# 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green finished the season 8–5 overall and has finished 4–2 in the MAC East. They participated in the GMAC Bowl, losing to Tulsa 63–7. They capped the regular season by beating arch rival Toledo for the first time in 3 years.

## Pre-season

Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association. Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams.

### All-MAC preseason teams

* First team
** Kory Lichtensteiger, C
* Second team
** Erique Dozier, LB
** Corey Partridge, WR

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 8:00 pm | at Minnesota* | Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN | BTN | W 32–31 $^{OT}$ | 49,253 |
| September 8 | 12:00 pm | at Michigan State* | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI | BTN | L 17–28 | 67,276 |
| September 22 | 12:00 pm | Temple | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | ESPN+ | W 48–35 | 16,482 |
| September 29 | 6:00 pm | Western Kentucky* | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | | W 42–21 | 20,622 |
| October 6 | 12:00 pm | at No. 7 Boston College* | Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA | ESPNU | L 24–55 | 40,117 |
| October 13 | 3:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | Yager StadiumOxford, OH | FSNO | L 14–47 | 16,148 |
| October 20 | 4:00 pm | at Kent State | Dix StadiumKent, OH (Battle for the Anniversary Award) | | W 31–20 | 10,248 |
| October 27 | 6:00 pm | Ohio | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | ESPNGP | L 27–38 | 11,602 |
| November 2 | 7:30 pm | Akron | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | ESPNU | W 44–20 | 12,766 |
| November 9 | 7:30 pm | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI | ESPNU | W 39–32 | 4,304 |
| November 17 | 1:00 pm | at Buffalo | University at Buffalo StadiumBuffalo, NY | | W 31–17 | 11,740 |
| November 23 | 2:30 pm | Toledo | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH (Peace Pipe Trophy) | ESPNU | W 37–10 | 18,926 |
| January 6 | 8:00 pm | vs. Tulsa | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL (GMAC Bowl) | ESPN | L 7–63 | 36,932 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Roster

The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team consists of 96 total players. The class breakdown of these players is 12 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshman, and 19 true freshman. Returning starters from the 2006 team are six offensive starters and eight defensive starters. Overall, 53 lettermen are returning from the 2006 team (25 on offense, 28 on defense and 0 on special teams).

## Coaching staff

* Gregg Brandon – Head Coach
* Troy Rothenbuhler – Asst. Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting
* Mick McCall – Offensive Coordinator
* Mike Ward – Defensive Coordinator
* Stephen Bird – Special Teams/Outside Receivers
* Matt Campbell – Offensive Line
* Adam Gonzaga – Secondary
* Deion Melvin – Linebackers
* John Hunter – Running Backs
* Doug Phillips – Defensive Line
* Jason Morton – Offensive Assistant
* Brad Wilson – Defensive Assistant
* Aaron Hillmann – Strength and Conditioning
* David Ebersbach – Director of Operations

## Post season

As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Kory Lichtensteiger was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best center. He was one of 6 athletes recognized. Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC).
* All-MAC First Team
* Kory Lichtensteiger, Sr., C
* Diyral Briggs, Jr., DL
* All-MAC Second Team
* Drew Nystrom, Sr., OL
* P.J. Mahone, So., DB
* All-MAC Third Team
* Tyler Sheehan, So., QB
* Freddie Barnes, So., WR
* Sinisa Vrvilo, Jr., PK
* Antonio Smith, Jr., DB

## Statistics
### Team

| | Team | Opp |
| Scoring | 392 | 417 |
| Points per Game | 30.2 | 32.1 |
| First Downs | 299 | 302 |
| Rushing | 113 | 146 |
| Passing | 170 | 126 |
| Penalty | 16 | 30 |
| Total Offense | 5232 | 5518 |
| Avg per Play | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Avg per Game | 402.5 | 424.5 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 19–12 | 24–12 |
| Penalties-Yards | 85–731 | 75–669 |
| Avg per Game | 56.2 | 51.5 |
| | Team | Opp |
| Punts-Yards | 55-2035 | 54-2066 |
| Avg per Punt | 37.0 | 38.3 |
| Time of Possession/Game | 28:41 | 31:19 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 74/180 (41%) | 83/180 (46%) |
| 4th Down Conversions | 12/21 (57%) | 7/17 (41%) |
| Touchdowns Scored | 49 | 55 |
| Field Goals-Attempts-Long | 15–19 | 11–16 |
| PAT-Attempts | 47–47 (100%) | 50–51 (98%) |
| Attendance | 80398 | 199086 |
| Games/Avg per Game | 5/16080 | 7/28441 |
| Neutral Site | | 1/36932 |

