• Bowling Green opens the 101st season in program history Thursday night when the Falcons host Morgan State for a 7:00 pm kickoff inside Doyt L. Perry Stadium.
• The contest marks the debut of both head coaches as former teammates Scot Loeffler and Tyrone Wheatley square off. For both Loeffler and Wheatley, it is the first game of their head coaching careers.
• Bowling Green is 1-0 all-time against Morgan State, defeating the Bears 58-13 in 2011.
• BGSU went 3-9 a year ago, while Morgan State finished a 4-7 campaign. The Falcons have won just nine games in the past three years since playing in three consecutive MAC Championship games (winning twice) from 2013-15.