# 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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.

## Preseason

In a preseason poll of league media, Bowling Green was picked to finish in third place in the East Division.

## Coaching staff

| 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 |
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## Schedule

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

## Game summaries
### At Michigan State

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

### South Dakota

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

### At Northwestern

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

### At Middle Tennessee

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

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Falcons | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 23 |

### At Miami (OH)

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

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 48 |
| Falcons | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### Northern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| Falcons | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### At Kent State

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

### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Falcons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Bulls | 21 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 38 |

### Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rockets | 14 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 66 |
| Falcons | 7 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 37 |

### At Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Falcons | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Eagles | 13 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 34 |