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Bowling Green vs Western Michigan Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Bowling Green and Western Michigan.

PROGRAM ONEBowling Green29 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD29–20–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Michigan20 recorded wins
51Recorded meetings
1962Earliest documented
2026Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

51 games
  1. 1962
    Bowling Green10 — 6Western Michigan
    Oct 6, 1962Bowling Green won
  2. 1963
    Bowling Green16 — 7Western Michigan
    Oct 12, 1963Bowling Green won
  3. 1964
    Bowling Green28 — 8Western Michigan
    Oct 10, 1964Bowling Green won
  4. 1965
    Bowling Green21 — 17Western Michigan
    Oct 9, 1965Bowling Green won
  5. 1966
    Bowling Green14 — 16Western Michigan
    Oct 8, 1966Western Michigan won
  6. 1967
    Bowling Green6 — 10Western Michigan
    Oct 7, 1967Western Michigan won
  7. 1968
    Bowling Green17 — 10Western Michigan
    Oct 5, 1968Bowling Green won
  8. 1969
    Bowling Green21 — 10Western Michigan
    Oct 4, 1969Bowling Green won
  9. 1970
    Bowling Green3 — 23Western Michigan
    Oct 3, 1970Western Michigan won
  10. 1971
    Bowling Green23 — 6Western Michigan
    Oct 2, 1971Bowling Green won
  11. 1972
    Bowling Green13 — 13Western Michigan
    Sep 30, 1972Tie
  12. 1973
    Bowling Green31 — 20Western Michigan
    Sep 29, 1973Bowling Green won
  13. 1974
    Bowling Green21 — 13Western Michigan
    Sep 28, 1974Bowling Green won
  14. 1975
    Bowling Green28 — 0Western Michigan
    Oct 4, 1975Bowling Green won
  15. 1976
    Bowling Green31 — 28Western Michigan
    Oct 2, 1976Bowling Green won
  16. 1977
    Bowling Green34 — 14Western Michigan
    Oct 1, 1977Bowling Green won
  17. 1978
    Bowling Green20 — 24Western Michigan
    Sep 30, 1978Western Michigan won
  18. 1979
    Bowling Green15 — 3Western Michigan
    Sep 29, 1979Bowling Green won
  19. 1980
    Bowling Green17 — 14Western Michigan
    Oct 4, 1980Bowling Green won
  20. 1981
    Bowling Green7 — 21Western Michigan
    Oct 3, 1981Western Michigan won
  21. 1982
    Bowling Green7 — 3Western Michigan
    Oct 2, 1982Bowling Green won
  22. 1983
    Bowling Green23 — 20Western Michigan
    Oct 15, 1983Bowling Green won
  23. 1984
    Bowling Green34 — 7Western Michigan
    Oct 13, 1984Bowling Green won
  24. 1985
    Bowling Green48 — 7Western Michigan
    Oct 5, 1985Bowling Green won
  25. 1986
    Bowling Green17 — 3Western Michigan
    Oct 4, 1986Bowling Green won
  26. 1987
    Bowling Green27 — 34Western Michigan
    Sep 26, 1987Western Michigan won
  27. 1988
    Bowling Green10 — 37Western Michigan
    Oct 1, 1988Western Michigan won
  28. 1989
    Bowling Green31 — 30Western Michigan
    Nov 11, 1989Bowling Green won
  29. 1990
    Bowling Green13 — 19Western Michigan
    Nov 10, 1990Western Michigan won
  30. 1991
    Bowling Green23 — 10Western Michigan
    Oct 26, 1991Bowling Green won
  31. 1992
    Bowling Green29 — 19Western Michigan
    Sep 3, 1992Bowling Green won
  32. 1993
    Bowling Green14 — 14Western Michigan
    Nov 20, 1993Tie
  33. 1995
    Bowling Green0 — 17Western Michigan
    Oct 28, 1995Western Michigan won
  34. 1996
    Bowling Green13 — 16Western Michigan
    Nov 9, 1996Western Michigan won
  35. 1997
    Bowling Green21 — 34Western Michigan
    Oct 11, 1997Western Michigan won
  36. 1998
    Bowling Green27 — 56Western Michigan
    Nov 14, 1998Western Michigan won
  37. 2001
    Bowling Green28 — 37Western Michigan
    Oct 13, 2001Western Michigan wonWaldo Stadium
  38. 2002
    Bowling Green48 — 45Western Michigan
    Oct 19, 2002Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  39. 2003
    Bowling Green32 — 21Western Michigan
    Oct 11, 2003Bowling Green wonWaldo Stadium
  40. 2004
    Bowling Green52 — 0Western Michigan
    Nov 6, 2004Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  41. 2005
    Bowling Green14 — 45Western Michigan
    Oct 22, 2005Western Michigan wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  42. 2010
    Bowling Green7 — 41Western Michigan
    Nov 26, 2010Western Michigan wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  43. 2011
