NEXT UP FOR FORD FIELD: QUICK LANE BOWL

Fast facts

Matchup: Bowling Green (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7)

Kickoff: 2 p.m. Tuesday; Ford Field, Detroit.

TV: ESPN.

Series record: Tied 2-2.

Key matchup

Minnesota WR Daniel Jackson vs. Bowling Green secondary. Jackson was third in the Big Ten with 831 receiving yards and second with eight TDs. Anchored by first team all-conference CB Jalen Huskey, the Falcons led the MAC with 16 interceptions. Huskey had four picks and six pass breakups this season.

Players to watch

Bowling Green: TE Harold Fannin. He was one of two players on the team to make firstteam, All-Mid American Conference. The 6foot-4, 230-pound Canton, Ohio, native had 39 catches for 573 yards and six TDs, ranking among national leaders at his position. Minnesota: QB Cole Kramer. The fifth-year career backup will make his first college start for his home-state program, after starter Athan Kaliakmanis entered the transfer portal. Kramer has attempted just 14 passes over five seasons and has two rushing TDs.

Facts & figures

The Falcons are playing at Ford Field in a bowl game for the fourth time, including the Motor City Bowl in 2003 when they beat Northwestern. … Bowling Green won five Mid-American Conference games for the second straight year after winning a total of four in Loeffler’s first three seasons. … Terion Stewart, who led the Falcons with 762 yards rushing and eight TDs, is out with a broken leg and Taron Keith, the team’s second-leading rusher and receiver, will not play in Detroit after entering the transfer portal. … Bowling Green DB Jalen Huskey, who had four INTs, was voted AllMAC. … Bowling Green is the only MAC team to have beaten Minnesota more than once, also winning at the Metrodome in the 2007 season opener, and the all-time series is tied at two wins each. … The Gophers have a sixgame bowl winning streak that began with the 2015 Quick Lane Bowl. … Gophers defensive coordinator Joe Rossi left the program for the same job at Michigan State. Minnesota was third-best in the FBS in yards allowed and sixth-best in points allowed in 2021 and ninth and fourth, respectively, in 2022. This year, the Gophers were 60th and 71st in those rankings. … Minnesota’s Dragan Kesich was selected as the Big Ten Kicker of the Year after going 22 for 26 on field goals and making all 24 of his PATs.