Bowling Green (2-5, 1-2 MAC) at Western Michigan (4-3, 2-1 MAC)
October 26, 2019 • 12 noon • ESPN3
Kalamazoo, Mich. • Waldo Stadium (30,200 • FieldTurf)

• Western Michigan enters the final third of the regular season with just four games remaining, including two at home ... The Broncos will celebrate Salute to Heroes and Senior Day on Saturday
• Last Saturday, WMU visited Eastern Michigan and suffered a 34-27 loss ... The Falcons hosted Central Michigan and fell by a 38-20 final
• This week, Western Michigan will recognize 22 student-athletes prior to kickoff as part of the Senior Day ceremony: K Michael Arenberg, DE Antonio Balabani, RB LeVante Bellamy, S Stefan Claiborne, LB Najee Clayton, DE Timothy Collins, CB Anton Curtis, WR/CB D'Wayne Eskridge, LB Alex Grace, C Luke Juriga, C Alex Keys, LB Joseph Miller, WR Keith Mixon Jr., WR Alex Mussat, TE Giovanni Ricci, LB Drake Spears, OG Jonathan Todd, S Justin Tranquill, S Andrew Trost, RB Davon Tucker, QB Jon Wassink and DT Jamal Williams
• This year's senior class owns 30 victories, the fourth most in program history and five shy of the 2017 group for the most in program history
• The Broncos and Falcons will meet for the 55th time in program history Saturday with Bowling Green leading the all-time series 32-19-3 ... WMU has won four of the last five, dating back to 2005 ... WMU head coach Tim Lester is 4-0 in his career versus the Falcons, winning three times as the Bronco quarterback and earning a 42-35 victory on October 13, 2018
• WMU heads into Saturday looking for its first 5-0 home start since 2016, and just the sixth 5-0 beginning to the home campaign since 2000: 2000 (5-0), 2006 (5-0), 2008 (6-0), 2011 (5-0) and 2016 (6-0)
• In four home games this fall, Western Michigan has scored 174 points for an average of 43.50 per tilt ... Defensively, the Broncos have allowed just 31 points during the last 11 quarters inside Waldo Stadium and no visiting squad has reached 20 points in a game this fall ... WMU is outscoring its opponents by an average of 30.00 points per home contest this season
• The Broncos are 6-4 (.600) in October since Lester took over the program in 2017
• Western Michigan has been a turnover creating machine in the last seven games, forcing 15 TOs during the stretch with at least two in six of those contests ... WMU ranks tied for ninth nationally in turnovers gained this fall with 15
• Bellamy has scored at least two rushing touchdowns in each of the last two contests, and in four games this fall ... Bellamy has 13 ground scores this fall, the most in the MAC and tied for the seventh most in a single season in program history ... Bellamy paces the conference in scoring, averaging 9.8 points per contest and is second in rushing yards per game at 109.6 yards, just 0.6 yards off the top spot ... The Indianapolis, Ind., product owns the seventh most rushing yards in program history (3,125)

2,098 — Passing yards by senior QB Jon Wassink, the eighth most in the country and tops in the Mid-American Conference
877 — Rushing yards by senior RB LeVante Bellamy, the fifth most in the country and tops in the Mid-American Conference
47 — Consecutive games started by senior C Luke Juriga, every game of his career and tied for the longest streak in the country
25.0 — Sacks by Western Michigan this fall, the most in the MAC
16 — Points scored by Miami (Ohio), the most against the Broncos in a home game this season
9 — Interceptions by WMU this year, tied for the 11th most in the country, and equaling the team's 2018 total
6 — Forced fumbles by WMU this year, tied for the 36th most in the country ... Last fall, the Broncos finished tied for third nationally with 18 forced fumbles
5 — Ranking of junior LB Treshaun Hayward among FBS players in tackles per game (11.63) ... Hayward has 10+ tackles in six of the last seven games
4 — Western Michigan MAC West Division Players of the Week this fall

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