Bowling Green vs. Southern Illinois

Bowling Green and Southern Illinois have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1962; Bowling Green leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Bowling Green 5–⁠0, and Bowling Green has won the last 5.

Bowling Green wins
5
Southern Illinois wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1962
Longest streak
5 Bowling Green
Current streak
5 Bowling Green
Last 10 meetings
Bowling Green 5–⁠0
Most recent
1976

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s3–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
Average margin
27.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
3–⁠0 Bowling Green’s record at home
At Southern Illinois
0–⁠2 Southern Illinois’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bowling Green’s biggest win1975: Bowling Green 48, Southern Illinois 6by 42 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Southern Illinois, 1962 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

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 13, 1976Bowling Green 35, Southern Illinois 7at Bowling Green
Nov 15, 1975Bowling Green 48, Southern Illinois 6at Southern Illinois
Sep 19, 1964Bowling Green 35, Southern Illinois 12at Bowling Green
Sep 28, 1963Bowling Green 31, Southern Illinois 6at Southern Illinois
Nov 17, 1962Bowling Green 21, Southern Illinois 0at Bowling Green

Every game is listed as played on the field.