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Title: BGSU HISTORY AND VICTORY


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BGSU HISTORY AND VICTORY
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1956
1956
  • Tim Conway (then going by Tom) gets his start
    at BGSU.

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1958
The first large-scale University Union opens.
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1958
The horseshoe drive to University Hall is
removed, creating the academic green center for
campus.
5
1959
BGSU Football and coach Doyt Perry win the small
college national title.
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1960
Future President John F. Kennedy appears at BG.
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1961
Cal Poly team crashes after playing BGSU in
football. Mercy Bowl to benefit Cal Poly follows
and is BGs first bowl game.
8
1962
McDonald Residence Hall opens - Women Only! Women
must sign in and out of dorms through 1965.
9
1963
BG mens basketball defeats national champion
Loyola in BG.
10
1964
WBGU-TV Channel 70 begins operation.
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1966
BG defeats Dayton in the first game at new Doyt
Perry Stadium.
12
1967
Library opens with a striking artistic finish.
13
1968
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.
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1969
Falcon Hockey debuts
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1970
BG Reacts to Kent State Shootings
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1970
3.2 alcohol beer sold on campus, breaking 60
years of dry.
17
1971
Student radio station WFAL takes off.
18
1972
BG football shocks nationally ranked Purdue
17-14 on a last second field goal by a freshman.
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1972
Coed housing arrives at Kreischer Darrow Hall.
20
1972
BGSUs Dave Wottle wins Olympic gold in the 800
meter.
21
1974
Streakers - Male and Female - Flash by BGSU.
22
1974
An unheard-of band named Aerosmith rocks Anderson
Arena.
23
1975
BGs first and last outdoor music festival - The
Poe Ditch Festival -brought 35,000 people and a
few fires to BG.
24
1975
BGs College of Musical Arts receive full
certification and moves to the forefront of
Midwest schools.
25
1978
The Blizzard of 78 hammers BGSU, canceling
winter graduation ceremonies and creating
hundreds of entering students for 1996
26
1979
BG hockey ranked number one for the first time
ever.
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1980
Frieda Falcon joins Freddie as BGSU mascots
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1984
BG wins the hockey national title.
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1992
BGSU defeats Nevada in a last-second win at the
Las Vegas Bowl.
30
2001
BG at Northwestern Miracle win over the Big Ten
under Urban Meyer
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2003
Motor City Bowl victory over in Big Ten rematch
vs. Northwestern
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