Bowling Green vs. Ohio State

Bowling Green and Ohio State have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1992; Ohio State leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Ohio State 5–⁠0, and Ohio State has won the last 5.

Scheduled 2027 at Ohio State Aug. 28. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Bowling Green wins
0
Ohio State wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1992
Longest streak
5 Ohio State
Current streak
5 Ohio State
Last 10 meetings
Ohio State 5–⁠0
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠2
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
28.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ohio State
5–⁠0 Ohio State’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Ohio State’s biggest win2016: Ohio State 77, Bowling Green 10by 67 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Ohio State, 1992 on13001500170019001995200020052010201520202025

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

Sep 3, 20166Ohio State 77, Bowling Green 10at Ohio State
Oct 7, 20061Ohio State 35, Bowling Green 7at Ohio State
Sep 20, 20035Ohio State 24, Bowling Green 17at Ohio State
Sep 13, 19979Ohio State 44, Bowling Green 13at Ohio State
Sep 12, 199222Ohio State 17, Bowling Green 6at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field.