2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2017 Bowling Green Falcons football
2017 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	2–10 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Mike Jinks (2nd season);
Co-offensive coordinators	Kevin Kilmer (2nd season); Andy Padron (2nd season);
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Perry Eliano (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by second-year head coach Mike Jinks and played their home games at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.

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Name	Title	Years at BGSU
Mike Jinks	Head coach	2
Perry Eliano	Associate head coach/defensive coordinator	2
Kevin Kilmer	Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach	2
Andy Padron	Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach	2
Matt Brock	Special teams coordinator/linebackers coach	2
Marcus White	Defensive line coach	2
Stephen Hamby	Offensive line coach	2
Mike Mickens	Cornerbacks coach	4
Seth Doege	Receivers Coach	2
Ryan Downard	Safeties Coach	2
Clint Killough	Defensive graduate assistant	1

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	Noon	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPNU	L 10–35	71,202
September 9	6:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 27–35	17,912
September 16	7:30 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 7–49	33,706
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	L 13–24	16,523
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Akron	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 23–34	15,111
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 37–29	22,428
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 30–48	17,641
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 17–48	12,092
October 31	8:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPNU	W 44–16	7,140
November 7	7:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	L 28–38	12,205
November 15	8:00 p.m.	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy)	ESPNU	L 37–66	16,649
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,413
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	0	0	7	10
Spartans	0	14	21	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	21	0	7	7	35
Falcons	3	6	7	11	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	0	0	7
Wildcats	14	21	0	14	49

Preseason

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Akron xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
Ohio	5	–	3	9	–	4
Miami (OH)	4	–	4	5	–	7
Buffalo	4	–	4	6	–	6
Bowling Green	2	–	6	2	–	10
Kent State	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Central Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	5
Northern Illinois	6	–	2	8	–	5
Western Michigan	4	–	4	6	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	5	5	–	7
Ball State	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	3	3	0	13
Blue Raiders	7	14	0	3	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	14	7	13	37
RedHawks	6	13	10	0	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	17	3	14	10	44
Golden Flashes	0	9	0	7	16