Anniversary Award
| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | November 6, 1920 Bowling Green, 7–0 |
| Latest meeting | October 19, 2024 Bowling Green, 27–6 |
| Next meeting | October 25, 2025 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 92 |
| All-time series | Bowling Green leads, 62–24–6 |
| Trophy series | Bowling Green leads, 27–12 |
| Largest victory | Bowling Green, 48–0 (2015) |
| Longest win streak | Bowling Green, 14 (1974–1987) |
| Current win streak | Bowling Green, 2 (2023–present) |
Locations of Bowling Green and Kent State
The Anniversary Award is a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Bowling Green Falcons of Bowling Green State University and the Kent State Golden Flashes of Kent State University. Both schools, founded together in 1910, are located in northern Ohio, with Bowling Green in Northwest Ohio and Kent State in Northeast Ohio. The series between the two began in 1920, the first year Kent State fielded a football team, while the trophy was introduced in 1985.