Bowling Green vs. Long Beach State

Bowling Green and Long Beach State first met in 1977 and have played 3 times; Long Beach State leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Long Beach State 3–⁠0, and Long Beach State has won the last 3.

Bowling Green wins
0
Long Beach State wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1977
Longest streak
3 Long Beach State
Current streak
3 Long Beach State
Last 10 meetings
Long Beach State 3–⁠0
Most recent
1982

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
1980s0–⁠2
Average margin
6.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
0–⁠1 Bowling Green’s record at home
At Long Beach State
2–⁠0 Long Beach State’s record at home

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

Coach against coach

YearsBowling GreenSeriesLong Beach State
1977–⁠1982Dennis Stolz0–⁠3Dave Currey

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bowling Green’s side (Stolz 0–⁠3 against Currey). 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 Long Beach State, 1977 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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

Nov 20, 1982Long Beach State 24, Bowling Green 7at Long Beach State
Sep 20, 1980Long Beach State 23, Bowling Green 21at Bowling Green
Nov 26, 1977Long Beach State 29, Bowling Green 28at Long Beach State

Every game is listed as played on the field.