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Anniversary Award
Teams	Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green Falcons football The Bowling Green Falcons football team is the interscholastic football team at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green competes as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. The Falcons have won ten conference championships.... Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the NCAA's Division I...
Originated	1985
Trophy Series	BGSU leads, 20-5
Current Holder	Kent State

The Battle for the Anniversary Award is an annual college football

College football

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 rivalry

Sports rivalry

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 between Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University, often referred to as Bowling Green or BGSU, is a public, coeducational research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio as part of the Lowry Bill, which also established Kent State...

 and Kent State University

Kent State University

Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

. The winner of each game is awarded the Anniversary Award. The Anniversary Award was created by each of the schools' alumni departments and commemorates the founding of both institutions, which occurred in 1910. The award was first given out in 1985 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of each school. The rivalry has overall been lop-sided, with Bowling Green winning 20 of the 25 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

External links

• Official Website of BGSU Falcon Football
• Official Website of Kent State Golden Flashes Football