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Ball State vs Bowling Green Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBall State10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–21–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOBowling Green21 recorded wins
32Recorded meetings
1968Earliest documented
2026Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

32 games
  1. 1968
    Ball State8 — 62Bowling Green
    Sep 21, 1968Bowling Green won
  2. 1975
    Ball State27 — 20Bowling Green
    Nov 1, 1975Ball State won
  3. 1978
    Ball State39 — 14Bowling Green
    Nov 4, 1978Ball State won
  4. 1979
    Ball State38 — 23Bowling Green
    Oct 27, 1979Ball State won
  5. 1980
    Ball State21 — 24Bowling Green
    Nov 1, 1980Bowling Green won
  6. 1981
    Ball State10 — 14Bowling Green
    Nov 7, 1981Bowling Green won
  7. 1982
    Ball State7 — 28Bowling Green
    Nov 6, 1982Bowling Green won
  8. 1983
    Ball State30 — 45Bowling Green
    Nov 5, 1983Bowling Green won
  9. 1984
    Ball State13 — 38Bowling Green
    Nov 3, 1984Bowling Green won
  10. 1985
    Ball State6 — 31Bowling Green
    Sep 7, 1985Bowling Green won
  11. 1986
    Ball State17 — 20Bowling Green
    Nov 8, 1986Bowling Green won
  12. 1987
    Ball State0 — 24Bowling Green
    Sep 19, 1987Bowling Green won
  13. 1988
    Ball State34 — 10Bowling Green
    Sep 10, 1988Ball State won
  14. 1989
    Ball State28 — 3Bowling Green
    Sep 16, 1989Ball State won
  15. 1990
    Ball State16 — 6Bowling Green
    Sep 29, 1990Ball State won
  16. 1991
    Ball State13 — 14Bowling Green
    Nov 16, 1991Bowling Green won
  17. 1992
    Ball State6 — 38Bowling Green
    Nov 14, 1992Bowling Green won
  18. 1993
    Ball State26 — 26Bowling Green
    Oct 23, 1993Tie
  19. 1994
    Ball State36 — 59Bowling Green
    Oct 22, 1994Bowling Green won
  20. 1995
    Ball State30 — 10Bowling Green
    Oct 14, 1995Ball State won
  21. 1996
    Ball State16 — 11Bowling Green
    Oct 19, 1996Ball State won
  22. 1999
    Ball State14 — 35Bowling Green
    Nov 13, 1999Bowling Green won
  23. 2002
    Ball State20 — 38Bowling Green
    Oct 26, 2002Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  24. 2003
    Ball State14 — 41Bowling Green
    Nov 22, 2003Bowling Green wonScheumann Stadium
  25. 2004
    Ball State13 — 51Bowling Green
    Oct 16, 2004Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  26. 2005
    Ball State31 — 40Bowling Green
    Sep 11, 2005Bowling Green wonScheumann Stadium
  27. 2009
    Ball State17 — 31Bowling Green
    Oct 17, 2009Bowling Green wonScheumann Stadium
  28. 2014
    Ball State41 — 24Bowling Green
    Nov 28, 2014Ball State wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  29. 2015
    Ball State10 — 48Bowling Green
    Nov 25, 2015Bowling Green wonScheumann Stadium
  30. 2023
    Ball State21 — 24Bowling Green
    Nov 1, 2023Bowling Green wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
  31. 2024
    Ball State13 — 38Bowling Green
    Nov 23, 2024Bowling Green wonScheumann Stadium
  32. 2026
    Ball State32 — 31Bowling Green
    Oct 17, 2026Ball State wonDoyt L. Perry Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2026Ball State vs Bowling Green32–31Ball State won
2024Ball State vs Bowling Green13–38Bowling Green won
2023Ball State vs Bowling Green21–24Bowling Green won
2015Ball State vs Bowling Green10–48Bowling Green won
2014Ball State vs Bowling Green41–24Ball State won
2009Ball State vs Bowling Green17–31Bowling Green won
2005Ball State vs Bowling Green31–40Bowling Green won
2004Ball State vs Bowling Green13–51Bowling Green won
2003Ball State vs Bowling Green14–41Bowling Green won
2002Ball State vs Bowling Green20–38Bowling Green won
1999Ball State vs Bowling Green14–35Bowling Green won
1996Ball State vs Bowling Green16–11Ball State won
1995Ball State vs Bowling Green30–10Ball State won
1994Ball State vs Bowling Green36–59Bowling Green won
1993Ball State vs Bowling Green26–26Tie
1992Ball State vs Bowling Green6–38Bowling Green won
1991Ball State vs Bowling Green13–14Bowling Green won
1990Ball State vs Bowling Green16–6Ball State won
1989Ball State vs Bowling Green28–3Ball State won
1988Ball State vs Bowling Green34–10Ball State won
1987Ball State vs Bowling Green0–24Bowling Green won
1986Ball State vs Bowling Green17–20Bowling Green won
1985Ball State vs Bowling Green6–31Bowling Green won
1984Ball State vs Bowling Green13–38Bowling Green won
1983Ball State vs Bowling Green30–45Bowling Green won
1982Ball State vs Bowling Green7–28Bowling Green won
1981Ball State vs Bowling Green10–14Bowling Green won
1980Ball State vs Bowling Green21–24Bowling Green won
1979Ball State vs Bowling Green38–23Ball State won
1978Ball State vs Bowling Green39–14Ball State won
1975Ball State vs Bowling Green27–20Ball State won
1968Ball State vs Bowling Green8–62Bowling 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.