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Rivalry History

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.

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Series snapshot

Record
47-16
Current streak
Kent State 1 game
Longest streak
Bowling Green 14 games (1974-1987)
Avg. margin / points
8.7 / 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.

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Recent rivalry results

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10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 25, 2025Bowling Green at Kent StateBowling Green 21, Kent State 24Dix StadiumKent State
Oct 19, 2024Kent State at Bowling GreenBowling Green 27, Kent State 6Venue unavailableBowling Green
Nov 9, 2023Bowling Green at Kent StateBowling Green 49, Kent State 19Venue unavailableBowling Green
Nov 10, 2022Kent State at Bowling GreenBowling Green 6, Kent State 40Venue unavailableKent State
Oct 2, 2021Bowling Green at Kent StateBowling Green 20, Kent State 27Venue unavailableKent State
Nov 11, 2020Kent State at Bowling GreenBowling Green 24, Kent State 62Venue unavailableKent State
Sep 21, 2019Bowling Green at Kent StateBowling Green 20, Kent State 62Venue unavailableKent State
Oct 31, 2018Kent State at Bowling GreenBowling Green 28, Kent State 35Venue unavailableKent State
Nov 1, 2017Bowling Green at Kent StateBowling Green 44, Kent State 16Venue unavailableBowling Green
Nov 16, 2016Kent State at Bowling GreenBowling Green 42, Kent State 7Venue unavailableBowling Green