Title: BGSU HISTORY AND VICTORY
1BGSU HISTORY AND VICTORY
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1956
- Tim Conway (then going by Tom) gets his start
at BGSU.
31958
The first large-scale University Union opens.
41958
The horseshoe drive to University Hall is
removed, creating the academic green center for
campus.
51959
BGSU Football and coach Doyt Perry win the small
college national title.
61960
Future President John F. Kennedy appears at BG.
71961
Cal Poly team crashes after playing BGSU in
football. Mercy Bowl to benefit Cal Poly follows
and is BGs first bowl game.
81962
McDonald Residence Hall opens - Women Only! Women
must sign in and out of dorms through 1965.
91963
BG mens basketball defeats national champion
Loyola in BG.
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WBGU-TV Channel 70 begins operation.
111966
BG defeats Dayton in the first game at new Doyt
Perry Stadium.
121967
Library opens with a striking artistic finish.
131968
BG basketball loses to Marquette and Al McGuire
in the NCAA tourney the last time our men
played in it - a span now reaching 40 years.
141969
Falcon Hockey debuts
151970
BG Reacts to Kent State Shootings
161970
3.2 alcohol beer sold on campus, breaking 60
years of dry.
171971
Student radio station WFAL takes off.
181972
BG football shocks nationally ranked Purdue
17-14 on a last second field goal by a freshman.
191972
Coed housing arrives at Kreischer Darrow Hall.
201972
BGSUs Dave Wottle wins Olympic gold in the 800
meter.
211974
Streakers - Male and Female - Flash by BGSU.
221974
An unheard-of band named Aerosmith rocks Anderson
Arena.
231975
BGs first and last outdoor music festival - The
Poe Ditch Festival -brought 35,000 people and a
few fires to BG.
241975
BGs College of Musical Arts receive full
certification and moves to the forefront of
Midwest schools.
251978
The Blizzard of 78 hammers BGSU, canceling
winter graduation ceremonies and creating
hundreds of entering students for 1996
261979
BG hockey ranked number one for the first time
ever.
271980
Frieda Falcon joins Freddie as BGSU mascots
281984
BG wins the hockey national title.
291992
BGSU defeats Nevada in a last-second win at the
Las Vegas Bowl.
302001
BG at Northwestern Miracle win over the Big Ten
under Urban Meyer
312003
Motor City Bowl victory over in Big Ten rematch
vs. Northwestern