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SATURDAY | OCT. 10 | 3:30 P.M. ET | DeKALB, ILL. | HUSKIE STADIUM

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11 Junior Kyle Schmidt has booted 11 punts inside the 20-yard line this fall without recording a single touchback.

29.0 Ball State has only been penalized 29.0 yards per game this year, which ranks as the second fewest among FBS teams.

30 Consecutive starts at cen-ter by senior Jacob Richard, who is on the Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List (top collegiate center).

100 Senior Jordan Williams has reached 100 yards receiv-ing in two straight games and eight times in his Ball State career.

2 The Ball State defense has forced at least two turn-overs in 10 of the past 12 games, including two last week versus Toledo.

A Ball State Win Would …… Give Ball State an all-time record of 439-391-32 (.528).… Give the Cardinals their first win at North-ern Illinois since 2007.… Put the Cardinals ahead in the all-time series with a record of 21-20-2.

8Ball State will be looking for its first win in the series since 2008 and first in DeKalb since 2007. Northern Illinois turned five Ball State turnovers into 21 points in last year’s 35-21 decision. The five Cardinal turnovers were the most by the team in 2014.

8The Bronze Stalk Trophy is on the line this weekend. These two MAC rivals began competing for this trophy in 2008. Designed by nationally recognized sculptor and DeKalb artist Renee Bemis, the trophy depicts several cornstalks in tribute to the prevalence of maize around the respective home states of the rivals.

8The Cardinals have been even or on the plus side of the turnover margin in every game in 2015. Ball State is currently +5 through five games. However, in the past four games, the Cardinals have only been able to score 13 points off eight opponent turnovers.

8Junior CB Tyree Holder has recorded an interception in two straight games and is the active leader on the squad with six career interceptions.

8Senior WR Jordan Williams needs seven more receiving yards to move into fifth place on Ball State’s career list. Williams ranks fourth in the league with 447 receiving yards this season. His career total stands at 2,250 yards. For the complete top-10 list, please see page five of the game notes.

8All three Ball State losses this year have come at the hands of undefeated teams. In fact, all three teams that defeated Ball State are still undefeated and ranked in the Associated Press top-25 poll – Texas A&M (5-0, #9), Northwestern (5-0, #13) and Toledo (4-0, #24).

8Even though the Cardinals were held to a season low in rushing last week against Toledo, they continue to lead the MAC in rushing at 190.8 yards per game. Sophomore RB Darian Green leads the rushing attack with 417 yards, four touchdowns and a 6.5 yards per carry average.

STORYLINES

Ball State Coaching StaffPete Lembo (F) . . . . . . . Head CoachKevin Kelly (PB) . . . . Def. Coord./LBsJoey Lynch (PB). . . . Off. Coord./QBsJustin Lustig (F). . . . . . . . . . . .STs/RBsAlex Bailey (PB) . . . . Wide ReceiversDaryl Dixon (F) . . . . . . . . . . . .SafetiesPat Dougherty (F) . . . . . . Tight EndsShannon Morrison (PB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CBs/Pass Defense Coord.Nick Siatras (F). . . . . .Defensive LineJohn Strollo (F) . . . . . Offensive LineGraduate Assistants: Offense – Brian Dough-erty, Doug Ehinger; Defense – Cory Connolly, Jon Robinson

Media Info. | Ball State at NIUSaturday • Oct. 10 • 3:30 p.m. ET • Huskie Stadium (23,595 cap.)DeKalb, Ill. • Surface: Field Turf

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MAC Championships1976, 1978, 1989, 1993, 1996

MAC West Division Titles2001, 2007, 2008

Bowl Appearances1965, 1967, 1989, 1993, 1996,

2007, 2008, 2012, 2013

2015 Ball State Football Game Notes


WEEKLY SCHEDULEMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY-MAC coaches telecon-ference, 9:30 a.m.

-Monday Night with the Red & White, 7 p.m.

-No practice

-Pete Lembo press conference, 12 p.m.

-Practice, 3:35 p.m.

-Practice, 3:35 p.m. -Practice, 3:35 p.m. -Depart Muncie, 12:30 p.m.

-Practice at Valpo, TBA

-Game 6Ball State at Northern Illinois, 3:30 p.m., ESPN3

-TBD

2015 BALL STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULEDate Opponent Location Series Record TV Notes/ResultsSept. 3 VMI Scheumann Stadium BSU leads, 1-0 ESPN3 W, 48-36/Won sixth straight home openerSept. 12 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas TAMU leads, 1-0 ESPNU L, 53-26/1st meeting vs. SEC foe since Auburn in 2009Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan* Ypsilanti, Mich. BSU leads, 33-21-2 ESPN3 W, 28-17/Ball State has won 10 of last 11 meetingsSept. 26 at #17 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. NU leads, 1-0 BTN L, 24-19/QB Riley Neal makes 1st career startOct. 3 Toledo* (HC) Scheumann Stadium Toledo leads, 21-19-1 ESPN3 L, 24-10/WR Jordan Williams has 7 rec., 100 yards, 1 TDOct. 10 at Northern Illinois* DeKalb, Ill. Series tied, 20-20-2 ESPN3 Ball State last won vs. NIU in 2008Oct. 17 Georgia State Scheumann Stadium First meeting ESPN3 The Cardinals return the game in 2016Oct. 24 Central Michigan* Scheumann Stadium BSU leads, 25-21-1 TBA Scott Secor’s 56-yard FG was decider in 2014 Oct. 31 UMass* Scheumann Stadium UMass leads, 2-1 TBA First meeting in Muncie since 1988Nov. 5 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. WMU leads, 22-19 ESPN3/CBSSN QB Jack Milas threw for 326 yards in 2014Nov. 17 at Ohio* Athens, Ohio BSU leads, 15-8 ESPN2/ESPNU Did not meet the last two yearsNov. 24 Bowling Green* Scheumann Stadium BGSU leads, 20-9-1 ESPNU/ESPN3 Defeated BGSU for 1st time since 1996 last year

* denotes Mid-American Conference game

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BALL STATE MEDIA CONTACTS

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muncie, Ind. 47306Enrollment/Founded . . . . . . . . . . . 21,196/1918President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Paul W. FergusonAlma Mater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whittier CollegeDirector of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark SandyColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cardinal (200) and WhiteHome Facility. . . . . . . . . . . Scheumann StadiumSurface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Field TurfFootball History . . . . . . . . 2015 is the 91st teamFirst Season in Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,500Conference. . . . Mid-American (West Division)Ticket Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765.285.1474 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or 1.888.BSU.TICKET

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

MEDIA GUIDELINESPractice CoverageBall State’s practices are open to the media, except walk throughs the day before games. Please contact Michael Clark in the Media Re-lations office for schedule, times and location.

