—the first and only perfect campaign in BGSU history.
• The win clinched both the MAC title and the small college National Championship for the Falcons.
• Jerry Colaner electrified the crowd with a fourth-quarter interception return of 30 yards for the deciding touchdown. It was BGSU’s only interception of the game, but arguably the biggest of the season.
• Bob Colburn completed just 3-of-9 passes but managed to break Bill Lyons’ career record of 108 completions. One of his completions accounted for Bowling Green’s first touchdown.
• The Falcons set a then-MAC scoring record with 208 points on the season, surpassing Ohio’s previous mark of 201 (1953).|
• Bowling Green missed two scoring opportunities in the first half after recovering Ohio fumbles deep in Bobcat territory.
• Ohio built a 9-0 lead after a field goal and a touchdown following a Falcon fumble. John Dickinson scored on a sweep but was stopped short on the two-point attempt.
• Chuck Ramsey’s 29-yard field goal attempt into the wind fell short late in the first half.
• Ohio threatened several times in the fourth quarter, but costly fumbles halted their chances.
• The game ended with Bowling Green driving to the Ohio one-yard line.

Bowling Green – OU connections
• Ohio long snapper Dominic Konopka started his career at BGSU (2022) and left for Marshall in 2023 before joining the Bobcats.

Sacking the Quarterback
• Since the start of the 2022 season BGSU ranks No. 20 in the nation with 114 team sacks.
• BGSU has played 43 games since the start of the 2022 season and has recorded at least one sack in 37 of those 43 games.

Are 21 Points the Magic Number?
• Bowling Green has an all-time .752 winning percentage (308–100–4) when scoring 21 points or more.
• Since 2000, that winning percentage is .681 (139–65); since 2010, it stands at .779 (74–21).
• During BGSU’s current three-season bowl streak, the Falcons have won 71 percent (22–9) of games scoring 21+ points.
• BGSU’s all-time record jumps to 232–36 (.866) when scoring 28 or more points.

Total Offense
• BGSU gained 375+ yards in 9 of its last 17 games.
• Since 2022, the Falcons have reached 350+ yards in 22 of 43 games, going 15–7 in those contests.

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OHIO GAME NOTES

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ATHENS, Ohio —The Ohio football team is set to open Mid-American Conference play in Athens when it hosts the Bowling Green Falcons on Saturday, Sept. 27. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. ET and can be seen on CBS Sports Network with Jordan Kent and Adam Breneman on the call.

The Bobcats’ matchup can also be heard on the Ohio Sports Network from Learfield, presented by Holzer Health System. Veteran Ohio radio personality Marty Bannister is reprising his role as Ohio’s play-by-play broadcaster. Bannister will be joined by color analyst Rob Cornelius, who has been a part of the broadcasts for more than two decades.

SERIES HISTORY VS. BOWLING GREEN
The Bobcats and the Falcons have met three 75 since 1945, posting a 32-41 record. The pair last met in 2023 at Doyt L. Perry Stadium to open MAC competition; Ohio posted a dominant 38-7 victory, highlighted by two fumble recoveries returned for touchdowns.

SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN
Bowling Green is currently 2-2, coming off a 40-17 loss to Louisville (Sept. 20). They average 21.5 points on 150.8 rushing yards and 165 passing yards per game.

Graduate student quarterback Drew Pyne has started in all four games for the Falcons; he is currently 68-for-106 with two interceptions and three touchdowns on 660 yards in the air. Pyne has also logged 17 carries and 26 rushing yards. Sophomore quarterback Lucian Anderson III claims one of the Falcons’ four rushing touchdowns, logging 79 rushing yards on four carries.

Senior running back Kaderris Roberts leads the team on the ground with 31 carries on 172 rushing yards. Redshirt freshman running back Cameron Pettaway is just behind with 30 rushing attempts on 141 yards, while fellow redshirt freshman running back Mar’Kel Porter has scored twice so far this season and junior running back Chris McMillian has scored once.

Tight ends are responsible for all three of the Falcons’ receiving touchdowns, with sophomore tight end Jacob Harris reaching the endzone twice on eight catches and 78 yards. Senior tight end Jyrin Johnson leads the receivers with 159 yards, claiming one touchdown on four receptions.

Senior wide receiver RJ Garcia II claims a team-best 13 catches on 134 yards, with fellow senior wide receiver Finn Hogan just trailing with 114 yards and eight receptions. In total, 13 athletes have at least one reception on the season.

Junior linebacker Gideon ESPN Lampron claims a team-best 33 tackles, including 18 solo stops, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. Sophomore safety Kal-El Pascal leads the team in solo tackles (19), is second in total tackles (29) and is responsible for one of the Falcons’ two interceptions, with sophomore linebacker Dorian Pringle snagging the other. Pringle also leads the team in tackles for loss (6), boasting 27 total tackles with 17 solo stops on the season.

Junior kicker Jackson Kleather is the Falcon’s leading scorer and is responsible for 38 points. Kleather is 10-for-11 on field goals and 8-for-8 on PATs. Graduate student kicker Zach Long has amassed 1,240 points on 21 kickoffs.

To read this week’s complete notes, click here.

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