1940 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Falcons compiled a 3–4–1 record, finished in 11th place out of 19 teams in the OAC, and were outscored by a total of 122 to 62. Steve Brudzinski was the team captain.[1]

1940 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–2–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainSteve Brudzinski
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wittenberg $ 6 0 0 8 0 0
Kent State 4 0 0 8 1 0
Case 3 0 0 7 1 0
Muskingum 3 1 0 5 2 1
Heidelberg 5 3 0 5 4 0
Wooster 3 2 0 4 3 1
Capital 3 2 1 3 3 1
Ohio Northern 4 3 0 5 3 0
Toledo 1 1 0 6 3 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 2 0 4 4 0
Bowling Green 2 2 1 3 4 1
Kenyon 1 2 1 2 4 1
Marietta 1 2 1 1 5 1
Findlay 1 2 0 4 4 0
Otterbein 1 4 0 3 5 0
Oberlin 0 2 0 4 3 0
Ashland 0 3 0 1 4 1
John Carroll 0 3 0 2 6 0
Mount Union 0 6 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Bowling Green was ranked at No. 429 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Wittenberg
L 0–145,000[3]
October 11at FindlayFindlay, OHW 14–7[4]
October 19Michigan State Normal
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 15–03,500[5]
October 26at CapitalColumbus, OHT 7–73,000[6]
November 2Kent State
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
L 0–13[7]
November 9at WoosterWooster, OHW 26–14[8]
November 16at Eastern KentuckyRichmond, KYL 0–48[9]
November 21at Wayne
L 0–196,000[10]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Falcons Bow To Wittenberg: B.G. Forced To Make Many Goal Line Stands". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 7, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Falcons Whip Findlay, 14-7: Steve Brudzinski Races 40 Yards To Score In Bee Gee Win". The Fremont News-Messenger. October 12, 1940. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Hurons Beaten by Big-Fast Bowling Green Team, 15-0: Ypsi Threatens in Final Period". The Ypsilanti Daily Press. October 21, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Falcons Look Bad Without Brudzinski at Capital: Capital Ties Bee Gee as Falcons Go Haywire". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 28, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Crippled Falcons Lose; Brudzinski Indispensible; Ed Mussill Lost To Team For Rest Of Season". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 4, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Brudzinski's Pases Sink Wooster 26-14: Wellner, Catanese And Johnson Shine In Victory". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 11, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ John N. Sabo (November 22, 1940). "Cudillo Stars as Wayne Wins, 19 to 0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 17, 30 – via Newspapers.com.