| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Team: | Bowling Green Falcons |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 6–2 |
| Head Coach: | Gregg Brandon |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Off Coach: | Mick McCall |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Mike Ward |
| Dc Year: | 1st as DC, 8th overall |
| Champion: | MAC East Division co-champion |
| Bowl: | GMAC Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 7–63 vs Tulsa |
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.[1]
Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association.[2] Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams.[3]
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.[4] 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).[5]
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.[6] Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC[7]).
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: Web site: Bowling Green – Cumulative Season Statistic. BGSUFalcons.com. March 2, 2008. February 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090212012949/http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2007-2008/teamcume.html. dead.