Interview PolicyGenerally, all players and coaches are avail-able for interviews to accredited media sources. Requests for such interviews must be directed to Michael Clark in the Media Rela-tions office at least 24 hours in advance.

MAC TeleconferenceCoach Pete Lembo is available each Monday at 9:54 a.m. ET on the MAC Football Coaches’ Teleconference. Media members wishing to access the teleconference should contact Michael Clark in the Media Relations office for access number and password.

9:30-9:38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan 9:38-9:46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Campbell, Toledo 9:46-9:54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Carey, Northern Illinois 9:54-10:02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Lembo, Ball State 10:02-10:10. . . . . John Bonamego, Central Michigan 10:10-10:18. . . . . . Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan 10:18-10:26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Solich, Ohio 10:26-10:34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chuck Martin, Miami 10:34-10:42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Haynes, Kent State 10:42-10:50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lance Leipold, Buffalo 10:50-10:58. . . . . . . . . . . . Dino Babers, Bowling Green 10:58-11:06. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bowden, Akron 11:06-11:14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Whipple, UMass

Weekly Press ConferenceCoach Pete Lembo meets with the media most game weeks on Tuesdays at the Alumni Center at noon. Each press conference will be available as on-demand video on BallStateSports.com later that particular day.

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HEAD COACH PETE LEMBO5th season at Ball State | 15th season as a Head Coach | 24th season as a coachHometown: Staten Island, N.Y.Birthdate: April 16, 1970Family: wife Jenifer … three children – Sophia, A.J. and Victoria

The Lembo Coaching Tree Former Lembo assistants that currently are:

Head Coaches:Dave Cecchini – ValparaisoIsaac Collins – Seton HillTom Gilmore – Holy CrossRich Skrosky – Elon

FBS Assistants:Jay Bateman – ArmyShane Burnham – Iowa StateGerald Chatman – Texas A&MMark Elder – TennesseeKeith Gaither – ArmyWarren Ruggiero – Wake ForestAdam Scheier – Wake ForestNick Tabacca – Wake ForestDave Ungerer – Utah StateChad Wilt – MarylandMarc Yellock – East Carolina

FCS Assistants:Scott Browne – ElonKevin Downing – Kennesaw StateJerrick Hall – FordhamJim Jackson – San DiegoTerry Lantz – ElonBrian Newberry – Kennesaw StateJohn Powers – Bethune-CookmanCris Reisert – ElonBilly Riebock – ElonChris Rorke – DartmouthTony Trisciani – Villanova

NFL Coaches:Thad Bogardus – Denver Broncos Tim Kelly – Houston Texans

Football Operations:Patrick Hagedorn – ElonNick Kray – N.C. State

Lembo’s Coaching RecordYear School W-L-T Postseason2001 Lehigh 11-1 FCS playoffs2002 Lehigh 8-4 2003 Lehigh 8-32004 Lehigh 9-3 FCS playoffs2005 Lehigh 8-32006 Elon 5-62007 Elon 7-42008 Elon 8-42009 Elon 9-3 FCS playoffs2010 Elon 6-52011 Ball State 6-6 2012 Ball State 9-4 Beef’O’Brady’s2013 Ball State 10-3 GoDaddy2014 Ball State 5-72015 Ball State 2-3Totals 15th year 111-59 (.653) 5th year 32-23 (.582) at Ball St. 5th year 22-12 (.647) vs. MAC

30Wins in his first four years as head coach at Ball State, a school record.

22-12Record in MAC games. The Cardinals have finished .500 or better in the MAC every year under Lembo.

.653Career winning percentage as a head coach.

501Ball State scored a school-record 501 points under Coach Lembo in 2013.

LEMBO BALL STATE HIGHLIGHTS • First Ball State head coach in school history to win 30 games in first four seasons at the helm.• Lembo’s .600 winning percentage is the second best among Ball State head coaches through their first four seasons.• Added the title of associate athletics director to his head football coaching position in March 2014.• Guided the Cardinals to 10-3 overall record in 2013, including a second straight bowl appearance (GoDaddy Bowl). It marked only the second time in 89 years of football the Cardinals played in back-to-back bowl games.• One of 20 coaches in country named to the 2013 Paul Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award Watch List.• Earned his 100th career victory with a 27-24 win over Kent State in Ball State’s 87th Homecoming Game in 2013.• Coached Ball State to a 48-27 win at Atlantic Coast Confer- ence member Virginia on Oct. 5, 2013 for his third win over a ‘Power Five’ conference opponent.• Led the Cardinals to a 7-1 MAC record in 2013 -- only the fifth 7-1 or better MAC record since Ball State joined the league in 1975.• Led Ball State to a 10-3 overall record in 2013, which marks only the third time in the Cardinals’ 90 years of football with 10 or more wins in a single season.• Led the Cardinals to a school record 501 points in 2013.• Guided Ball State to the 2012 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg in only his second season at the helm. The bowl appearance marked the eighth in Ball State history.• The nine wins in 2012 are tied for the third most in a single season in school history.• 2011-12 APR was 966 -- the highest in Ball State history and tied for first in the Mid-American Conference among football programs.• Coached Cardinals to back-to-back wins over teams from what were previously Bowl Championship Subdivision automatic qualifying conferences -- Indiana (Big Ten), 41-39, and South Florida (Big East), 31-27, in 2012.• Led Ball State to back-to-back wins over Indiana -- 2011 (27-20 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.) and 2012 (41-39 at Bloomington, Ind.)

• Coached Briggs Orsbon, who was named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America Team. Also has coached 18 Ball State student-athletes who have received Academic All-MAC honors in the last four seasons, including eight first-team selections.• Led Ball State to a 34-27 win over nationally ranked Toledo in 2012, which marked the Cardinals’ first win over a nationally ranked opponent since 2001. Toledo entered the game ranked No. 23 by The Associated Press.• Improved his career record to 11-3 in season openers after leading Ball State to a 30-10 win over Colgate in the first game of the 2014 season.• Helped Ball State to six wins and bowl eligibility in his first season at the helm in 2011, and to bowl eligibility for a third straight season in 2013.• Led Ball State to the fourth best come-from-behind victory in school history with a 31-27 win over Central Michi- gan in 2011 in a game the Cardinals fell behind 17-0 in the second quarter.• Has won his first game as a head coach at all three schools he has coached.

