The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gregg Brandon and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 89th season of play for the Falcons. Bowling Green finished the season 8–5 overall and has finished 4–2 in the MAC East. They participated in the GMAC Bowl, losing to Tulsa 63–7. They capped the regular season by beating arch rival Toledo for the first time in 3 years.
Pre-season Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC East Division by the MAC News Media Association. Three Falcons, Senior Kory Lichtensteiger and Juniors Erique Dozier and Corey Partridge, garnered preseason honors by being named to All-MAC preseason teams.
All-MAC preseason teams First team Kory Lichtensteiger, C Second team Erique Dozier, LB Corey Partridge, WR
Schedule
Roster The 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team consists of 96 total players. The class breakdown of these players is 12 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 12 redshirt freshman, and 19 true freshman. Returning starters from the 2006 team are six offensive starters and eight defensive starters. Overall, 53 lettermen are returning from the 2006 team (25 on offense, 28 on defense and 0 on special teams).
Wide Receivers
7 Barnes, Freddie – Sophomore 84 Brighton, Derek – Freshman 6 Charles, Zach – Sophomore 80 Cheathem, Keston – Junior 81 Emans, Matt – Senior 82 Hodges, Adrian – Freshman 85 Hutson, Ray – Freshman 86 Kelley, Jermiah – Junior 3 Parks, Marques – Junior 1 Partridge, Corey – Junior 83 Pronty, Tyrone – Sophomore 15 Wiley, Calvin – Sophomore 12 Wright, Chris – Sophomore
Offensive Lineman 64 Albert, Scott – Sophomore 61 Bojicic, Ben- Freshman 60 Buckosh, Jarrett – Sophomore 55 Curtis, Brandon – Junior 66 Dodge, Josh – Freshman 46 Donahue, Tyler – Freshman 74 Fink, Jeff – Junior 73 Huelsman, Kevin – Senior 76 Kent, Aaron – Junior 78 Lichtensteiger, Kory – Senior 50 Mack, Brandon – Senior 70 Minturn, Brady – Sophomore 71 Nystrom, Drew – Senior 72 Stanford, Andrew – Senior 75 Steffy, Shane – Sophomore 65 Watson, Pat – Senior
Tight End
91 Rieke, Nick – Freshman 89 Scheidler, Jimmy – Sophomore
Quarterback
14 Brown, Nathan – Freshman 8 Glaud, Anthony – Freshman 16 Hunter, Tony – Sophomore 13 Sheehan, Tyler – Sophomore 17 Turner, Anthony – Junior Running Back
33 Bullock, Chris – Sophomore 28 Geter, Willie – Freshman 49 Lawrence, Nick – Sophomore 5 Macon, Dan – Senior 19 Ransom, Eric – Junior 34 Van Demark, Curtis – Sophomore 35 Waldron, Nate – Junior 11 Winovich, Pete – Senior
Defensive Lineman
92 Alvarado, Kevin – Freshman 63 Barrow, Orlando – Freshman 96 Branch, Darren – Freshman 99 Briggs, Diyral – Junior 62 Burrell, Preston – Freshman 95 Davis, Nick – Junior 93 Hardwick, Jacob – Sophomore 98 Johnson, Andrew – Freshman 88 O'Drobinak, Sean – Senior 90 Ream, Michael – Sophomore 40 Schaefer, Joe – Junior 77 Torresso, Nick – Freshmann
Defensive Tackles
87 Young, D.J. – Sophomore
Defensive End
47 Baker, Adrian – Junior 93 Hartung, Garth – Sophomore 51 Magnone, Angelo – Freshman 97 Smith, Darius – Freshman 94 Tipton, Carlos – Freshman
Cornerbacks
18 Williams, Derrick – Freshman 28 Wooldridge, Mark – Freshman
Defensive Backs
24 Brown, Jahmal – Sophomore 22 Corner, Vincent – Sophomore 37 Davis, Aaron – Sophomore 27 Fillari, Giovanni – Junior 21 Lewis, Kenny – Junior 23 Lewis, Tarell – Sophomore 25 Mahone, P.J. – Sophomore 10 Marshall, Calvin – Freshman 32 Mosley, Anthony – Freshman 4 Sanderson, Jerett – Sophomore 2 Smith, Antonio – Junior 32 Tomlinson, Alfred – Freshman 31 Williams, Roger – Sophomore 14 Walker, Freddie – Junior Linebackers
45 Basler, Cody – Sophomore 56 Tyler, Jason - Freshman 57 Dahlman, Neal – Freshman 53 Davis, Jerrson – Sophomore 30 Dozier, Erique – Junior 42 Fells, Eugene – Freshman 44 Haneline, John – Junior 9 Hargrove, Loren – Senior 43 Jackson, Brandon – Sophomore 36 Parks, Lewis – Freshman 35 Scheidler, Josh – Sophomore 52 Stanley, Glen – Freshman 48 Wright, Gary – Freshman 38 Young, Chris – Freshman
Long Snappers
54 Cutler, Kyle – Senior 46 Rutherford, Craig – Sophomore
Kickers
39 Norsic, Matthew – Sophomore 41 Vrvilo, Sinisia – Junior
Punters
26 Iovinelli, Nick – Junior
Coaching staff Gregg Brandon – Head Coach Troy Rothenbuhler – Asst. Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting Mick McCall – Offensive Coordinator Mike Ward – Defensive Coordinator Stephen Bird – Special Teams/Outside Receivers Matt Campbell – Offensive Line Adam Gonzaga – Secondary Deion Melvin – Linebackers John Hunter – Running Backs Doug Phillips – Defensive Line Jason Morton – Offensive Assistant Brad Wilson – Defensive Assistant Aaron Hillmann – Strength and Conditioning David Ebersbach – Director of Operations
Postseason As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Kory Lichtensteiger was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's best center. He was one of 6 athletes recognized. Bowling Green also had eight players make the All-Conference Teams (the fourth most of any school in the MAC).
