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Bowling Green-Kent State
Bowling Green and Kent State have met 93 times since 1920. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 47-16
- Current streak
- Kent State 1 game
- Longest streak
- Bowling Green 14 games (1974-1987)
- Avg. margin / points
- 17.8 / 46.1
Series overview
Bowling Green 47-16 Kent State. Current streak: Kent State 1 game.
Last five meetings
Bowling Green 2 | Kent State 3
Largest margin
48 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1920 through 2025.
- 63 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 25, 2025.
Related pages
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Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Bowling Green and Kent State have a tracked series that starts in 1920 and spans 93 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Anniversary Award gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1920-2025
- Busiest era
- 1970s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 1 years (2003-2005)
- 1970s10 games
- 1980s10 games
- 1990s10 games
- 2010s10 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Oct 25, 2025
Bowling Green 21, Kent State 24. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
2009 - Oct 10, 2009
Bowling Green 36, Kent State 35. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2020 - Nov 11, 2020
Bowling Green 24, Kent State 62. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
2015 - Oct 24, 2015
Bowling Green 48, Kent State 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Bowling Green 2, Kent State 3 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Bowling Green 4, Kent State 6 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Balanced scoring profile; average total 46.1, average margin 17.8.
- Current streak
- Kent State 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Austyn Dendy
Bowling Green, 2025
Rushing Yards: 493
Drew Pyne
Bowling Green, 2025
Passing Yards: 882
Jyrin Johnson
Bowling Green, 2025
Receiving Yards: 466
Cade Wolford
Kent State, 2025
Receiving Yards: 509
Dru Deshields
Kent State, 2025
Passing Yards: 2030
Gavin Garcia
Kent State, 2025
Rushing Yards: 647
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Scot Loeffler
Bowling Green - 2021-2024 - 24-27
Kenni Burns
Kent State - 2023-2024 - 1-23
Sean Lewis
Kent State - 2021-2022 - 12-14
Eddie George
Bowling Green - 2025 - 0-0
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 60F.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
Bowling Green team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Kent State team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Bowling Green season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Kent State season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Bowling Green weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Kent State weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2025 | Bowling Green at Kent State | Bowling Green 21, Kent State 24 | Dix Stadium | Kent State |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Kent State at Bowling Green | Bowling Green 27, Kent State 6 | Venue unavailable | Bowling Green |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Bowling Green at Kent State | Bowling Green 49, Kent State 19 | Venue unavailable | Bowling Green |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Kent State at Bowling Green | Bowling Green 6, Kent State 40 | Venue unavailable | Kent State |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Bowling Green at Kent State | Bowling Green 20, Kent State 27 | Venue unavailable | Kent State |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Kent State at Bowling Green | Bowling Green 24, Kent State 62 | Venue unavailable | Kent State |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Bowling Green at Kent State | Bowling Green 20, Kent State 62 | Venue unavailable | Kent State |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Kent State at Bowling Green | Bowling Green 28, Kent State 35 | Venue unavailable | Kent State |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Bowling Green at Kent State | Bowling Green 44, Kent State 16 | Venue unavailable | Bowling Green |
| Nov 16, 2016 | Kent State at Bowling Green | Bowling Green 42, Kent State 7 | Venue unavailable | Bowling Green |
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