Anniversary Award
{{Short description|American college football rivalry trophy}}
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{{Infobox sports rivalry
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| name = Anniversary Award
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| team1 = Bowling Green Falcons
| team1logo = Bowling_green_wordmark_2014.png
| team2 = Kent State Golden Flashes
| team2logo = Kent State K.svg
| sport = Football
| firstmeeting = November 6, 1920
Bowling Green, 7–0
| mostrecent = October 19, 2024
Bowling Green, 27–6
| nextmeeting = October 25, 2025
| total = 92
| series = Bowling Green leads, 62–24–6
| largestvictory = Bowling Green, 48–0 (2015)
| longeststreak = Bowling Green, 14 (1974–1987)
| longestunbeatenstreak =
| currentstreak = Bowling Green, 2 (2023–present)
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| trophy =
| trophy series = Bowling Green leads, 27–12
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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.
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.http://www.bgfalconfootball.com/traditions-history/{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|date= November 15, 2012| title=No. 3: Why You Should Be At The Doyt Saturday!|publisher=bgsufalcons.com| url=http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2012/11/15/FB_1115120629.aspx|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite web|date= September 6, 2013| title=Bowling Green Faces Kent State in Key Conference Game|publisher=hustlebelt.com| url=http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/9/6/4701994/bowling-green-faces-kent-state-in-key-conference-tilt|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite news|date= October 9, 2009| title=Kent State vs. Bowling Green Preview|newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal| url=http://www.ohio.com/blogs/kent-state/kent-state-flashes-1.285259/kent-state-vs-bowling-green-preview-1.285534|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite web| date=September 22, 2006| title=Flashes face Falcons in MAC East showdown| publisher=kentwired.com| url=http://www.kentwired.com/latest_updates/article_489cdb55-96cb-5a7d-89e4-d90870fc392c.html| access-date=November 13, 2014| archive-date=November 21, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121104216/http://www.kentwired.com/latest_updates/article_489cdb55-96cb-5a7d-89e4-d90870fc392c.html| url-status=dead}}{{cite news|date= November 16, 2003| title=Falcons notebook: Kent s Cribbs destroys statistical expectations|newspaper=The Blade| url=http://www.toledoblade.com/BGSU/2003/11/16/Falcons-notebook-Kent-s-Cribbs-destroys-statistical-expectations.html|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite web|date= September 7, 2013| title=BGSU Falcons face Kent in early-season MAC football battle|publisher=boxscorenews.com| url=http://boxscorenews.com/bgsu-falcons-face-kent-in-earlyseason-mac-football-battle-p61712-68.htm|access-date=November 13, 2014}}{{cite web| title=Bowling Green Falcons Football Media Guide| publisher=Bowling Green State University| url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bgu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/05-spirit-tradition.pdf| access-date=November 13, 2014| archive-date=November 29, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025019/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bgu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/05-spirit-tradition.pdf| url-status=dead}}Whittingham, Richard (2001). Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football. New York: Free Press. p. 119. {{ISBN|978-0-7432-2219-8}}.Gilgenbach, Cara (2008). Kent State University Athletics. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 98. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-5176-0}}.Purdy, Dennis (2008). Super Football Challenge: 600 Trivia Quizzes to Test Your Football Knowledge. New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 92. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-5627-6}}. The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 26 of the 38 meetings.
