Bowling Green vs. Fresno State

Bowling Green and Fresno State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1982; the series is tied 2–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s even at 2–⁠2.

Bowling Green wins
2
Fresno State wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1982
Longest streak
1 Fresno State
Current streak
1 Bowling Green
Last 10 meetings
even at 2–⁠2
Most recent
1991

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠2
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
15 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Fresno State
0–⁠1 Fresno State’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠2 Bowling Green first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Coach against coach

YearsBowling GreenSeriesFresno State
1982–⁠1985Dennis Stolz1–⁠2Jim Sweeney

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bowling Green’s side (Stolz 1–⁠2 against Sweeney). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Fresno State, 1982 on1300150017001990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Dec 14, 1991Bowling Green 28, Fresno State 21Neutral siteCalifornia Bowl
Dec 14, 1985Fresno State 51, 20Bowling Green 7Neutral siteCalifornia Bowl
Sep 10, 1983Bowling Green 35, Fresno State 27at Fresno State
Dec 18, 1982Fresno State 29, Bowling Green 28Neutral siteCalifornia Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.