Anniversary Award

The Anniversary Award is a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Bowling Green Falcons of Bowling Green State University and the Kent State Golden Flashes of Kent State University. Both schools, founded together in 1910, are located in northern Ohio, with Bowling Green in Northwest Ohio and Kent State in Northeast Ohio. The series between the two began in 1920, the first year Kent State fielded a football team, while the trophy was introduced in 1985.

Bowling Green Falcons Kent State Golden Flashes
Sport	Football
First meeting	November 6, 1920 Bowling Green, 7–0
Latest meeting	November 9, 2022 Kent State, 40–6
Next meeting	2023
Statistics
Meetings total	90
All-time series	Bowling Green leads 60–24–6^[1]
Trophy series	Bowling Green leads 25–12
Largest victory	Bowling Green, 48–0 (2015)
Longest win streak	Bowling Green, 14 (1974–1987)
Current win streak	Kent State, 5 (2018–present)

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Locations of Bowling Green and Kent State

History

The Anniversary Award was created by each of the schools' alumni departments and commemorates the founding of both institutions, which occurred in 1910 as a result of the Lowry Bill. The award was first given out in 1985 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of each school.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 25 of the 34 meetings.

Game results

Bowling Green victories

Kent State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 November 6, 1920 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–0 2 October 1, 1921 Bowling Green, OH Tie 0–0 3 November 11, 1922 Kent, OH Bowling Green 6–0 4 October 15, 1927 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–0 5 November 26, 1928 Bowling Green, OH Tie 6–6 6 October 13, 1934 Bowling Green, OH Tie 0–0 7 October 26, 1935 Kent, OH Kent State 45–0 8 October 24, 1936 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 6–0 9 October 30, 1937 Kent, OH Tie 13–13 10 November 5, 1938 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 7–3 11 November 4, 1939 Kent, OH Bowling Green 34–0 12 November 2, 1940 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 13–0 13 November 1, 1941 Kent, OH Bowling Green 12–6 14 October 31, 1942 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 7–0 15 October 19, 1946 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–0 16 October 25, 1947 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 21–18 17 November 6, 1948 Kent, OH Bowling Green 23–14 18 November 5, 1949 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 27–6 19 November 4, 1950 Kent, OH Kent State 19–6 20 November 3, 1951 Bowling Green, OH Tie 27–27 21 November 1, 1952 Kent, OH Bowling Green 44–21 22 October 31, 1953 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 41–7 23 October 30, 1954 Kent, OH Kent State 28–25 24 September 23, 1955 Kent, OH Tie 6–6 25 September 22, 1956 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 17–0 26 October 26, 1957 Kent, OH Bowling Green 13–7 27 October 25, 1958 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 8–7 28 October 24, 1959 Kent, OH Bowling Green 25–8 29 October 22, 1960 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 28–0 30 October 21, 1961 Kent, OH Bowling Green 21–6 31 October 20, 1962 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 45–6 32 October 26, 1963 Kent, OH Bowling Green 18–3 33 October 24, 1964 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 41–0 34 October 23, 1965 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–6 35 October 22, 1966 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 35–12 36 October 21, 1967 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–6 37 October 19, 1968 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–7 38 October 18, 1969 Kent, OH Bowling Green 7–0 39 October 17, 1970 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 44–0 40 October 16, 1971 Kent, OH Bowling Green 46–33 41 October 14, 1972 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 14–10 42 October 13, 1973 Kent, OH Kent State 21–7 43 October 12, 1974 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 26–10 44 October 18, 1975 Cleveland, OH Bowling Green 35–9 45 October 16, 1976 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 17–13 46 October 16, 1977 Kent, OH Bowling Green 14–10 No. Date Location Winner Score 47 October 14, 1978 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 28–20 48 October 13, 1979 Kent, OH Bowling Green 28–17 49 October 18, 1980 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 24–3 50 October 31, 1981 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 13–7 51 October 30, 1982 Kent, OH Bowling Green 41–7 52 November 19, 1983 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 38–3 53 November 17, 1984 Kent, OH Bowling Green 27–10 54 October 26, 1985 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 26–14 55 October 25, 1986 Kent, OH Bowling Green 31–15 56 November 7, 1987 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–20 57 November 5, 1988 Kent, OH Kent State 31–19 58 November 4, 1989 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 51–28 59 November 3, 1990 Kent, OH Bowling Green 20–16 60 November 9, 1991 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 35–7 61 November 7, 1992 Kent, OH Bowling Green 28–22 62 November 6, 1993 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 40–7 63 November 5, 1994 Kent, OH Bowling Green 22–16 64 November 11, 1995 Kent, OH Bowling Green 26–15 65 October 12, 1996 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 31–24 66 November 1, 1997 Kent, OH Kent State 29–20 67 October 24, 1998 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 42–21 68 September 25, 1999 Kent, OH Kent State 41–27 69 September 30, 2000 Kent, OH Bowling Green 18–11 70 October 6, 2001 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 24–7 71 November 2, 2002 Kent, OH #21 Bowling Green 45–14 72 November 15, 2003 Bowling Green, OH #25 Bowling Green 42–33 73 November 5, 2005 Kent, OH Bowling Green 24–14 74 September 23, 2006 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 38–3 75 October 20, 2007 Kent, OH Bowling Green 31–20 76 November 1, 2008 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 45–30 77 October 10, 2009 Kent, OH Bowling Green 36–35 78 October 23, 2010 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 30–6 79 November 12, 2011 Kent, OH Kent State 27–15 80 November 17, 2012 Bowling Green, OH #25 Kent State 31–24 81 September 7, 2013 Kent, OH Bowling Green 41–22 82 November 12, 2014 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 30–20 83 October 24, 2015 Kent, OH Bowling Green 48–0 84 November 15, 2016 Bowling Green, OH Bowling Green 42–7 85 October 31, 2017 Kent, OH Bowling Green 44–16 86 October 30, 2018 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 35–28 87 September 21, 2019 Kent, OH Kent State 62–20 88 November 10, 2020 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 62–24 89 October 2, 2021 Kent, OH Kent State 27–20 90 November 9, 2022 Bowling Green, OH Kent State 40–6 Series: Bowling Green leads 60–24–6^[1]

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

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