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Scot Loeffler and Tyrone Wheatley were teammates for two seasons at Michigan 2 Scot Loeffler will be the seventh man to coach a game for BGSU since the 7 BOWLING GREEN vs. MORGAN STATE 2013 MAC Championship Thur., Aug. 29, 2019 • 7:00 pm ET • Bowling Green, Ohio • Doyt L. Perry Stadium (24,000) Andrew Clair has seven HEAD COACH HEAD COACH career 100-yard rushing Scot Loeffler Tyrone Wheatley games. That is tied for 7 Record at BGSU: 0-0, 1st year Record at Morgan State: 0-0, 1st year 10th most in school history Career record: 0-0, 1st year Career record: 0-0, 1st year RECORD RECORD BG is 12-2 in 14 season Overall: 0-0 Overall: 0-0 openers played in Doyt L. MAC: 0-0 MEAC: 0-0 Perry Stadium all-time. The Streak: L1 Streak: W2 program is 28-9-2 all-time 12 in home season openers RETURNING STAT LEADERS RETURNING STAT LEADERS Rushing | #1 Andrew Clair Rushing | #24 Joshua Chase 135-702 | 5 TD | 5.2 ypc | 63.8 ypg 127-514 | 3 TD | 4.0 ypc | 57.1 ypg BGSU has 17 league championships all-time (12 Passing | #13 Grant Loy Passing | #6 DeAndre Harris in the MAC) 17 7-12-180 | 58.3 pct | 2 TD | 1 INT 80-155-947 | 51.6 pct | 5 TD | 7 INT BGSU has not lost a sea- Receiving | #80 Quintin Morris Receiving | #13 Manasseh Bailey son opener at home since 42-516 | 7 TD | 12.3 ypc | 43.0 ypg 24-425 | 4 TD | 17.7 ypc | 38.6 ypg 1995 -- a span of 24 years 24 Tackles | #7 Jerry McBride Tackles | #5 Ian McBorrough 67-39-106 | 1.5 tfl | 1 PBU | 1 FF | 2 FR 56-23-79 | 9.0 TFL | 6.0 SACKS | 5 QBH BGSU has 37 true freshmen on the roster, seventh-most in the 37 country TELEVISION | ESPN3 Jim Barbar (pxp) | John Gregory (analysis) In the only previous meet- FALCON RADIO NETWORK ing between BGSU and Flagship Coverage WFRO 99.1 FM | Stream on BGSUFalcons.com Morgan State, the Falcons 45 Todd Walker (pxp) | John Gibson (analysis) | Kevin Piel (sideline) won by 45 points, 58-13 LIVE STATS BGSUFalcons.com 2019 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result TV Location Series Record Aug. 29 MORGAN STATE 7:00 pm ESPN3 Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU leads, 1-0 Sept. 7 at Kansas State 12:00 pm FSN Manhattan, Kan. KS leads, 1-0 Sept. 14 LOUISIANA TECH 5:00 pm ESPN+ Bowling Green, Ohio LT leads, 2-0 Sept. 21 at Kent State 3:30 pm TBA Kent, Ohio BGSU leads, 60-20-6 Oct. 5 at Notre Dame 3:30 pm NBC Notre Dame, Ind. First Meeting Oct. 12 TOLEDO TBA TBA Bowling Green, Ohio UT leads, 40-39-4 Oct. 19 CENTRAL MICHIGAN TBA TBA Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU leads, 22-18 Oct. 26 at Western Michigan 12:00 pm TBA Kalamazoo, Mich. BGSU leads, 32-19-3 Nov. 2 AKRON TBA TBA Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU leads, 17-8 Nov. 13 at Miami 8:00 pm ESPN2/ESPNU Oxford, Ohio MU leads, 43-24-5 Nov. 19 OHIO 7:30 pm ESPN2/ESPNU Bowling Green, Ohio BGSU leads, 40-28-2 Nov. 29 at Buffalo TBA TBA Buffalo, N.Y. BGSU leads, 11-5 2019 BGSU FOOTBALL SETTING THE SCENE 20th head coach in Bowling Green history on • The remainder of the new coaching staff is • Bowling Green opens the 101st season in Nov. 28, 2018. a mix of veterans (Erik Campbell and Chris program history Thursday night when the • Loeffler became the program's second Hedden) and young, pedigree-rich individuals Falcons host Morgan State for a 7:00 pm kickoff consecutive first-time head coach. Prior to Mike (Max Warner, Louie Addazio, Julian Campenni). inside Doyt L. Perry Stadium. Jinks, the program had not named a first-time • Loeffler retained two coaches from the • The contest marks the debut of both head head coach to the position since Gregg Brandon previous staff in Jacob Schoonover and coaches as former teammates Scot Loeffler and was promoted from offensive coordinator in LaMarcus Hicks. Tyrone Wheatley square off. For both Loeffler 2003. Brandon was BGSU's fourth consecutive and Wheatley, it is the first game of their head first-time head coach, following in the footsteps SEVEN IS THE MAGIC NUMBER coaching careers. of Urban Meyer, Gary Blackney and Moe • When Scot Loeffler takes the field to lead • Bowling Green is 1-0 all-time against Morgan Ankney. Bowling Green against Morgan State, he will State, defeating the Bears 58-13 in 2011. • While Loeffler's experience in the lead chair is be the seventh individual to coach a game for • BGSU went 3-9 a year ago, while Morgan limited, he is a veteran coach who has served the Falcons since the 2013 MAC Championship State finished a 4-7 campaign. The Falcons as the offensive coordinator at Boston College, game on Dec. 6, 2013. Three held interim titles have won just nine games in the past three Virginia Tech, Auburn and Temple. He has also in that time frame. years since playing in three consecutive MAC coached at Florida, his alma mater Michigan, • Nationally, BGSU is the only program to have Championship games (winning twice) from and Central Michigan -- as well as the Detroit seven different individuals coach a game since 2013-15. Lions. 