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Bowling Green-Kent State Greatest Games

The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.

Games
25
Top score
34/100
Overtime
0

Series context

Completed meetings
63
Series record
Bowling Green 47-16 Kent State
Tracked years
1920-2025
Trophy
Anniversary Award

Series ranking

The rivalry's top 25 games

2 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

  2. 1967Week 7

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 7, Kent State 6

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 1-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    34

    Game score

  3. 1965Week 7

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 7, Kent State 6

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 1-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15

    34

    Game score

  5. 1990Week 11

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 20, Kent State 16

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 4-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    31

    Game score

  6. 1977Week 7

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 14, Kent State 10

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 4-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    31

    Game score

  7. 1976Week 7

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 13, Bowling Green 17

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 4-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    31

    Game score

  8. 1972Week 6

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 14, Bowling Green 10

    Winner: Kent State

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 4-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15

    31

    Game score

  10. 1994Week 11

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 22, Kent State 16

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    29

    Game score

  11. 1992Week 11

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 28, Kent State 22

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 6-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    29

    Game score

  12. 1981Week 9

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 7, Bowling Green 13

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 6-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15

    29

    Game score

  15. 2000Week 6

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 18, Kent State 11

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    28

    Game score

  16. 1996Week 8

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 24, Bowling Green 31

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 7-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    28

    Game score

  17. 1969Week 6

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 7, Kent State 0

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 7-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15

    28

    Game score

  18. 2003Week 13

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 33, Bowling Green 42

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. No. 25 Bowling Green · 9-point margin

    Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    27

    Game score

  19. 1978Week 7

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 20, Bowling Green 28

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 8-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15

    27

    Game score

  20. 1997Week 11

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 20, Kent State 29

    Winner: Kent State

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 9-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15

    26

    Game score

  23. 1987Week 11

    Kent State at Bowling Green

    Kent State 20, Bowling Green 30

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Kent State vs. Unranked Bowling Green · 10-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15

    25

    Game score

  25. 1995Week 12

    Bowling Green at Kent State

    Bowling Green 26, Kent State 15

    Winner: Bowling Green

    Unranked Bowling Green vs. Unranked Kent State · 11-point margin

    Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15

    24

    Game score

Methodology

How each game earns up to 100 points

AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.

Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.

Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.

Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.