Game results
{{Sports rivalry series table
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| team1 = Bowling Green
| team1style = {{NCAA secondary color cell|Bowling Green Falcons}}
| team2 = Kent State
| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Kent State Golden Flashes}}
| November 6, 1920 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 0
| October 1, 1921 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 0
| November 11, 1922 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 0
| October 15, 1927 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 13 | Kent State | 0
| November 26, 1928 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 6
| October 13, 1934 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 0
| October 26, 1935 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 45
| October 24, 1936 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 6
| October 30, 1937 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 13 | Kent State | 13
| November 5, 1938 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 3 | Kent State | 7
| November 4, 1939 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 34 | Kent State | 0
| November 2, 1940 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 13
| November 1, 1941 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 12 | Kent State | 6
| October 31, 1942 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 0 | Kent State | 7
| October 19, 1946 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 13 | Kent State | 0
| October 25, 1947 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 21 | Kent State | 18
| November 6, 1948 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 23 | Kent State | 14
| November 5, 1949 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 27 | Kent State | 6
| November 4, 1950 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 19
| November 3, 1951 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 27 | Kent State | 27
| November 1, 1952 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 44 | Kent State | 21
| October 31, 1953 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 41
| October 30, 1954 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 25 | Kent State | 28
| September 23, 1955 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 6
| September 22, 1956 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 17 | Kent State | 0
| October 26, 1957 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 13 | Kent State | 7
| October 25, 1958 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 8
| October 24, 1959 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 25 | Kent State | 8
| October 22, 1960 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 28 | Kent State | 0
| October 21, 1961 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 21 | Kent State | 6
| October 20, 1962 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 45 | Kent State | 6
| October 26, 1963 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 18 | Kent State | 3
| October 24, 1964 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 41 | Kent State | 0
| October 23, 1965 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 6
| October 22, 1966 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 12 | Kent State | 35
| October 21, 1967 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 6
| October 19, 1968 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 30 | Kent State | 7
| October 18, 1969 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 0
| October 17, 1970 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 44 | Kent State | 0
| October 16, 1971 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 46 | Kent State | 33
| October 14, 1972 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 10 | Kent State | 14
| October 13, 1973 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 7 | Kent State | 21
| October 12, 1974 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 26 | Kent State | 10
| October 18, 1975 | Cleveland, OH | Bowling Green | 35 | Kent State | 9
| October 16, 1976 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 17 | Kent State | 13
| October 16, 1977 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 14 | Kent State | 10
| October 14, 1978 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 28 | Kent State | 20
| October 13, 1979 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 28 | Kent State | 17
| October 18, 1980 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 24 | Kent State | 3
| October 31, 1981 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 13 | Kent State | 7
| October 30, 1982 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 41 | Kent State | 7
| November 19, 1983 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 38 | Kent State | 3
| November 17, 1984 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 27 | Kent State | 10
| October 26, 1985 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 26 | Kent State | 14
| October 25, 1986 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 31 | Kent State | 15
| November 7, 1987 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 30 | Kent State | 20
| November 5, 1988 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 19 | Kent State | 31
| November 4, 1989 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 51 | Kent State | 28
| November 3, 1990 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 20 | Kent State | 16
| November 9, 1991 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 35 | Kent State | 7
| November 7, 1992 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 28 | Kent State | 22
| November 6, 1993 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 40 | Kent State | 7
| November 5, 1994 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 22 | Kent State | 16
| November 11, 1995 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 26 | Kent State | 15
| October 12, 1996 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 31 | Kent State | 24
| November 1, 1997 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 20 | Kent State | 29
| October 24, 1998 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 42 | Kent State | 21
| September 25, 1999 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 27 | Kent State | 41
| September 30, 2000 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 18 | Kent State | 11
| October 6, 2001 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 24 | Kent State | 7
| November 2, 2002 | Kent, OH | #21 Bowling Green | 45 | Kent State | 14
| November 15, 2003 | Bowling Green, OH | #25 Bowling Green | 42 | Kent State | 33
| November 5, 2005 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 24 | Kent State | 14
| September 23, 2006 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 3 | Kent State | 38
| October 20, 2007 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 31 | Kent State | 20
| November 1, 2008 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 45 | Kent State | 30
| October 10, 2009 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 36 | Kent State | 35
| October 23, 2010 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 30
| November 12, 2011 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 15 | Kent State | 27
| November 17, 2012 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 24 | #25 Kent State | 31
| September 7, 2013 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 41 | Kent State | 22
| November 12, 2014 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 30 | Kent State | 20
| October 24, 2015 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 48 | Kent State | 0
| November 15, 2016 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 42 | Kent State | 7
| October 31, 2017 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 44 | Kent State | 16
| October 30, 2018 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 28 | Kent State | 35
| September 21, 2019 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 20 | Kent State | 62
| November 10, 2020 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 24 | Kent State | 62
| October 2, 2021 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 20 | Kent State | 27
| November 9, 2022 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 6 | Kent State | 40
| November 8, 2023 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | 49 | Kent State | 19
| October 19, 2024 | Bowling Green, OH | Bowling Green | 27 | Kent State | 6
| October 25, 2025 | Kent, OH | Bowling Green | | Kent State |
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== See also ==
References
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