1948 Bowling Green Falcons football team

1948 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–1
Head coach
CaptainVern Dunham
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Tech     7 0 0
No. 2 Notre Dame     9 0 1
Bowling Green     8 0 1
Washington University     9 1 0
John Carroll     7 1 2
Ball State     6 2 0
Michigan State     6 2 2
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 2
Detroit     6 3 0
Indiana State     4 4 0
Wabash     4 4 0
Wayne     4 4 0
Valparaiso     4 5 0
Toledo     5 6 0
Michigan State Normal     3 5 0
Xavier     4 6 0
Central Michigan     3 6 0
Marquette     2 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Bowling Green Falcons football team, sometimes known as the Beegees, was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the Falcons compiled an 8–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 100. Vern Dunham was the team captain.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948, Bowling Green was ranked at No. 100.[2]

The team compiled its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

The school registered a record-breaking enrollment of 4,525 students at the beginning of the 1948-49 school year.[3]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 623. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "University Enrollment Sets All-Time Record At 4,525". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 2, 1948. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.