Signature Non-Conference Ws

at Virginia48-27Oct. 5, 2013

vs. Indiana27-20Sept. 3, 2011

vs. USF31-27Sept. 22, 2012

at Indiana41-39Sept. 15, 2012



CHIRPS FROM THE OFFENSE ALL HE DOES IS CATCH TOUCHDOWNS• Thanks to a 51-yard touchdown catch against Toledo last week, senior WR Jordan Williams has scored four touchdowns in the past three games. He is now tied for fifth in the Ball State record books with 20 career touchdowns.

SUCCESS EVEN IN DEFEAT?• On Sept. 26, Ball State scored more points (19) than No. 17 Northwestern had allowed in its first three games combined (16). The Wildcats entered the game ranked first in the nation in scoring defense (5.3 ppg). The Cardi-nals’ 359 yards were also the most allowed by Northwestern this season and 124 more than the Wildcats were giving up on average.

NEAL MAKES FIRST COLLEGIATE START• QB Riley Neal made his first collegiate start on Sept. 26 at No. 17 Northwestern. Neal led Ball State in both rushing (74 yards) and pass-ing (178). He threw two touchdown passes to senior WR Jordan Williams against the Wild-cats. Williams finished with a team season-best 133 yards receiving versus the Wildcats.

WILLIAMS BRINGS HIS ‘A’ GAME• Senior WR Jordan Williams was a bright spot in Ball State’s Sept. 26th game at No. 17 North-western. Williams finished with eight catches for 133 yards and two scores, marking the first 100-yard receiving game by a Ball State player this season. He has tallied a reception in 29 straight games.

GREEN KEEPS RUNNING AND RUNNING• Sophomore RB Darian Green ran for a personal-best 164 yards on 25 carries on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan, marking his first career

100-yard rushing game. He more than doubled his previous career-high for carries (11 the week before at Texas A&M).

GREAT START TO MAC PLAY• Ball State’s 278 rushing yards at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19 were its most against an FBS opponent since a 357-yard output Nov. 14, 2012 against Ohio. The Cardinals have rushed for at least 180 yards in four of their five games.

NEAL SHINES IN RELIEF• Freshman QB Riley Neal played a big role in Ball State’s 28-17 win at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19. Neal came on late in the first quarter and finished 24-for-28 (85.7 percent) through the air to tie for the fourth best pass comple-tion percentage in a game in Ball State history. He piled 280 total yards (194 passing and 86 rushing) and accounted for two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing).

WILLIAMS REACHES MILESTONE• With his 57 receiving yards on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan, senior WR Jordan Williams became the ninth player in Ball State history to surpass 2,000 career receiving yards. His total now stands at 2,250. See page five for Ball State’s top-10 career receiving yards list.

THAT’S A LONG DRIVE• Ball State’s 20-play, 9:49 drive in the second half on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan was the team’s longest in at least a decade. The Cardinals converted three third downs and two fourth downs on the drive that ended with a RB James Gilbert touchdown.

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Games Started Chart 2015 Cons.Name Career Season StartsJacob Richard 33 5 30Steven Bell 27 2 0Zack Ryan 27 2 1Jalen Schlachter 27 3 1Ben Ingle 27 5 7Jordan Williams 23 4 4Jeremiah Harvey 16 4 2Tyree Holder 16 3 3Michael Ayers 15 3 0Martez Hester 15 5 5KeVonn Mabon 15 5 10Drake Miller 13 5 13Sam Brunner 12 0 0Darnell Smith 12 0 0Aaron Taylor 12 3 0Dylan Curry 12 4 2Keenan Noel 11 2 0Dedrick Cromartie 10 5 10Jack Milas 9 3 0Chris Shillings 7 0 0Nick Plavchak 7 3 2Darius Conaway 7 4 4Sean Wiggins 7 5 5Kevin Willis 7 5 5Corey Lacanaria 6 5 5Darian Green 5 5 5Joshua Posley 5 5 5Vinnie Palazeti 3 3 0Jordan Hogue 2 1 0David Moore 2 2 0Aaron Hepp 2 0 0Julian Jackson 2 0 0Riley Neal 2 2 2John Whitman III 2 2 2Avery Bailey 2 1 1Cywettnie Brown 1 1 0Carlutorbanto Zaramo 1 1 0Corey Hall 1 1 0Jake McPhatter 1 1 0

STAT CORNER

23Ball State’s offense averages 23 first downs per game, which ranks second in the MAC behind only Bowling Green.

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CHIRPS FROM THE OFFENSE Top 10 Charts Career Receiving Yards1. 3,030 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-042. 2,991 Willie Snead, 2011-133. 2,778 Dante Love, 2005-084. 2,473 Darius Hill, 2005-085. 2,256 Deon Chester, 1984-876. 2,250 Jordan Williams, 2012-Present7. 2,218 Briggs Orsbon, 2008-118. 2,111 Brian Oliver, 1991-949. 2,034 Jamill Smith, 2010-1310. 1,874 Stevie Nelson, 1979-82

Career Receptions1. 238 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-042. 223 Willie Snead, 2011-133. 213 Briggs Orsbon, 2008-114. 199 Dante Love, 2005-085. 177 Jamill Smith, 2010-136. 158 Darius Hill, 2005-08 158 Jordan Williams, 2012-Present8. 146 Deon Chester, 1984-879. 138 Brian Oliver, 1991-9410. 131 Adrian Reese, 1996-99

Career TD Receptions1. 31 Darius Hill, 2005-082. 26 Willie Snead, 2011-133. 24 Brian Oliver, 1991-944. 22 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-045. 20 Dante Love, 2005-08 20 Jordan Williams, 2012-Present7. 17 Jamill Smith, 2010-138. 15 Mike Andress, 1974-779. 14 Adrian Reese, 1996-9910. 12 Four players

Consecutive Games W/Reception (DI FBS)1. D.J. Foster Arizona State 45 2. Alonzo Russell Toledo 42 3. Tajae Sharpe UMass 39 4. Rashon Ceaser ULM 34 5. Tommylee Lewis NIU 32 6. Bryce Treggs California 31 Shaq Washington Cincinnati 31 8. Rashard Higgins Colorado State 30 Nelson Spruce Colorado 3010. Jordan Williams Ball State 29 Tyler Boyd Pittsburgh 29 Zach Pascal Old Dominion 29 Jonnu Smith FIU 29

NEAL IN ELITE COMPANY• Freshman QB Riley Neal’s efficiency rating of 136.9 in his first two collegiate games ranked among the best at Ball State since 2000.

