The 1926 Bowling Green Normals football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Warren Steller, the Falcons compiled a 4–3–1 record (2–1 against NOL opponents), finished in second place out of five teams in the NOL, and outscored all opponents by a total of 88 to 70. Hayden Olds was the team captain.[1]
| 1926 Bowling Green Normals football | |
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| Conference | Northwest Ohio League |
| Record | 4–3–1 (2–1 NOL) |
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| Captain | Hayden Olds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Findlay $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluffton | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defiance | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 25 | at Dayton* | L 0–41 | [2] | |||
| October 2 | at Bluffton | Bluffton, OH | W 14–0 | |||
| October 9 | Cedarville* | Bowling Green, OH | W 25–0 | [3] | ||
| October 23 | Findlay | Bowling Green, OH | L 6–7 | |||
| October 30 | Central Michigan* | Bowling Green, OH | W 13–0 | |||
| November 6 | Defiance | Bowling Green, OH | W 30–7 | [4] | ||
| November 11 | at Capital* | Bexley, OH | L 0–15 | |||
| November 20 | at Detroit City College* | Detroit, MI | T 0–0 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "College Loses On Saturday: B.G. Shows Well in Spite of Defeat". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. September 27, 1926. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "College Wins Poorly Played Tilt From Cedarville". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 11, 1926. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "College Won Big Homecoming Game, 30-7: Varsity Superior in Every Department". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 8, 1926. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.