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Doyt L. Perry Stadium The Doyt 
Location Stadium Drive
Bowling Green, OH 43403Coordinates 41°22′41″N 83°37′21″W / 41.37806°N 83.6225°WCoordinates: 41°22′41″N 83°37′21″W / 41.37806°N 83.6225°W Broke ground 1965 Opened October 1, 1966 Owner Bowling Green State University Operator Bowling Green State University Surface Field Turf 2007 to present
Grass 1966 to 2006Construction cost $3 million (approximate) Architect Technicon Design Group (renovations) Capacity 23,232 (1966-1981)[1]
35,099 (1982-2002)[2]
28,599 (2003-2004)[3]
23,724 (2005-present)[4]Tenants Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA) (1966-present) Doyt L. Perry Stadium is a stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Bowling Green State University Falcons. It opened in 1966 and originally held 23,232 people. Recent renovations and new NCAA seating regulations have lowered the listed capacity to 28,599. [5] On October 8, 1983, the annual Toledo-Bowling Green football game established a school and MAC attendance record of 33,527.
On October 1, 1966, the stadium opened with a 13-0 win over Dayton. The stadium was named for Doyt L. Perry, a highly successful coach and athletic director at the school.[6] It was meant to replace University Stadium, a WPA stadium in the heart of campus which lasted 43 seasons. The stadium consists of two bowed sideline grandstands. The stadium also featured steel grandstands at the north and south ends. The south grandstands were removed to make way for a merchandise tent and a pavilion for the Falcon Club boosters. The north grandstand was removed to facilitate the construction of the Sebo Atletic Center. Through 37 seasons, the Bowling Green Falcons enjoyed an impressive 126-58-6 record at Doyt Perry Stadium.
For the 2007 football season the stadium received an upgrade. The newly constructed Sebo Center will enclose the North endzone and house band seating, luxury suites, offices, training facilities and new box offices. The traditional grass field was also replaced with a Fieldturf artificial surface. Nevertheless, Doyt Perry Stadium has the smallest capacity of any stadium among schools in the MAC.
Endzone Facility 2008
References
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bKgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5610,7224409&dq=perry+stadium+capacity&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bKgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5610,7224409&dq=perry+stadium+capacity&hl=en
- ^ http://www.bgsusports.com/mambo/content/view/22/53/
- ^ http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/071505aaa.html
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- ^ Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University. Doyt L. Perry Stadium page on the BGSU Historic Campus Tour. Accessed 6 February 2007.
External links
- Doyt Perry Stadium - Bowling Green Falcons
- Doyt Perry: A Coach for Life WBGU-PBS local documentary
- Stadium page at BGSU.edu
- Doyt Perry Stadium at CollegeGridirons.com
Bowling Green State University Academics College of Arts and Sciences • College of Business Administration • College of Education and Human Development • College of Health and Human Services • College of Musical Arts • College of Technology • BGSU FirelandsAthletics Football (2010 season) • Ice Hockey • Men's Basketball • Women's Basketball • Baseball • Battle of I-75 • Battle for the Anniversary Award • Mid-American Conference • Chris Bergeron • Dave Clawson • Curt Miller • Louis Orr • Danny SchmitzCampus Anderson Arena • BGSU Ice Arena • Bowen-Thompson Student Union • Buildings • Doyt Perry Stadium • Jerome Library • Micky Cochrane Field • Warren E. Steller Field • Stroh Center • Student HousingStudent Life Alumni • BG News • Bowling Green, OH • Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization • Club Sports • Greek Life • Presidents • USG • WBGU-FM 88.1 • WBGU-TV • WFAL Falcon RadioTraditions Falcon Marching Band • Alma Mater • Ay Ziggy Zoomba • Firing of the Cannon • Forward Falcons • Freddie and Frieda Falcon • History of BGSU • SICSICFootball stadiums of the Mid-American Conference East Division InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field (Akron) • Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green) • University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo) • Dix Stadium (Kent State) • Yager Stadium (Miami) • Peden Stadium (Ohio) • Lincoln Financial Field (Temple)
West Division Scheumann Stadium (Ball State) • Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan) • Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan) • Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois) • Glass Bowl (Toledo) • Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan)
Championship MAC Championship Game Years 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010
Venues Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1997-2000, 2002) • Glass Bowl (2001) • Doyt Perry Stadium (2003) • Ford Field (2004–present)
College football venues in Ohio Division I
FBSBig East Big Ten Ohio Stadium (Ohio State)
MAC Dix Stadium (Kent State) • Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green) • Glass Bowl (Toledo) • InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field (Akron) • Peden Stadium (Ohio) • Yager Stadium (Miami)
Division I
FCSMissouri Valley Pioneer Division II GLFC McPherson Stadium (Central State) • Urbana University Stadium (Urbana)
GLIAC Community Stadium (Ashland ) • Donnell Stadium (Findlay) • Frosty Kalnow Stadium (Tiffin) • Jack Britt Memorial Field (Lake Erie) • Panther Field (Ohio Dominican)
Division III Heartland Coressel Stadium (Defiance) • Salzman Stadium (Bluffton) • Schueler Field (Mount St. Joseph)
North Coast Deeds Field–Piper Stadium (Denison) • Dill Field (Oberlin) • Edwards–Maurer Field (Wittenberg) • Henry Field (Hiram ) • John P. Papp Stadium (Wooster) • McBride Field (Kenyon) • Selby Field (Ohio Wesleyan)
Ohio Bernlohr Stadium (Capital) • Dial–Roberson Stadium (Ohio Northern) • Don Drumm Stadium (Marietta) • Don Shula Stadium at Wasmer Field (John Carroll) • Frost-Kalnow Stadium (Heidelberg) • George Finnie Stadium (Baldwin–Wallace) • Memorial Stadium (Otterbein) • McConagha Stadium (Muskingum) • Mount Union Stadium (Mount Union) • Williams Stadium (Wilmington)
UAA Case Field (Case Western Reserve)
NAIA Mid-States Categories:- College football venues
- Sports venues in Ohio
- Bowling Green Falcons football
- Buildings and structures in Wood County, Ohio
- Ohio sports venue stubs
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