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List of Bowling Green Falcons starting quarterbacks

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This is a list of the starting quarterbacks for the Bowling Green Falcons football teams since 1982. A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed after the first play.

Starters per season

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The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right of their name:

Season Starting quarterback(s) References
1982 Brian McClure (8) / Dayne Palsgrove (4)
1983 Brian McClure (11)
1984 Brian McClure (11)
1985 Brian McClure (12)
1986 Rich Dackin (7) / Eric Smith (4)
1987 Rich Dackin (10) / Eric Smith (1)
1988 Rich Dackin (5) / Eric Smith (5) / Steve Spray (1)
1989 Rich Dackin (11)
1990 Erik White (9) / Pat Gucciardo (1) [1]
1991 Erik White (12)
1992 Erik White (12)
1993 Ryan Henry (11)
1994 Ryan Henry (11)
1995 Ryan Henry (7) / Bob Niemet (4)
1996 Bob Niemet (9) / Mark Molk (2)
1997 Bob Niemet (9) / Ricky Schneider (2)
1998 Bob Niemet (7) / Ricky Schneider (4)
1999 Andy Sahm (7) / Ricky Schneider (4)
2000 Andy Sahm (10) / Josh Harris (1)
2001 Andy Sahm (7) / Josh Harris (4)
2002 Josh Harris (12)
2003 Josh Harris (14)
2004 Omar Jacobs (12)
2005 Omar Jacobs (9) / Anthony Turner (2)
2006 Anthony Turner (10) / Freddie Barnes (2)
2007 Tyler Sheehan (13)
2008 Tyler Sheehan (12)
2009 Tyler Sheehan (13)
2010 Matt Schilz (10) / Aaron Pankratz (2)
2011 Matt Schilz (12)
2012 Matt Schilz (13)
2013 Matt Johnson (13) / Matt Schilz (1)
2014 James Knapke (13) / Matt Johnson (1)
2015 Matt Johnson (14)
2016 James Morgan (7) / James Knapke (5)
2017 James Morgan (6) / Jarret Doege (6)
2018 Jarret Doege (12)
2019 Grant Loy (7) / Darius Wade (5)
2020 Matt McDonald (5)
2021 Matt McDonald (12)
2022 Matt McDonald (12) / Camden Orth (1)
2023 Connor Bazelak (11) / Camden Orth (2) [2]

Most games as starting quarterback

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These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Falcons since the 1982 season. If tied, quarterback will be sorted by win percentage and then most recently played. (Through the 1982—2023 NCAA Seasons)

Name
GP Games played
GS Games started
W Number of wins as starting quarterback
L Number of losses as starting quarterback
T Number of ties as starting quarterback
% Winning percentage as starting quarterback
Name Period GP GS W L T %
Brian McClure 1982–1985 44 42 32 10 .762
Tyler Sheehan 2006–2009 42 38 21 17 .553
Matt Schilz 2010–2013 43 36 16 20 .444
Erik White 1989–1992 35 33 24 7 2 .758
Rich Dackin 1986–1989 33* 33 14 19 .424
Josh Harris 2000–2003 42 31 24 7 .774
Ryan Henry 1992–1995 32 29 17 10 2 .621
Bob Niemet 1995–1998 39 29 14 15 .483
Matt McDonald 2020–2022 29 29 10 19 .345
Matt Johnson 2012–2015 37 28 19 9 .679
Andy Sahm 1998–2002 39 24 10 14 .417
Omar Jacobs 2002–2005 25 21 14 7 .667
James Knapke 2012–2016 40 18 10 8 .556
Jarret Doege 2017–2018 19 18 4 14 .222
James Morgan 2015–2017 19 13 3 10 .231
Anthony Turner[a] 2004–2008 32 12 5 7 .417
Connor Bazelak 2023–present 11 11 6 5 .545
Eric Smith 1986–1988 10* 10 3 6 1 .350
Ricky Schneider 1997–2000 25 10 2 8 .200
Grant Loy 2016–2019 29 7 2 5 .286
Darius Wade 2019 7 5 1 4 .200
Camden Orth 2022–present 22 3 1 2 .333
Aaron Pankratz 2008–2010 7 2 0 2 .000
Freddie Barnes[b] 2005–2009 47 2 0 2 .000
Mark Molk 1996 11 2 0 2 .000
Pat Gucciardo 1988–1991 4* 1 0 1 .000
Steve Spray 1988–1989 2* 1 0 1 .000
  1. ^ Only includes QB GS. Does not include RB and WR GS.
  2. ^ Only includes QB GS. Does not include WR GS.
  • * – Indicates total of games played is unknown.
  • Bold – Indicates player is active

Team career passing records

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Top 5 Passing yardage leaders since 1956[3]

Name Comp Att Pct Yds TD Int
Brian McClure 900 1,427 63.1 10,280 63 58
Tyler Sheehan 966 1,494 64.7 10,117 70 31
Matt Johnson 655 1,002 65.4 8,845 73 16
Matt Schilz 715 1,225 58.4 8,012 51 39
Josh Harris 627 1,028 61.0 7,503 55 28

(Through the 2023 NCAA Season)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "BGSU Football Media Guide 1991". Scholarworks at bgsu.edu. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "2023 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Bowling Green State Falcons Passing Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.