209.3 Nate Davis 2006 (EMU/Indiana)146.8 Talmadge Hill 2000 (Florida/ W. Ill.)136.9 Riley Neal 2015 (TAMU/EMU)134.4 Jack Milas 2014 (WMU/Akron)120.2 Any Roesch 2002 (Toledo/EMU) 109.5 Joey Lynch 2004 (BC/Purdue)108.8 Ozzie Mann 2014 (Colgate/Iowa)106.7 Keith Wenning 2010 (Liberty/Iowa)

ALL HE DOES IS SCORE TOUCHDOWNS• Freshman RB James Gilbert scored two rushing touchdowns at EMU on Sept. 19, both in the fourth quarter, to bring his season total to five. It was the second multi-TD game for Gilbert (VMI), who has scored at least once in three of the five games in 2015.

MABON REACHES 100 RECEPTIONS• Junior WR KeVonn Mabon led all players with 10 receptions and 82 receiving yards on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan. Mabon’s third recep-tion was the 100th of his collegiate career. He currently has 115 career receptions.

BALANCED RUNNING ATTACK AT A&M• With sophomore RB Darian Green (97 yards), freshman RB James Gilbert (70) and freshman QB Riley Neal (57), the Cardinals had three rushers with more than 50 yards for the second straight game to begin the 2015 season.

GREEN TIES SCHOOL RECORD• Sophomore RB Darian Green tied a school record with four total touchdowns (three rush-ing and one receiving) in the 48-36 win versus VMI on Sept. 3. Five previous players had scored four TDs in a game. The most recent to do it was MiQuale Lewis against Indiana in 2008. Green’s TDs were the first of his career.

MILAS HAS CAREER NIGHT IN OPENER• Sophomore QB Jack Milas made his seventh career start in the 2015 opener versus VMI and posted career highs in completions (34), attempts (52) and passing yards (338). It was his second career 300-yard passing game and his first since he threw for 326 yards in his first career start last year versus Western Michigan.

GILBERT SHINES ON THE GROUND AS WELL• Freshman RB James Gilbert made his debut and scored two touchdowns on the ground on Sept. 3 versus VMI. Gilbert finished with 12 carries for 61 yards (5.1 ypc), all of which came in the second half.

MILAS MOVING THE BALL AROUND• Sophomore QB Jack Milas’ 52 passing at-tempts against VMI on Sept. 3 tied for the second-most in a game in school history but were 19 shy of the school record of 71 by Keith Wenning against Northern Illinois in 2012. Mi-las’ 34 completions rank fifth in school history.

LOTS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE O-LINE• As a group, the returning offensive linemen have made a combined 126 starts heading into the Northern Illinois game. Jacob Richard leads the group with 33 career starts and also leads the current roster with 30 consecutive starts. Steven Bell and Jalen Schlacter have made at least 20 career starts on the line as well.

RICHARD ON RIMINGTON WATCH LIST• Jacob Richard, a senior center, was named to the Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List this summer. The Rimington award goes to the student-athlete that demonstrates excellence at the center position. Richard is a two-time All-Mid-American Conference performer and was on the 2014 Vince Lombardi Award Watch List, which goes to the nation’s top lineman.



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STAT CORNER

12Twelve Cardinals have been a

part of a tackle for loss this year. Junior DE Joshua Posley leads

the group with 6.0 stops behind the line of scrimmage.

CHIRPS FROM THE DEFENSE EFFECTIVE CHANGES AT THE HALF• Ball State has held both of its MAC oppo-nents scoreless after halftime this year. Toledo managed just 144 yards after the break while Eastern Michigan only gained 101 yards.

INGLE EARNS MAC POTW HONORS• Senior LB Ben Ingle was named Co-MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28 after notching a team season-high 13 tackles in the loss at No. 17 Northwestern. Ingle is one of four active Ball State linebackers who has at least 100 career tackles. Ingle leads all active Ball State players with 257 career stops.

CAUSING HAVOC IN THE BACKFIELD• Ball State recorded at least six tackles for loss in its four games, including six such stops on Sept. 26 at No. 17 Northwestern. Twelve different players have been involved in a tackle for loss, led by junior DE Joshua Posley with a team-high 6.0 tackles for loss.

SCORELESS STREAK• Ball State held Northwestern scoreless until the 6:20 mark of the second quarter on Sept. 26. The Wildcats’ touchdown at that point snapped a streak of 61 consecutive scoreless minutes for Ball State’s opponents stretching back to the second quarter of the Sept. 19th game with Eastern Michigan.

HOLDER MAKES IMPACT AT N’WESTERN• Junior CB Tyree Holder tal-lied the first interception of the season by a Ball State defensive back on Sept. 26 at North-

western. He added another last week against Toledo and leads all active Cardinals with six career interceptions.

BIG STOPS IN THE 2ND HALF• After surrendering 17 points and 218 yards in the first half to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19, Ball State held the Eagles scoreless on 101 yards after the break. Four of Eastern Michigan’s last seven drives were three plays or fewer.

CAREER GAME FOR WIGGINS• Junior LB Sean Wiggins recorded his first collegiate sack as well as his first two collegiate interceptions on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan. Wiggins’ sack ended a first quarter Eastern Michigan drive while his interceptions came on EMU’s final two possessions of the contest. Wiggins ranks second on the team with 41 tackles.

CONAWAY HAS CAREER DAY• Junior CB Darius Conaway turned in a strong day defensively at EMU, setting career highs with 1.5 tackles for loss and three pass break-ups to lead the team in both categories.

KNOCK IT DOWN!• The Cardinals had eight pass breakups as a team on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan, the most they have recorded in a game since tallying eight at Iowa in the second game of 2014.

WILLIS TALLIES FIRST CAREER SACK• Sophomore DT Kevin Willis notched his first collegiate sack in the third quarter at Texas A&M on Sept. 12. The six-yard sack came on a third down forcing the Aggies to punt.

