Anniversary Award

Anniversary Award
Bowling Green Falcons	Kent State Golden Flashes
Originated	1985
Trophy Series	BGSU leads, 23–7
Current Holder	Bowling Green

Bowling Green

Kent State

Locations in Ohio

The Anniversary Award is traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between rivals Bowling Green State University and Kent State University. 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 23 of the 30 meetings.

Game results

BGSU victories shaded in ██ brown. KSU victories are shaded ██ navy blue.

#	Date	Winning team		Losing team		Series
1	1985	Bowling Green	26	Kent State	14	BGSU 1–0
2	1986	Bowling Green	31	Kent State	15	BGSU 2–0
3	1987	Bowling Green	30	Kent State	20	BGSU 3–0
4	1988	Kent State	31	Bowling Green	19	BGSU 3–1
5	1989	Bowling Green	51	Kent State	28	BGSU 4–1
6	1990	Bowling Green	20	Kent State	16	BGSU 5–1
7	1991	Bowling Green	35	Kent State	7	BGSU 6–1
8	1992	Bowling Green	28	Kent State	22	BGSU 7–1
9	1993	Bowling Green	40	Kent State	7	BGSU 8–1
10	1994	Bowling Green	22	Kent State	16	BGSU 9–1
11	1995	Bowling Green	26	Kent State	15	BGSU 10–1
12	1996	Bowling Green	31	Kent State	24	BGSU 11–1
13	1997	Kent State	29	Bowling Green	20	BGSU 11–2
14	1998	Bowling Green	42	Kent State	21	BGSU 12–2
15	1999	Kent State	41	Bowling Green	27	BGSU 12–3
16	2000	Bowling Green	18	Kent State	11	BGSU 13–3
17	2001	Bowling Green	24	Kent State	7	BGSU 14–3
18	2002	Bowling Green	45	Kent State	14	BGSU 15–3
19	2003	Bowling Green	42	Kent State	33	BGSU 16–3
	2004	No game
20	2005	Bowling Green	24	Kent State	14	BGSU 17–3
21	2006	Kent State	38	Bowling Green	3	BGSU 17–4
22	2007	Bowling Green	31	Kent State	20	BGSU 18–4
23	2008	Bowling Green	45	Kent State	30	BGSU 19–4
24	2009	Bowling Green	36	Kent State	35	BGSU 20–4
25	2010	Kent State	30	Bowling Green	6	BGSU 20–5
26	2011	Kent State	27	Bowling Green	15	BGSU 20–6
27	2012	Kent State	31	Bowling Green	24	BGSU 20–7
28	2013	Bowling Green	41	Kent State	22	BGSU 21–7
29	2014	Bowling Green	30	Kent State	20	BGSU 22–7
30	2015	Bowling Green	48	Kent State	0	BGSU 23–7

References

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10. Gilgenbach, Cara (2008). Kent State University Athletics. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7385-5176-0.
11. 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.