Bowling Green to host Morgan State in 2019

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Bowling Green State University and the University of Maryland have announced an agreement to reschedule its 2019 football game in College Park, Mary. Originally scheduled for Aug. 31, 2019, the game will now be played Sept. 21, 2024. The move allows Bowling Green to add another home game to the non-conference schedule and the Falcons will host Morgan State on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 instead.

We were excited to work with the University of Maryland and Morgan State University in order to adjust our 2019 schedule in a way that we feel will best serve our student-athletes, fans and season ticket holders," BGSU Director of Athletics Bob Moosbrugger said. "Not only does this shift provide us with an additional home game that will balance our schedule, but it also gives us the opportunity to open the season at home on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. This will allow our fans the opportunity to enjoy both the home opener and a holiday weekend."

BGSU has not opened a season prior to Labor Day weekend since defeating Tulsa 34-7 in 2013. This will be Morgan State's second visit to The Doyt, as well as the second meeting all-time between the two teams. The first meeting ended in Bowling Green's favor with a 58-13 victory on Sept. 10, 2011. In that contest, wide receiver Eugene Cooper hauled in a school record-tying four touchdowns, three of which came in the first quarter.

The Morgan State matchup will be the first of four non-conference games for the Falcons in 2019. BGSU will travel to Kansas State on Sept. 7, followed by a home game against Louisiana Tech a week later. The non-conference schedule will conclude with a face-off with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame on Oct. 5.

The Maryland game in 2024 will conclude a three-game series between the Falcons and Terrapins. BGSU came away victorious in the first of the three games, played on Sept. 12, 2015, with a 48-27 win at College Park. The Falcons were led by quarterback Matt Johnson, who threw for a career-best six touchdowns, which tied the program record originally set by Ryan Henry in 1994. The win would help propel a 10-4 season that concluded with a MAC Championship title and a trip to the GoDaddy Bowl. The second game of the series is set to take place Sept. 8, 2018 when Maryland visits Doyt Perry Stadium.

The BGSU/Maryland game in 2024 is currently the first scheduled non-conference game for the Falcons in that season.

FUTURE BGSU NON-CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

2018
9/1 – at Oregon
9/8 – Maryland
9/15 - Eastern Kentucky
9/29 - at Georgia Tech

2019
8/29 – Morgan State
9/7 – at Kansas State
9/14 – Louisiana Tech
10/5 - at Notre Dame

2020
9/5 - at Ohio State
9/12 - Robert Morris
9/19 – at Illinois
10/3 - Liberty

2021
9/4 - at Tennessee
9/11 – South Alabama
9/25 - at Minnesota

2022
9/3 – at UCLA
9/24 - at South Alabama

2023
9/2 - at Liberty
9/30 - at Louisiana Tech

2024
9/21 - at Maryland

2025
9/6 - at Minnesota

2026
9/5 - at Arizona State

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