Bowling Green vs. West Texas

Bowling Green and West Texas first met in 1961 and have played 5 times; West Texas leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s West Texas 4–⁠1, and West Texas has won the last 4.

Bowling Green wins
1
West Texas wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1961
Longest streak
4 West Texas
Current streak
4 West Texas
Last 10 meetings
West Texas 4–⁠1
Most recent
1970

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠3
1970s0–⁠1
Average margin
20.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bowling Green
1–⁠1 Bowling Green’s record at home
At West Texas
3–⁠0 West Texas’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 win1961: Bowling Green 28, West Texas 6by 22 points
  2. West Texas’s biggest win1965: West Texas 34, Bowling Green 0by 34 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bowling Green and West Texas, 1961 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 14, 1970West Texas 23, Bowling Green 7at Bowling Green
Nov 15, 1969West Texas 28, Bowling Green 12at West Texas
Sep 25, 1965West Texas 34, Bowling Green 0at West Texas
Nov 3, 1962West Texas 23, Bowling Green 7at West Texas
Nov 4, 1961Bowling Green 28, West Texas 6at Bowling Green

Every game is listed as played on the field.