#### Scores by quarter

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Opponents | 102 | 109 | 77 | 122 | 410 |
| Bowling Green | 85 | 110 | 107 | 82 | 384 |

### Offense
#### Rushing

| Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Turner, Anthony | 13 | 106 | 552 | 33 | 519 | 4.9 | 9 | 39 | 39.9 |
| Geter, Willie | 12 | 71 | 457 | 25 | 432 | 6.1 | 1 | 50 | 36.0 |
| Bullock, Chris | 11 | 64 | 314 | 33 | 281 | 4.4 | 0 | 24 | 25.5 |
| Macon, Dan | 13 | 36 | 186 | 24 | 162 | 4.5 | 2 | 26 | 12.5 |
| Sheehan, Tyler | 13 | 93 | 366 | 218 | 148 | 1.6 | 3 | 23 | 11.4 |
| Ransom, Eric | 2 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 14 | 23.0 |
| Glaud, Anthony | 8 | 15 | 56 | 36 | 20 | 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 2.5 |
| Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 |
| Partridge, Corey | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 1.1 |
| Steffy, Shane | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 10 | 15 | 0 | 31 | −31 | −2.1 | 0 | 0 | −3.1 |
| Total | 13 | 418 | 2007 | 400 | 1607 | 3.8 | 16 | 50 | 123.6 |
| Opponents | 13 | 570 | 2950 | 248 | 2702 | 4.7 | 25 | 63 | 207.8 |

#### Passing

| Name | GP-GS | Effic | Cmp-Att-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
| Sheehan, Tyler Murray (the bomb) | 13 | 132.6 | 303–476–11 | 63.7 | 3264 | 23 | 83 | 251.1 |
| Glaud, Anthony | 8 | 133.2 | 23–36–2 | 63.9 | 266 | 2 | 32 | 33.2 |
| Turner, Anthony | 13 | 387.2 | 4–5–0 | 80.0 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 5.0 |
| Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 0.0 | 0–2–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Partridge, Corey | 8 | 631.6 | 1–1–0 | 100.0 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 3.0 |
| Brighton, Derek | 12 | 150.4 | 1–1–0 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 |
| TEAM | 10 | 0.0 | 0–1–0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 13 | 134.9 | 332–522–14 | 63.6 | 3625 | 29 | 83 | 278.8 |
| Opponents | 13 | 138.5 | 230–381–14 | 60.4 | 2816 | 27 | 76 | 216.6 |

#### Receiving

| Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
| Barnes, Freddie | 13 | 82 | 962 | 11.7 | 9 | 44 | 74.0 |
| Partridge, Corey | 8 | 46 | 453 | 9.8 | 2 | 28 | 56.6 |
| Geter, Willie | 12 | 37 | 296 | 8.0 | 0 | 33 | 24.7 |
| Parks, Marques | 13 | 28 | 360 | 12.9 | 5 | 36 | 27.7 |
| Wright, Chris | 12 | 26 | 370 | 14.2 | 3 | 83 | 30.8 |
| Turner, Anthony | 13 | 22 | 185 | 8.4 | 1 | 31 | 14.2 |
| Pronty, Tyrone | 13 | 19 | 165 | 8.7 | 2 | 23 | 12.7 |
| Winovich, Pete | 13 | 15 | 93 | 6.2 | 0 | 11 | 7.2 |
| Kelley, Jermiah | 9 | 12 | 219 | 18.2 | 3 | 52 | 24.3 |
| Charles, Zach | 13 | 10 | 102 | 10.2 | 0 | 49 | 7.8 |
| Brighton, Derek | 12 | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 0 | 18 | 8.1 |
| Ransom, Eric | 2 | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 1 | 53 | 58.5 |
| Macon, Dan | 13 | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 1 | 43 | 7.7 |
| Bullock, Chris | 11 | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 |
| Sheehan, Tyler | 13 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 2 | 25 | 3.8 |
| Cheathem, Keston | 8 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Scheidler, Jimmy | 13 | 1 | −4 | −4.0 | 0 | 0 | −0.3 |
| Total | 13 | 332 | 3625 | 10.9 | 29 | 83 | 278.8 |
| Opponents | 13 | 230 | 2816 | 12.2 | 27 | 76 | 216.6 |
Statistics from: "Bowling Green – Cumulative Season Statistic". BGSUFalcons.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2008.