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1995 Bowling Green

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Mid-American Conference), coached by Gary Blackney.

Schedule and results

Bowling Green in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Louisiana Tech 21–28; won at Missouri 17–10; won vs. Akron 50–12; lost at Central Michigan 16–22; won at Temple 37–31; lost vs. Miami (OH) 0–21; lost at Ball State 10–30; lost vs. Toledo 16–35; lost at Western Michigan 0–17; won vs. Ohio 33–7; won at Kent State 26–15+38−21Lost 21–28 vs. Louisiana Tech-7Louisiana TechWon 17–10 at Missouri+7MissouriWon 50–12 vs. Akron+38AkronLost 16–22 at Central Michigan-6Central MichiganWon 37–31 at Temple+6TempleLost 0–21 vs. Miami (OH)-21Miami (OH)Lost 10–30 at Ball State-20Ball StateLost 16–35 vs. Toledo-19ToledoLost 0–17 at Western Michigan-17Western MichiganWon 33–7 vs. Ohio+26OhioWon 26–15 at Kent State+11Kent State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsLouisiana TechL 21–⁠2884%
Sep 9atMissouriW 17–⁠1060%
Sep 16vsAkronW 50–⁠1287%
Sep 23atCentral MichiganL 16–⁠2254%
Sep 30atTempleW 37–⁠3174%
Oct 7vsMiami (OH)L 0–⁠2167%
Oct 14atBall StateL 10–⁠3054%
Oct 21vsToledoL 16–⁠3545%
Oct 28atWestern MichiganL 0–⁠1740%
Nov 4vsOhioW 33–⁠778%
Nov 11atKent StateW 26–⁠1574%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kent State 26–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 73 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠228
Coach
Gary Blackney
Elo
1471 −130 this season
SP+ rating
-11.6 No. 91 of 107; offense No. 98, defense No. 65
SRS
−10.3 No. 86 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Terry Malone
Defensive coordinator
Paul Ferraro

All-MAC

4 first team

First team

  • Chad BukeyOLCoaches-1
  • Greg CepekDLCoaches-1
  • Jason WoullardLBCoaches-1
  • Derek SchoreisKCoaches-1

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Toledo7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠124
Miami (OH)6–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Ball State6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠4
Eastern Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan2–⁠64–⁠7
Akron2–⁠62–⁠9
Ohio1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Kent State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.