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BGSU HISTORY AND VICTORY. 1956. 1956. Tim Conway (then going by “Tom”) gets his start at BGSU. 1958. The first large-scale University Union opens. 1958. The horseshoe drive to University Hall is removed, creating the academic green center for campus. 1959.
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1956 1956 Tim Conway (then going by “Tom”) gets his start at BGSU.
1958 The first large-scale University Union opens.
1958 The horseshoe drive to University Hall is removed, creating the academic green center for campus.
1959 BGSU Football and coach Doyt Perry win the small college national title.
1960 Future President John F. Kennedy appears at BG.
1961 Cal Poly team crashes after playing BGSU in football. Mercy Bowl to benefit Cal Poly follows and is BG’s first bowl game.
1962 McDonald Residence Hall opens - Women Only! Women must sign in and out of dorms through 1965.
1963 BG men’s basketball defeats national champion Loyola in BG.
1964 WBGU-TV Channel 70 begins operation.
1966 BG defeats Dayton in the first game at new Doyt Perry Stadium.
1967 Library opens with a striking artistic finish.
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.
1969 Falcon Hockey debuts
1970 BG Reacts to Kent State Shootings
1970 3.2% alcohol beer sold on campus, breaking 60 years of “dry.”
1971 Student radio station WFAL takes off.
1972 BG football shocks nationally ranked Purdue 17-14 on a last second field goal by a freshman.
1972 Coed housing arrives at Kreischer Darrow Hall.
1972 BGSU’s Dave Wottle wins Olympic gold in the 800 meter.
1974 Streakers - Male and Female - Flash by BGSU.
1974 An unheard-of band named Aerosmith rocks Anderson Arena.
1975 BG’s first and last outdoor music festival - The Poe Ditch Festival -brought 35,000 people and a few fires to BG.
1975 BG’s College of Musical Arts receive full certification and moves to the forefront of Midwest schools.
1978 The Blizzard of ‘78 hammers BGSU, canceling winter graduation ceremonies and creating hundreds of entering students for 1996
1979 BG hockey ranked number one for the first time ever.
1980 Frieda Falcon joins Freddie as BGSU mascots
1984 BG wins the hockey national title.
1992 BGSU defeats Nevada in a last-second win at the Las Vegas Bowl.
2001 BG at Northwestern: Miracle win over the Big Ten under Urban Meyer
2003 Motor City Bowl victory over in Big Ten rematch vs. Northwestern