| Bowling Green Falcons | |
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| University | Bowling Green State University |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference (primary) Central Collegiate Hockey Association (men's hockey) Missouri Valley Conference (men's soccer) |
| NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
| Athletic director | Derek Van der Merwe |
| Location | Bowling Green, Ohio |
| Varsity teams | 7 men & 10 women |
| Football stadium | Doyt Perry Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Stroh Center |
| Ice hockey arena | Slater Family Ice Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Steller Field |
| Other venues | Anderson Arena Mickey Cochrane Stadium |
| Mascot | Freddie and Frieda Falcon |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Fight song | "Forward Falcons" "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" |
| Colors | Brown and orange[1] |
| Website | www |
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The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowling Green State University (BGSU), in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The Falcons compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. The men's ice hockey team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA);[2][3][4] and men's soccer competes in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC),[5] following the MAC shutting down its men's soccer league at the end of the 2022 season.[6] Bowling Green sponsors teams in seven men's and 11 women's NCAA-sanctioned sports and the football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level for college football. BGSU is one of only 15 universities in the United States that plays Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey.
The Falcons' main rivals are the Toledo Rockets from the University of Toledo, separated by 20 miles (32 km) of Interstate 75 in northwestern Ohio, a rivalry contested in several sports. The best known of these games is the annual football game, known as the Battle of I-75. Originally, the winner of the game was awarded the Peace Pipe, a Native American peace pipe placed upon a wood tablet. Since 2011, the winner is awarded a bronzed I-75 road sign.
The 1984 Falcons hockey team defeated Minnesota–Duluth in the longest college hockey championship game in history,[7] to win the NCAA national championship,[8] Bowling Green's first and only Division I national championship.
- ^ "BGSU Athletic Brand Standards". May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Bowling Green State University". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "About the CCHA". Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "History of the MAC". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Missouri Valley Conference To Expand in Men's Soccer for 2023" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "MAC to Suspend Sponsoring Men's Soccer Following 2022 Season" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Tournament Highlights" (PDF). 2018 Men’s and Women’s Frozen Four Records. NCAA. p. 45. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Championship History". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 14, 2017.