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.
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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.
7
1961
Cal Poly team crashes after playing BGSU in
football. Mercy Bowl to benefit Cal Poly follows
and is BGs first bowl game.
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1962
McDonald Residence Hall opens - Women Only! Women
must sign in and out of dorms through 1965.
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1963
BG mens basketball defeats national champion
Loyola in BG.
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1964
WBGU-TV Channel 70 begins operation.
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1966
BG defeats Dayton in the first game at new Doyt
Perry Stadium.
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1967
Library opens with a striking artistic finish.
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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.
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1971
Student radio station WFAL takes off.
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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.
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1972
BGSUs Dave Wottle wins Olympic gold in the 800
meter.
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1974
Streakers - Male and Female - Flash by BGSU.
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1974
An unheard-of band named Aerosmith rocks Anderson
Arena.
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1975
BGs first and last outdoor music festival - The
Poe Ditch Festival -brought 35,000 people and a
few fires to BG.
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1975
BGs College of Musical Arts receive full
certification and moves to the forefront of
Midwest schools.
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1978
The Blizzard of 78 hammers BGSU, canceling
winter graduation ceremonies and creating
hundreds of entering students for 1996
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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.
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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