# List of Bowling Green Falcons starting quarterbacks

This is a list of the starting quarterbacks for the Bowling Green Falcons football teams since 1982. A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed after the first play.

## Starters per season

The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right of their name:
| Season | Starting quarterback(s) |
| 1982 | Brian McClure (8) / Dayne Palsgrove (4) |
| 1983 | Brian McClure (11) |
| 1984 | Brian McClure (11) |
| 1985 | Brian McClure (12) |
| 1986 | Rich Dackin (7) / Eric Smith (4) |
| 1987 | Rich Dackin (10) / Eric Smith (1) |
| 1988 | Rich Dackin (5) / Eric Smith (5) / Steve Spray (1) |
| 1989 | Rich Dackin (11) |
| 1990 | Erik White (9) / Pat Gucciardo (1) |
| 1991 | Erik White (12) |
| 1992 | Erik White (12) |
| 1993 | Ryan Henry (11) |
| 1994 | Ryan Henry (11) |
| 1995 | Ryan Henry (7) / Bob Niemet (4) |
| 1996 | Bob Niemet (9) / Mark Molk (2) |
| 1997 | Bob Niemet (9) / Ricky Schneider (2) |
| 1998 | Bob Niemet (7) / Ricky Schneider (4) |
| 1999 | Andy Sahm (7) / Ricky Schneider (4) |
| 2000 | Andy Sahm (10) / Josh Harris (1) |
| 2001 | Andy Sahm (7) / Josh Harris (4) |
| 2002 | Josh Harris (12) |
| 2003 | Josh Harris (14) |
| 2004 | Omar Jacobs (12) |
| 2005 | Omar Jacobs (9) / Anthony Turner (2) |
| 2006 | Anthony Turner (10) / Freddie Barnes (2) |
| 2007 | Tyler Sheehan (13) |
| 2008 | Tyler Sheehan (12) |
| 2009 | Tyler Sheehan (13) |
| 2010 | Matt Schilz (10) / Aaron Pankratz (2) |
| 2011 | Matt Schilz (12) |
| 2012 | Matt Schilz (13) |
| 2013 | Matt Johnson (13) / Matt Schilz (1) |
| 2014 | James Knapke (13) / Matt Johnson (1) |
| 2015 | Matt Johnson (14) |
| 2016 | James Morgan (7) / James Knapke (5) |
| 2017 | James Morgan (6) / Jarret Doege (6) |
| 2018 | Jarret Doege (12) |
| 2019 | Grant Loy (7) / Darius Wade (5) |
| 2020 | Matt McDonald (5) |
| 2021 | Matt McDonald (12) |
| 2022 | Matt McDonald (12) / Camden Orth (1) |
| 2023 | Connor Bazelak (11) / Camden Orth (2) |
| 2024 | Connor Bazelak (13) |

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Falcons since the 1982 season. If tied, quarterback will be sorted by win percentage and then most recently played. (Through the 1982—2024 NCAA Seasons)
| Name | |
| GP | Games played |
| GS | Games started |
| W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
| L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
| T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
| % | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
| Brian McClure | 1982–1985 | 44 | 42 | 32 | 10 | — | .762 |
| Tyler Sheehan | 2006–2009 | 42 | 38 | 21 | 17 | — | .553 |
| Matt Schilz | 2010–2013 | 43 | 36 | 16 | 20 | — | .444 |
| Erik White | 1989–1992 | 35 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .758 |
| Rich Dackin | 1986–1989 | 33* | 33 | 14 | 19 | — | .424 |
| Josh Harris | 2000–2003 | 42 | 31 | 24 | 7 | — | .774 |
| Ryan Henry | 1992–1995 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 2 | .621 |
| Bob Niemet | 1995–1998 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 15 | — | .483 |
| Matt McDonald | 2020–2022 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 19 | — | .345 |
| Matt Johnson | 2012–2015 | 37 | 28 | 19 | 9 | — | .679 |
| Connor Bazelak | 2023–2024 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 11 | — | .542 |
| Andy Sahm | 1998–2002 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 14 | — | .417 |
| Omar Jacobs | 2002–2005 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 7 | — | .667 |
| James Knapke | 2012–2016 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 8 | — | .556 |
| Jarret Doege | 2017–2018 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 14 | — | .222 |
| James Morgan | 2015–2017 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 10 | — | .231 |
| Anthony Turner | 2004–2008 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | .417 |
| Eric Smith | 1986–1988 | 10* | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 |
| Ricky Schneider | 1997–2000 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | .200 |
| Grant Loy | 2016–2019 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — | .286 |
| Darius Wade | 2019 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | .200 |
| Camden Orth | 2022–2024 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | .333 |
| Aaron Pankratz | 2008–2010 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | .000 |
| Freddie Barnes | 2005–2009 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | .000 |
| Mark Molk | 1996 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | .000 |
| Pat Gucciardo | 1988–1991 | 4* | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 |
| Steve Spray | 1988–1989 | 2* | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 |
* ↑ Only includes QB GS. Does not include RB and WR GS.
* ↑ Only includes QB GS. Does not include WR GS.
* * – Indicates total of games played is unknown.
* Bold – Indicates player is active

## Team career passing records

Top 5 Passing yardage leaders since 1956
| Name | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int |
| Brian McClure | 900 | 1,427 | 63.1 | 10,280 | 63 | 58 |
| Tyler Sheehan | 966 | 1,494 | 64.7 | 10,117 | 70 | 31 |
| Matt Johnson | 655 | 1,002 | 65.4 | 8,845 | 73 | 16 |
| Matt Schilz | 715 | 1,225 | 58.4 | 8,012 | 51 | 39 |
| Josh Harris | 627 | 1,028 | 61.0 | 7,503 | 55 | 28 |
(Through the 2024 NCAA Season)