Game notes: Massachusetts at Bowling Green
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The matchup
- Massachusetts (4–3, 1–3 in conference) at Bowling Green (2–5, 2–1 in conference), Saturday, November 28, noon ET, Doyt L. Perry Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their sixth meeting; Bowling Green leads the series 5–0.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Tuesday, November 25, 2025: Bowling Green 45, Massachusetts 14.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 2012: Bowling Green 24, Massachusetts 0.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Bowling Green 45–14 (at Massachusetts); 2015: Bowling Green 62–38 (at Bowling Green); 2014: Bowling Green 47–42 (at Massachusetts); 2013: Bowling Green 28–7 (at Bowling Green); 2012: Bowling Green 24–0 (at Massachusetts).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts is 4–3 (1–3 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 37–21 at Rutgers; W 37–10 vs. Sacred Heart; W 36–14 vs. Stonehill; W 35–6 at Sacramento State; L 14–38 vs. Eastern Michigan; L 19–20 vs. Miami (OH); L 18–25 at Buffalo.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Massachusetts has lost three straight, since beating Sacramento State 35–6 (Sept. 26, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Massachusetts is No. 129 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Joe Harasymiak is 4–15 in his second season at Massachusetts.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Joe Harasymiak is 0–1 against Bowling Green.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- William Watson III (QB): 820 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Ty Harding (WR): 28 catches, 327 yards, 2 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Timmy Hinspeter (LB): 45 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2014, Massachusetts lost to Buffalo 41–21.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is 2–5 (2–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 13–20 vs. Tarleton State; L 7–56 at Nebraska; L 7–55 at Iowa State; L 6–14 vs. South Florida; W 24–20 at Miami (OH); W 38–10 vs. Sacramento State; L 31–32 vs. Ball State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Bowling Green is No. 121 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Eddie George is 6–13 in his second season at Bowling Green.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Eddie George is 1–0 against Massachusetts.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jay Kastantin (QB): 1,201 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Austyn Dendy (RB): 332 rushing yards, 4 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Dorian Pringle (LB): 67 tackles, No. 7 in FBS in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Myles Bradley needs 2 sacks to pass Ryan Wingrave (15, 1998–01) for eighth on Bowling Green’s career sacks list. He has 13.5 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2020, Bowling Green lost to Ohio 52–10.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Eddie George is 1–0 against Joe Harasymiak’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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