Bowling Green vs. Temple

Bowling Green and Temple have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1966; Bowling Green leads the series 8–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Bowling Green 7–⁠3.

Bowling Green wins
8
Temple wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1966
Longest streak
3 Bowling Green
Current streak
1 Bowling Green
Last 10 meetings
Bowling Green 7–⁠3
Most recent
2011

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
1990s2–⁠0
2000s4–⁠2
2010s1–⁠1
Average margin
21.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
5–⁠0 Bowling Green’s record at home
At Temple
3–⁠3 Temple’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bowling Green’s biggest win2005: Bowling Green 70, Temple 7by 63 points
  2. Temple’s biggest win2000: Temple 31, Bowling Green 14by 17 points
  3. Upset2006: Temple 28, Bowling Green 14Temple had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2011: Bowling Green 13, Temple 10Bowling Green had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and Temple, 1966 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

Oct 22, 2011Bowling Green 13, Temple 10at Bowling Green
Oct 16, 2010Temple 28, Bowling Green 27at Temple
Sep 22, 2007Bowling Green 48, Temple 35at Bowling Green
Oct 28, 2006Temple 28, Bowling Green 14at Temple
Oct 1, 2005Bowling Green 70, Temple 7at Bowling Green
Oct 2, 2004Bowling Green 70, Temple 16at Temple
Sep 22, 2001Bowling Green 42, Temple 23at Bowling Green
Sep 16, 2000Temple 31, Bowling Green 14at Temple
Sep 14, 1996Bowling Green 20, Temple 16at Bowling Green
Sep 30, 1995Bowling Green 37, Temple 31at Temple
Nov 19, 1966Bowling Green 62, Temple 20at Temple

Every game is listed as played on the field.