    Bowling Green21 — 45Western Michigan
    Oct 8, 2011Western Michigan wonWaldo Stadium
  44. 2014
    Bowling Green14 — 26Western Michigan
    Oct 18, 2014Western Michigan wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  45. 2015
    Bowling Green41 — 27Western Michigan
    Nov 12, 2015Bowling Green wonWaldo Stadium
  46. 2018
    Bowling Green35 — 42Western Michigan
    Oct 13, 2018Western Michigan wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  47. 2019
    Bowling Green10 — 49Western Michigan
    Oct 26, 2019Western Michigan wonWaldo Stadium
  48. 2022
    Bowling Green13 — 9Western Michigan
    Nov 2, 2022Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  49. 2023
    Bowling Green34 — 10Western Michigan
    Nov 22, 2023Bowling Green wonWaldo Stadium
  50. 2024
    Bowling Green31 — 13Western Michigan
    Nov 13, 2024Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  51. 2026
    Bowling Green10 — 23Western Michigan
    Oct 31, 2026Western Michigan wonWaldo Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2026Bowling Green vs Western Michigan10–23Western Michigan won
2024Bowling Green vs Western Michigan31–13Bowling Green won
2023Bowling Green vs Western Michigan34–10Bowling Green won
2022Bowling Green vs Western Michigan13–9Bowling Green won
2019Bowling Green vs Western Michigan10–49Western Michigan won
2018Bowling Green vs Western Michigan35–42Western Michigan won
2015Bowling Green vs Western Michigan41–27Bowling Green won
2014Bowling Green vs Western Michigan14–26Western Michigan won
2011Bowling Green vs Western Michigan21–45Western Michigan won
2010Bowling Green vs Western Michigan7–41Western Michigan won
2005Bowling Green vs Western Michigan14–45Western Michigan won
2004Bowling Green vs Western Michigan52–0Bowling Green won
2003Bowling Green vs Western Michigan32–21Bowling Green won
2002Bowling Green vs Western Michigan48–45Bowling Green won
2001Bowling Green vs Western Michigan28–37Western Michigan won
1998Bowling Green vs Western Michigan27–56Western Michigan won
1997Bowling Green vs Western Michigan21–34Western Michigan won
1996Bowling Green vs Western Michigan13–16Western Michigan won
1995Bowling Green vs Western Michigan0–17Western Michigan won
1993Bowling Green vs Western Michigan14–14Tie
1992Bowling Green vs Western Michigan29–19Bowling Green won
1991Bowling Green vs Western Michigan23–10Bowling Green won
1990Bowling Green vs Western Michigan13–19Western Michigan won
1989Bowling Green vs Western Michigan31–30Bowling Green won
1988Bowling Green vs Western Michigan10–37Western Michigan won
1987Bowling Green vs Western Michigan27–34Western Michigan won
1986Bowling Green vs Western Michigan17–3Bowling Green won
1985Bowling Green vs Western Michigan48–7Bowling Green won
1984Bowling Green vs Western Michigan34–7Bowling Green won
1983Bowling Green vs Western Michigan23–20Bowling Green won
1982Bowling Green vs Western Michigan7–3Bowling Green won
1981Bowling Green vs Western Michigan7–21Western Michigan won
1980Bowling Green vs Western Michigan17–14Bowling Green won
1979Bowling Green vs Western Michigan15–3Bowling Green won
1978Bowling Green vs Western Michigan20–24Western Michigan won
1977Bowling Green vs Western Michigan34–14Bowling Green won
1976Bowling Green vs Western Michigan31–28Bowling Green won
1975Bowling Green vs Western Michigan28–0Bowling Green won
1974Bowling Green vs Western Michigan21–13Bowling Green won
1973Bowling Green vs Western Michigan31–20Bowling Green won
1972Bowling Green vs Western Michigan13–13Tie
1971Bowling Green vs Western Michigan23–6Bowling Green won
1970Bowling Green vs Western Michigan3–23Western Michigan won
1969Bowling Green vs Western Michigan21–10Bowling Green won
1968Bowling Green vs Western Michigan17–10Bowling Green won
1967Bowling Green vs Western Michigan6–10Western Michigan won
1966Bowling Green vs Western Michigan14–16Western Michigan won
1965Bowling Green vs Western Michigan21–17Bowling Green won
1964Bowling Green vs Western Michigan28–8Bowling Green won
1963Bowling Green vs Western Michigan16–7Bowling Green won
1962Bowling Green vs Western Michigan10–6Bowling Green won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.