1959 Bowling Green

Only one game is on file: 1–⁠0, coached by Doyt Perry. The rest of the schedule isn’t in our source.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsDaytonW 14–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Bowling Green’s 1959 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 31vsMiami (OH)W 33–⁠16Miami (OH)‘s article
Nov 21atOhioW 13–⁠9Ohio’s article

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1959.

Mid-American Conference championsthe conference title

Record
1–⁠0
Conference
6–⁠0 first in the Mid-American Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
14–⁠0
Coach
Doyt Perry
Elo
1439 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Colburn and Bob Zimpfer
Most valuable player
Bob Colburn