This time, it only took one overtime.
Bowling Green, a week removed from the second-longest football game in the history of major college football, avoided the booby traps that doomed it against Eastern Kentucky to score a 34-31 upset over Marshall on Saturday night at Doyt Perry Stadium.
It was another wild game, albeit a brief one by the Falcons’ new standards. Bowling Green survived a rare penalty, a false ending, and an on-field melee to take down a team coming off a seismic upset of Notre Dame on the road.
Senior quarterback Matt McDonald was the star, completing 27 of 45 passes for 282 yards and four touchdowns.