Statistical Comparison Ball State (2015 stats)Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6Scoring Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.4Rushing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.8Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.4Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404.2Rushing Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.2Passing Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258.6Total Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.8 Punt Return Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5Kick Return Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5Time of Possession Avg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:31

Northern Illinois (2015 stats)Scoring Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2Scoring Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4Rushing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166.4Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.0Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369.4Rushing Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.0Passing Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.0Total Defense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.0 Punt Return Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4Kick Return Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7Time of Possession Avg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27:23

Tyree Holder



CHIRPS FROM THE DEFENSE INGLE LEADS THE LINEBACKERS• Ball State is fortunate to have four veteran linebackers on its roster for the 2015 season. Senior Ben Ingle, junior Zack Ryan, junior Aaron Taylor and junior Sean Wiggins have piled up 697 career tackles entering the North-ern Illinois game. Ingle leads the bunch with 257 career stops.

SMITH TO PLAY THIS WEEK?• Senior Darnell Smith, a 2014 third team All-MAC selection at defensive tackle, could suit up this weekend after missing the opening five games (knee). Sophomore Kevin Willis, who played in six games as a true freshman, has filled in with 19 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery in five games thus far.

TURNING TOs INTO POINTS• The Cardinals picked up two fumble recover-ies against VMI in the season opener and turned those into 14 points. Ball State’s defense has forced at least two turnovers in 10 of its last 12 games dating back to last year.

STOUT ON 4TH DOWNS• The Cardinals have already come up with five fourth down stops this year, which ranks third in the MAC. Opponents have only converted 4-of-9 (44.4 percent) fourth down attempts against Ball State.

NEW FACES IN DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD• Of the 11 players listed on the defensive backfield depth chart in the opener, six of those players did not play for the Cardinals in 2014. Sophomore Darius Conaway and junior Tyree Holder each recorded a pair of intercep-tions in 2014. Holder led the squad with seven defended passes.

2015 Individual Honors Ben Ingle, Sr., LB, #19• MAC West Division Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28)

Jacob Richard, Sr., C, #62• Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List• Semifinalist for the NFF Campbell Trophy



Morgan Hagee

CHIRPS FROM SPECIAL TEAMS GREAT RATIO• Junior P Kyle Schmidt has been solid on punts all year. Of his 25 punts, 11 have landed inside the 20-yard line and none have reached the end zone for a touchback.

SCHMIDT TAKING OVER KICKOFF DUTIES AS WELL• After splitting time with freshman Morgan Hagee, junior Kyle Schmidt has handled the kickoff duties each of the previous two weeks. Schmidt has tallied four touchbacks in the last two games.

SCHMIDT IN THIRD YEAR AS PUNTER• Junior P Kyle Schmidt is in his third year as Ball State’s punter. He currently ranks third on Ball State’s career punting list with an average of 41.4 yards per punt.

Career Punting Average (attempts)1. 44.8 Chris Miller (231), 2005-082. 44.2 Brad Maynard (242), 1993-963. 41.4 Kyle Schmidt (116), 2013-present4. 41.0 Scott Kovanda (229), 2008-125. 40.3 Jack Morse (130), 1969-70

TRUE FRESHMAN HANDLING FIELD GOALS• True freshman K Morgan Hagee is 8-for-12 (66.7 percent) on field goal attempts this year. Hagee made his first five attempts before missing a 52-yarder on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan. Hagee booted three field goals through the uprights on Sept. 12 at Texas A&M, including a season-best 43-yarder in the third quarter.

GREEN SHINES ON KICK RETURNS• Sophomore RB/KR Darian Green is averaging 22.7 yards per return on 14 kick returns this fall. That number ranks fourth in the league.

Green rumbled off a season-best 48-yard re-turn against VMI on Sept. 3 to set up a second quarter touchdown. Green did not have a kick return on Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan.

SCHMIDT HAS STANDOUT OPENER• Junior Kyle Schmidt was particularly effec-tive in the 2015 season opener against VMI where he hit four punts and had all four land inside the 20-yard line. One of his punts in the third quarter was downed at the one-yard line.

Game-By-Game Stats Field GoalsVMI (24), (27)at Texas A&M (21), (43), (20)at Eastern Michigan 52at Northwestern (30), 43, 40, (36)Toledo (29), 35at Northern IllinoisGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Michiganat OhioBowling GreenNumbers in (parenthesis) indicate made FG

PuntingVMI 4-169-42.2-4-49at Texas A&M 5-199-39.8-1-51at Eastern Michigan 5-170-34.0-2-54at Northwestern 7-300-42.9-3-53Toledo 6-240-40.0-1-45at Northern IllinoisGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Michiganat OhioBowling GreenNumber of punts-yards-average-inside 20-long

Kyle Schmidt

STAT CORNER

38Freshman kicker Morgan Hagee leads the team with 38 points scored this year – 24 on eight field goals and 14 PATs.



OTHER NOTES UNIFORM OF THE WEEK• Ball State will wear its traditional road uniforms this weekend – white helmet, white jerseys and red pants.

TEAM CAPTAINS• Senior LB Ben Ingle, senior OL Jacob Richard and senior DT Darnell Smith were selected by their teammates and coaches as team captains for the 2015 season. This week’s game captain is still TBA.

I DO!• Former Ball State football player Zac Jordan (2007-11) surprised his girlfriend and fellow Ball State alum, Lindsey Weaver, by proposing to her during the Homecoming contest on Oct. 3. After participating in the Allstate “Good Hands” Kick promotion following the first quarter, Jordan took a knee and popped the question. Of course, Lindsey said yes.

RICHARD A SEMIFINALIST FOR CAMPBELL TROPHY• Senior C Jacob Richard was one of six MAC football players who was recently named a semifinalist for the National Football Founda-tion’s (NFF) William V. Campbell Trophy. The Campbell Trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. Finalists will be announced Oct. 29 and the winner will receive a $25,000 post-graduate scholarship.

BALL STATE IN THE NFL• DE Jonathan Newsome and WR Willie Snead are two former Ball State players who are playing on Sundays this fall. Newsome is in his second season with the Indianapolis Colts while Snead is in his first year with the New Orleans

Saints. Meanwhile, CB Eric Patterson was called up off the practice squad to play in Indianapolis’ second game of the year against the N.Y. Jets.

MORE NFL NOTES• Keith Wenning (QB – Cincinnati) and Jahwan Edwards (RB –Atlanta) have signed practice squad deals with their respective teams.

PICK YOUR HELMET• Ball State will wear either black or white helmets with different decals that give the Cardinals six different helmet options this year. For more information on the helmets, click here: http://www.ballstatesports.com/View-Article.dbml?SPSID=69318&SPID=7633&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=210289207

‘HULK SMASH’ VIDEO HIGHLIGHTED ON ESPN’S COLLEGE GAME DAY• An ESPN crew visited the Ball State football team during preseason camp to talk about the team’s ‘Hulk Smash’ video. The feature aired on ESPN’s College Game Day last Saturday, Sept. 5. To watch the video, visit this link: https://youtu.be/_ZlW-osYte0.

SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM• Five players on the 2015 Ball State roster have already earned their bachelor’s degree – DE Michael Ayers, LB Julian Boyd, TE Dylan Curry, DT Keenan Noel and OL Jacob Richard.

THURSDAY NIGHT STARTS• This was the third time in the past four years that Ball State opened its season on a Thursday night.

Weekly Team Award Winners Presented by Mel Botkin TrophiesScout Team Player of Week – Def. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Blake AndersScout Team Player of Week – Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL Grant Williamson(awards for Toledo game on Oct. 3)

Jonathan Newsome



AROUND THE MAC2015 STANDINGSEast DivisionTeam MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N StreakOhio 1-0 1.000 14 12 4-1 .800 139 91 2-0 2-1 0-0 Won 1Bowling Green 1-0 1.000 28 22 3-2 .600 182 180 0-1 3-0 0-1 Won 2Kent State 1-0 1.000 20 14 2-3 .400 104 125 2-1 0-2 0-0 Won 1UMass 0-0 .000 0 0 1-3 .250 88 149 1-1 0-2 0-0 Won 1Buffalo 0-1 .000 22 28 2-3 .400 141 108 1-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 2Akron 0-1 .000 12 14 2-3 .400 109 102 1-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 1Miami 0-1 .000 14 20 1-4 .200 87 178 1-1 0-3 0-0 Lost 4

West DivisionTeam MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N StreakToledo 1-0 1.000 24 10 4-0 1.000 107 52 2-0 1-0 1-0 Won 4Central Michigan 1-0 1.000 29 19 2-3 .400 110 113 2-1 0-2 0-0 Won 1Ball State 1-1 .500 38 41 2-3 .400 128 157 1-1 1-2 0-0 Lost 2Western Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 1-3 .250 105 138 1-1 0-2 0-0 Lost 1Northern Illinois 0-1 .000 19 29 2-3 .400 141 122 2-0 0-3 0-0 Lost 3Eastern Michigan 0-1 .000 17 28 1-4 .200 157 197 0-3 1-1 0-0 Lost 3

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULEOctober 10*Central Michigan at Western Michigan, 12 p.m. (ASN/ESPN3)*UMass at Bowling Green, 2 p.m. (ESPN3)*Miami at Ohio, 2 p.m. (BCSN/ESPN3)*Kent State at Toledo, 3 p.m. (ESPN3)*Akron at Eastern Michigan, 3 p.m. (ESPN3)*Ball State at Northern Illinois, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN3)*MAC game

LAST WEEK’S RESULTSOctober 3*Ohio 14, at Akron 12*Toledo 24, at Ball State 10at UMass 24, FIU 14*at Central Michigan 29, Northern Illinois 19*at Kent State 20, Miami 14*Bowling Green 28, at Buffalo 22at LSU 44, Eastern Michigan 22

2015-16 MAC Bowl Lineup Famous Idaho Potato BowlTuesday, December 22nd3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT (ESPN)(vs. Mountain West)http://www.famousidahopotatobowl.com

Raycom Media Camellia BowlSaturday, December 19th5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT (ESPN)(vs. Sun Belt)http://espnevents.com/camellia-bowl/

Boca Raton BowlTuesday, December 22nd7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN)(vs. American Athletic Conference)http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl/

Popeyes Bahamas BowlThursday, December 24th12 Noon ET (ESPN)(vs. Conference USA)http://www.bahamasbowl.com

Go Daddy BowlWednesday, December 23rd8:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. CT (ESPN)(vs. Sun Belt)http://www.godaddybowl.com

THE OPPONENT – NORTHERN ILLINOISSERIES HISTORYOverall: Series tied, 20-20-2at Ball State: NIU leads series, 11-7at NIU: Ball State leads series, 13-9-2Current streak: NIU has won sixFirst meeting: Tie game, 6-6, Oct. 4, 1941 in DeKalbLast meeting: Northern Illinois won, 35-21, Nov. 5, 2014 in Muncie

LAST 10 MEETINGS VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS10/29/05 Ball State, 31-17 at NIU9/30/06 Northern Illinois, 40-28 at BSU11/24/07 Ball State, 27-21 at NIU11/5/08 Ball State, 45-14 at BSU11/12/09 Northern Illinois, 26-20 at NIU11/20/10 Northern Illinois, 59-21 at BSU11/15/11 Northern Illinois, 41-38 at NIU10/6/12 Northern Illinois, 35-23 at BSU11/13/13 Northern Illinois, 48-27 at NIU11/5/14 Northern Illinois, 35-21 at BSU

2015 ScheduleDate Opponent Time/Score9/5 UNLV 38- 30 W9/12 Murray State 57- 26 W9/19 at #1 Ohio State 13- 20 L9/26 at Boston College 14- 17 L10/3 at Central Michigan* 19- 29 L10/10 Ball State* 3:30 p.m.10/17 at Miami (Ohio)* 2:30 p.m.10/24 Eastern Michigan* 3:30 p.m.10/31 OPEN11/3 at Toledo* 8 p.m.11/11 at Buffalo* 8 p.m.11/18 Western Michigan* 8 p.m.11/24 Ohio* 7:30 p.m.Note: All times Eastern; asterisk (*) denotes MAC game

2015 INFORMATIONRecord: 2-3, 0-1 MACRanking: NoneLast Game: Lost at Central Michigan, 29-19 Oct. 3, 2015Coach: Rod Carey (Indiana ’93) Record: 25-9 (3rd season) at NIU: 25-9 (3rd season) vs. BSU: 2-0

TEAM LEADERSPassing: Drew Hare 87-of-148, 984 yards, 6 TD, 3 INTRushing: Joel Bouagnon 99 car., 442 yards, 8 TD, 4.5 ypcRec.: Kenny Golladay 28 rec., 437 yards, 2 TD, 15.6 yprTackles: Boomer Mays 40 tacklesSacks Six players 1.0 sacksINT: Shawun Lurry 5 interceptions



BALL STATE DEPTH CHART (as of Oct. 6, 2015)– Offense –

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown QB 15 Riley Neal 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. 14 Jack Milas 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill.

HB 25 Darian Green 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. or 34 James Gilbert 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 6 Teddy Williamson 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo.

X-WR 8 Jordan Williams 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. or 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 89 Devin Reece 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind.