2013. Only Houston has seen six different • Loeffler has coached seven quarterbacks who people coach a game in that span of time. THE COACHING MATCH-UP went on to play in the NFL, including Tom Brady • In the 2013 MAC Championship game, • Bowling Green head coach Scot Loeffler and and Tim Tebow. His team's have qualified for 17 current Wake Forest head coach Dave Clawson Morgan State head coach Tyrone Wheatley bowl games, including coaching for Michigan's concluded a five-year career with the Falcons, spent two seasons as teammates at Michigan. 1997 Rose Bowl team that won the national leading the program to a 47-27 victory over • Loeffler was a quarterback for the Wolverines championship. undefeated No. 14 Northern Illinois. from 1993-96, while Wheatley was a running • Special teams coordinator Adam Scheier (now back from 1991-94, earning three All-Big Ten THE COACHING STAFF a senior special teams consultant at Mississippi selections and a Big Ten Offensive Player of the • Scot Loeffler's first task upon being hired State) took over on an interim basis for the Year award. in late November was to assemble the most 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, a 30-27 loss • The Michigan ties run deep on both coaching experienced coaching staff he could. He did not to Pittsburgh that served as James Conner's staffs. For Bowling Green, associate head disappoint. coming out party. coach Steve Morrison, offensive coordinator • Bowling Green's coaching staff has mentored • Dino Babers was named head coach of the Terry Malone, passing game coordinator Erik more than 150 players who went on to play in Falcons beginning in the 2014 season and he Campbell, and strength & conditioning coach the NFL and the staff has competed for both went 18-9 in two seasons, coaching his final Kevin Tolbert all played and/or coached at national championships and Super Bowl rings. game at BGSU in the 2015 MAC Championship Michigan. • Athlon Sports' Mark Ross named Terry Malone • Among the Morgan State coaching staff, the as the Top Coordinator Hire for the MAC ATHLETIC following have ties to Michigan: associate head during the offseason. Malone has 36 years of COMMUNICATIONS coach William Carr, defensive coordinator coaching experience, including nine years in the Mailing Address Antonio James, passing game coordinator NFL and 14 years with Power Five confernce Bowling Green State University Derrick Alexander, and special teams schools. He was a member of staffs that won c/o Jason Knavel coordinator Anthony Binker. the 1997 National Championship (Michigan), 249 Perry Stadium East the 2009 Super Bowl (New Orleans), two MAC Bowling Green, OH 43403 ENTER SCOT LOEFFLER Championships (Bowling Green) and five Big • BGSU Director of Athletics Bob Moosbrugger Ten titles (Michigan). Staff named veteran coordinator Scot Loeffler as the • Defensive Coordinator Brian VanGorder is a Jason Knavel .............. Assistant AD/Football former winner of the Broyles Award, given to the [email protected] top assistant coach in the country. A veteran of SOCIAL MEDIA Office Phone ........................... 419-372-7075 more than 30 years in coaching, VanGorder has Twitter Cell Phone .............................. 814-464-5009 Athletics: @BGAthletics been the DC at Louisville, Notre Dame, Auburn, Georgia, Western Carolina, Central Michigan Football: @BG_Football James Nahikian ..............Football Secondary and his alma mater Grand Valley State. Coach Scot Loeffler: @CoachLoefflerBG [email protected] • Associate Head Coach Steve Morrison has Office Phone ........................... 419-372-7105 Instagram: @BGFalcons held full-time coaching positions at Syracuse, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. He Instagram: @BGSU_Football Mike Cihon........................ Assistant Director holds Michigan's single-game record with 23 Official Facebook: /BGSUAthletic Kellan Godfrey ..................................... Intern tackles and went on to play in the NFL with the YouTube: /FalconAthletics Kyle Edmond ....................................... Intern Indianapolis Colts. Weekly Schedule / Media Information Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Aug. 23 Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Closed Practice Day Off Closed Practice PRACTICE OPEN Closed Practice Closed Practice 7:00 pm - BGSU vs. Morgan State, 11:20 am - MAC ESPN3 Teleconference 11:45 am - Weekly Press Conference 2 // BGSUFalcons.com // @BG_Football // #RelentlessEffort 2019 BGSU FOOTBALL game, a 34-14 win over Northern Illinois. He is THE CAPTAINS currently the head coach at Syracuse.