2001 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2001 Bowling Green Falcons football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
2001 record	8–3 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Urban Meyer
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium (Capacity: 30,599)

2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Div				Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L		W		L
East Division
Marshall x		6	–	0		8	–	0		11	–	2
Miami		4	–	2		6	–	2		7	–	5
Bowling Green		4	–	2		5	–	3		8	–	3
Kent State		3	–	3		5	–	3		6	–	5
Akron		3	–	3		4	–	4		4	–	7
Buffalo		1	–	5		1	–	7		3	–	8
Ohio		0	–	6		1	–	7		1	–	10
West Division
#23 Toledo xy$		4	–	1		5	–	2		10	–	2
Northern Illinois x		4	–	1		4	–	3		6	–	5
Ball State x		4	–	1		4	–	3		5	–	6
Western Michigan		2	–	3		4	–	4		5	–	6
Central Michigan		1	–	4		2	–	6		3	–	8
Eastern Michigan		0	–	5		1	–	6		2	–	9
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Urban Meyer and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 83rd season of play for the Falcons.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 PM	at Missouri*	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	W 20–13	51,039
September 8	6:00 PM	Buffalo	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	W 35–0	16,183
September 22	6:00 PM	Temple*	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	W 42–23	11,029
September 29	7:00 PM	at Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	L 31–37	32,034
October 6	2:00 PM	Kent State	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Battle for the Anniversary Award)	W 24–7	12,539
October 13	4:00 PM	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	L 28–37	21,874
October 20	6:00 PM	at Akron	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH	W 16–11	14,621
November 3	4:00 PM	Miami (OH)	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	L 21–24	22,828
November 10	1:00 PM	at Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	W 17–0	15,724
November 17	12:00 PM	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	W 43–42	23,545
November 23	7:00 PM	Toledo	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75)	W 56–21	26,483
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowling Green Falcons football

Venues	Doyt Perry Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Anniversary Award) Toledo (Peace Pipe Trophy, 1980–2010; Battle of I-75 Trophy, 2011–present)

Culture & lore	Freddie and Frieda Falcon "Forward Falcons" "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" Falcon Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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