Bowling Green vs. Idaho

Bowling Green and Idaho have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2009; Bowling Green leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Bowling Green 2–⁠1, and Bowling Green has won the last 2.

Bowling Green wins
2
Idaho wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2009
Longest streak
2 Bowling Green
Current streak
2 Bowling Green
Last 10 meetings
Bowling Green 2–⁠1
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
8.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
1–⁠0 Bowling Green’s record at home
At Idaho
0–⁠1 Idaho’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Bowling Green first

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

Coach against coach

YearsBowling GreenSeriesIdaho
2009–⁠2012Dave Clawson2–⁠1Robb Akey

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bowling Green’s side (Clawson 2–⁠1 against Akey). 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 Idaho, 2009 on1300150017002010201520202025

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Freddie Barnes Bowling Green17 catches, 219 yards, 3 TD2009 Receiving

Named most valuable

Freddie Barnes Bowling Green2009
DeMaundray Woolridge Idaho2009

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 8, 2012Bowling Green 21, Idaho 13at Bowling Green
Sep 1, 2011Bowling Green 32, Idaho 15at Idaho
Dec 30, 2009Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42Albertsons StadiumHumanitarian Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.