Doyt Perry Stadium

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Doyt L. Perry Stadium
The Doyt
Location	Stadium Dr Bowling Green, OH 43403
Opened	October 1, 1966
Owner	Bowling Green State Univ.
Operator	Bowling Green State Univ.
Surface	Field Turf
Construction cost	$3 million (approximate)
Tenants	Bowling Green Falcons (Football)
Capacity	23,724

Doyt L. Perry Stadium is a stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. 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 30,599 people. Recent renovations and new NCAA seating regulations have lowered the listed capacity to 23,724 as listed in the 2007 Falcons football media guide. ^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

[edit] References

^ Bowling Green State University, Official Athletic Site, Football
^ Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University. Doyt L. Perry Stadium page on the BGSU Historic Campus Tour. Accessed 6 February 2007.

[edit] External links

Doyt Perry: A Coach for Life WBGU-PBS local documentary
Stadium page at BGSU.edu
Doyt Perry Stadium at CollegeGridirons.com

Preceded by Marshall Stadium	Host of MAC Championship Game 2003	Succeeded by Ford Field

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Football stadiums of the Mid-American Conference

Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois) • Dix Stadium (Kent State) • Glass Bowl (Toledo) • Kelly/Shorts Stadium (Central Michigan) • Lincoln Financial Field (Temple) • Peden Stadium (Ohio) • Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green) • Rubber Bowl (Akron) • Rynearson Stadium (Eastern Michigan) • Scheumann Stadium (Ball State) • University at Buffalo Stadium (Buffalo) • Waldo Stadium (Western Michigan) • Yager Stadium (Miami) • Ford Field (MAC Championship Game)

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College football venues in Ohio

Division I
FBS

Big East	Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati)

Big Ten	Ohio Stadium (Ohio State)

MAC	Dix Stadium (Kent State) • Doyt Perry Stadium (Bowling Green) • Glass Bowl (Toledo) • Peden Stadium (Ohio) • Rubber Bowl (Akron) • Yager Stadium (Miami)

Division I
FCS

Missouri Valley	Stambaugh Stadium (Youngstown State)

Pioneer	Welcome Stadium (Dayton)

Division II

GLFC	McPherson Stadium (Central State)

GLIAC	Community Stadium (Ashland ) • Donnell Stadium (Findlay) • Frosty Kalnow Stadium (Tiffin)

Indep.	Jack Britt Memorial Field (Lake Erie)

Division III

Heartland	Coressel Stadium (Defiance) • Salzman Stadium (Bluffton) • Schueler Field (Mt. 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)