Z-WR 5 Corey Lacanaria 5-8 165 So./So. Famington Hills, Mich. or 10 Chris Shillings 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.

W-WR 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. or 1 Jordan Hogue 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.

TE 40 Dylan Curry 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. 17 Sam Brunner 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich.

QT 78 Drake Miller 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. 69 Ian Anderson 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C.

QG 68 Jeremiah Harvey 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. or 75 Vinnie Palazeti 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. 73 Pat Maloney 6-2 279 Jr./So. Niles, Ill.

C 62 Jacob Richard 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. 75 Vinnie Palazeti 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich.

SG 65 Jalen Schlachter 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. 70 Alex Joss 6-4 288 So./Fr. Novi, Mich.

ST 67 Nick Plavchak 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. or 66 Steven Bell 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio

– Specialists – Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown P 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind.

PK 22 Morgan Hagee 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind.

HO 14 Jack Milas 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind.

KO 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. or 22 Morgan Hagee 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind.

KOR 25 Darian Green 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo.

PR 5 Corey Lacanaria 5-8 165 So./So. Famington Hills, Mich. 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.

Pronunciation GuideIssac Barrios – BAHR-ee-osKadin Booker – KAY-dinCywettnie Brown – SWEAT-neeSam Brunner – BREW-nerDedrick Cromartie – DEE-drick crow-MAHR-teeMesheck Floyd – MEE-shackOsazuwamen Igbinosun – OH-soo-WAH-men IGG-bih-NO-sunAJ Jaffal – jah-FALLCorey Lacanaria – LACK-an-R-ee-ahKeVonn Mabon – KEE-von MAY-bon

Jack Milas – MY-lusKeenan Noel – nollVinnie Palazeti – PAL-ah-ZETT-eeAndrew Poenitsch – PAIN-ishJoshua Posley – POSE-leeMichael Raby – RAY-beeEfe Scott-Emuakpor – F-ay Scott-m-OCK-poorAnthony Sheko – SHEE-koBrendon Towle – tollHaris Vrabac – VRAY-backCarlutorbantu Zaramo – CAR-loo-tore-BAHN-too zah-RAHM-oh

Out – Keenan Noel, DT (ankle)Doubtful – Corey Hall, CB (hamstring); Darnell Smith, DT (knee); Terin Soiomon, S (shoulder); Carlutorbantu Zaramo, DT (knee)Questionable – Cywettnie Brown, WR (foot)Probable – Vinnie Palazeti, OL (shoulder)

INJURIES

– Defense – Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Rush 9 Michael Ayers 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. 98 Anthony Winbush 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind.

DT 93 Kevin Willis 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. 97 Kevin Thurmon 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill.

NG 55 John Whitman III 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio 92 Julian Jackson 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif.

DE 57 Joshua Posley 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J.

WLB 19 Ben Ingle 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. or 3 Sean Wiggins 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. 42 Julian Boyd 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga.

MLB 2 Zack Ryan 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio or 3 Sean Wiggins 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. 27 Stu Stanley 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind.

SLB 7 Aaron Taylor 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. 26 Avery Bailey 6-1 208 5th/Sr. Cleveland, Ohio

BC 20 Darius Conaway 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. 28 Armani McNulty 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill.

FS 21 Martez Hester 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. 30 Rontrell Peyton 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va.

SS 43 Dedrick Cromartie 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. 45 Lamont McPhatter 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa.

FC 13 David Moore 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. or 33 Tyree Holder 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. 23 Marc Walton 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio



No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School)

1 Jordan Hogue * WR 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven)

2 Zack Blair QB 6-0 175 Fr./Fr. Tipp City, Ohio (Tippecanoe)

2 Zack Ryan ** LB 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio (St. Ignatius)

3 Sean Wiggins ** LB 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. (Butler)

4 Alex Egan K 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. (Leo)

5 Corey Lacanaria * WR 5-8 165 So./So. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)

6 Teddy Williamson ** RB 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West)

7 Aaron Taylor ** LB 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett)

8 Jordan Williams *** WR 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central)

9 Michael Ayers *** DE 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek)

10 Jesse Best QB 5-9 160 Fr./Fr. Columbiana, Ohio (Crestview)

10 Chris Shillings *** WR 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North)

11 David Morrison QB 6-1 187 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Concordia)

11 Kendrick Mullen CB 5-7 163 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers)

12 Kyle Schmidt ** P 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton)

13 David Moore * CB 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. (Butler)

14 Jack Milas * QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

15 Riley Neal QB 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

15 Terin Solomon S 5-11 179 Jr./Jr. Murreita, Calif. (Riverside CC)

16 KeVonn Mabon ** WR 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit)

17 Quinten Turner CB 5-9 176 So./Fr. Decatur, Ga. (Miller Grove)

17 Sam Brunner ** TE 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich. (Romeo)

18 Efe Scott-Emuakpor WR 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing)

18 Blake Anders S 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Lisle, Ill. (Benedictine)

19 Ben Ingle *** LB 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. (LaSalle)

20 Darius Conaway ** CB 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb)

20 Evan Sembell RB 6-2 217 Fr./Fr. Rochester, Ill. (Rochester)

21 Martez Hester ** S 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb)

22 Morgan Hagee PK/P 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield)

23 Marc Walton CB 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio (Mentor)

24 Ralph Smith III WR 5-8 173 Jr./So. Avon, Ohio (Avon)

25 Darian Green * RB 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson)

25 Kyle Lewis S 6-1 200 Jr./Jr. Belliflower, Calif. (West LA College)

26 Avery Bailey ** LB 6-1 208 5th/Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward)

27 Stu Stanley ** LB 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)

28 Armani McNulty CB 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook)

29 Corey Hall CB 5-9 189 Jr./Jr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge)

30 Rontrell Peyton S 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac)

31 Romero Wade S 5-11 212 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman)

32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 5-11 219 So./Fr. Brooksville, Fla. (Hernando)