All-MAC First TeamKory Lichtensteiger, Sr., C Diyral Briggs, Jr., DLAll-MAC Second TeamDrew Nystrom, Sr., OL P.J. Mahone, So., DBAll-MAC Third TeamTyler Sheehan, So., QB Freddie Barnes, So., WR Sinisa Vrvilo, Jr., PK Antonio Smith, Jr., DB
Statistics
Team Team Opp Scoring 392 417 Points per game 30.2 32.1 First downs 299 302 Rushing 113 146 Passing 170 126 Penalty 16 30 Total offense 5232 5518 Avg per play 5.6 5.8 Avg per game 402.5 424.5 Fumbles-Lost 19–12 24–12 Penalties-Yards 85–731 75–669 Avg per game 56.2 51.5 Team Opp Punts-Yards 55-2035 54-2066 Avg per punt 37.0 38.3 Time of possession/Game 28:41 31:19 3rd down conversions 74/180 (41%) 83/180 (46%) 4th down conversions 12/21 (57%) 7/17 (41%) Touchdowns scored 49 55 Field goals-Attempts-Long 15–19 11–16 PAT-Attempts 47–47 (100%) 50–51 (98%) Attendance 80398 199086 Games/Avg per Game 5/16080 7/28441 Neutral Site 1/36932
Scores by quarter
Offense
Rushing Name GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Turner, Anthony 13 106 552 33 519 4.9 9 39 39.9 Geter, Willie 12 71 457 25 432 6.1 1 50 36.0 Bullock, Chris 11 64 314 33 281 4.4 0 24 25.5 Macon, Dan 13 36 186 24 162 4.5 2 26 12.5 Sheehan, Tyler 13 93 366 218 148 1.6 3 23 11.4 Ransom, Eric 2 9 46 0 46 5.1 0 14 23.0 Glaud, Anthony 8 15 56 36 20 1.3 0 13 2.5 Barnes, Freddie 13 3 11 0 11 3.7 0 8 0.8 Partridge, Corey 8 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 7 1.1 Steffy, Shane 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TEAM 10 15 0 31 −31 −2.1 0 0 −3.1 Total 13 418 2007 400 1607 3.8 16 50 123.6 Opponents 13 570 2950 248 2702 4.7 25 63 207.8
Passing Name GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Sheehan, Tyler Murray (the bomb) 13 132.6 303–476–11 63.7 3264 23 83 251.1 Glaud, Anthony 8 133.2 23–36–2 63.9 266 2 32 33.2 Turner, Anthony 13 387.2 4–5–0 80.0 65 3 33 5.0 Barnes, Freddie 13 0.0 0–2–1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Partridge, Corey 8 631.6 1–1–0 100.0 24 1 24 3.0 Brighton, Derek 12 150.4 1–1–0 100.0 6 0 6 0.5 TEAM 10 0.0 0–1–0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 134.9 332–522–14 63.6 3625 29 83 278.8 Opponents 13 138.5 230–381–14 60.4 2816 27 76 216.6
Receiving Name GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GBarnes, Freddie 13 82 962 11.7 9 44 74.0Partridge, Corey 8 46 453 9.8 2 28 56.6Geter, Willie 12 37 296 8.0 0 33 24.7Parks, Marques 13 28 360 12.9 5 36 27.7Wright, Chris 12 26 370 14.2 3 83 30.8Turner, Anthony 13 22 185 8.4 1 31 14.2Pronty, Tyrone 13 19 165 8.7 2 23 12.7Winovich, Pete 13 15 93 6.2 0 11 7.2Kelley, Jermiah 9 12 219 18.2 3 52 24.3Charles, Zach 13 10 102 10.2 0 49 7.8Brighton, Derek 12 10 97 9.7 0 18 8.1Ransom, Eric 2 9 117 13.0 1 53 58.5Macon, Dan 13 7 100 14.3 1 43 7.7Bullock, Chris 11 4 29 7.2 0 11 2.6Sheehan, Tyler 13 2 49 24.5 2 25 3.8Cheathem, Keston 8 2 32 16.0 0 25 4.0Scheidler, Jimmy 13 1 −4 −4.0 0 0 −0.3Total 13 332 3625 10.9 29 83 278.8Opponents 13 230 2816 12.2 27 76 216.6
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