33 Tyree Holder ** CB 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic)

34 James Gilbert RB 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech)

35 Keenan Noel ** DT 6-1 270 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North)

36 Jacob White LB 6-1 232 Fr./Fr. Clarendon Hills, Ill (Hinsdale Central)

37 Spencer Gilbert RB 5-10 204 So./Fr. Greenfield, Ind. (Eastern Hancock)

38 Steve Drida K 6-1 201 Jr./So. Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha West)

38 Payton Lowe S 6-1 185 So./So. Gas City, Ind. (Mississinewa)

39 John Godfrey * TE 6-1 245 Sr./Jr. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph’s)

40 Dylan Curry *** TE 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills)

41 Payton Stonefield LB 6-1 211 Jr./So. Sunman, Ind. (East Central)

41 Darren Bost TE 6-1 232 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

42 Julian Boyd *** LB 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell)


43 Dedrick Cromartie * S 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet)

44 Michael Raby *** TE 6-3 257 Sr./Sr. Sheridan, Ind. (North Central)

44 Anthony Sheko S 6-3 210 Fr./Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Simeon)

45 Lamont McPhatter S 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa. (New Castle)

46 AJ Jaffal LB 6-0 208 Fr./Fr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson)

47 Nick Traub * LS 5-11 202 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)

48 Meshech Floyd S 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman)

49 Kyle Seger * DE 6-0 248 Sr./Jr. Huntingburg, Ind. (Southridge)

50 Damon Singleton LB 6-2 234 So./Fr. Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)

51 Chris Vann LB 6-0 230 5th/Sr. South Bend, Ind. (Sienna Heights)

52 Fred Schroeder DE 6-3 276 So./Fr. Yuma, Ariz. (IMG Academy)

53 Malik King OL 6-3 303 So./Fr. Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon)

54 Patrick O’Connell DT 6-3 263 Fr./Fr. Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson)

55 John Whitman III DE 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio (Westerville Central)

57 Brendon Towle LS 6-0 208 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind. (Greenfield Central)

57 Joshua Posley DE 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

58 Kadin Booker OL 6-7 290 So./So. Burlington City, N.J. (Monroe College)

61 Issac Barrios OL 6-2 265 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Central)

62 Jacob Richard *** OL 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. (Weston)

63 Grant Williamson OL 6-3 277 Fr./Fr. Rolling Prairie, Ind. (New Prairie)

64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-2 270 Fr./Fr. Waukesha, Wis. (Sussex Hamilton)

65 Jalen Schlachter *** OL 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. (Corunna)

66 Steven Bell ** OL 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill)

67 Nick Plavchak * OL 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. (Guerin Catholic)

68 Jeremiah Harvey ** OL 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. (Culver)

69 Ian Anderson * OL 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C. (Reagan)

70 Alex Joss OL 6-4 288 So./Fr. Novi, Mich. (Walled Lake Western)

71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4 304 Fr./Fr. Bremen, Ind. (Bremen)

72 Haris Vrabac OL 6-7 340 Jr./So. Warren, Mich. (Warren Mott)

73 Pat Maloney OL 6-2 279 Jr./So. Niles, Ill. (Maine South)

75 Vinnie Palazeti * OL 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. (Powers Catholic)

77 Alex Orndorff OL 6-7 300 So./Fr. Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Lawrenceburg)

78 Drake Miller ** OL 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. (Sturgis)

79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 6-5 279 Jr./So. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy)

80 Aaron Hepp ** WR 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)

81 Kyle Schrank TE 6-2 232 Fr./Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern)

83 Clayton Cook WR 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. North Webster, Ind. (Wawasee)

84 Danny Pinter TE 6-4 251 Fr./Fr. South Bend, Ind. (John Adams)

85 Cywettnie Brown * WR 6-0 162 Sr./Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)

86 Riley Miller WR 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

88 Logan Curry TE 6-4 250 Sr./Jr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills)

89 Devin Reece WR 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind. (Westfield)

90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 241 Fr./Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard)

91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 6-2 246 Fr./Fr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Stranahan)

92 Julian Jackson * DL 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills)

93 Kevin Willis * DT 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central)

94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun ** DE 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J. (Rahway)

95 Darnell Smith *** DT 5-11 275 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

96 Carlutorbantu Zaramo * DT 6-4 290 Sr./Jr. Richmond Heights, Ohio (Brush)

97 Kevin Thurmon DT 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill. (Mount Carmel)

98 Anthony Winbush * DE 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT 5-11 250 Fr./Fr. East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis)

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18 Blake Anders S 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Lisle, Ill. (Benedictine)

69 Ian Anderson * OL 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C. (Reagan)

9 Michael Ayers *** DE 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek)

26 Avery Bailey ** LB 6-1 208 5th/Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward)

61 Issac Barrios OL 6-2 265 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Central)

66 Steven Bell ** OL 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill)

10 Jesse Best QB 5-9 160 Fr./Fr. Columbiana, Ohio (Crestview)

2 Zack Blair QB 6-0 175 Fr./Fr. Tipp City, Ohio (Tippecanoe)

58 Kadin Booker OL 6-7 290 So./So. Burlington City, N.J. (Monroe College)

41 Darren Bost TE 6-1 232 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

42 Julian Boyd *** LB 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell)

85 Cywettnie Brown * WR 6-0 162 Sr./Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)

17 Sam Brunner ** TE 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich. (Romeo)

20 Darius Conaway ** CB 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb)

83 Clayton Cook WR 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. North Webster, Ind. (Wawasee)

43 Dedrick Cromartie * S 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet)

40 Dylan Curry *** TE 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills)

88 Logan Curry TE 6-4 250 Sr./Jr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills)

38 Steve Drida K 6-1 201 Jr./So. Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha West)

4 Alex Egan K 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. (Leo)

48 Meshech Floyd S 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman)

34 James Gilbert RB 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech)

37 Spencer Gilbert RB 5-10 204 So./Fr. Greenfield, Ind. (Eastern Hancock)

39 John Godfrey * TE 6-1 245 Sr./Jr. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph’s)

25 Darian Green * RB 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson)

22 Morgan Hagee PK/P 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield)

29 Corey Hall CB 5-9 189 Jr./Jr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge)

90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 241 Fr./Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard)

68 Jeremiah Harvey ** OL 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. (Culver)

80 Aaron Hepp ** WR 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)

21 Martez Hester ** S 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb)

1 Jordan Hogue * WR 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven)

33 Tyree Holder ** CB 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic)

91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 6-2 246 Fr./Fr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Stranahan)

94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun ** DE 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J. (Rahway)

19 Ben Ingle *** LB 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. (LaSalle)

32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 5-11 219 So./Fr. Brooksville, Fla. (Hernando)

92 Julian Jackson * DL 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills)

46 AJ Jaffal LB 6-0 208 Fr./Fr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson)

70 Alex Joss OL 6-4 288 So./Fr. Novi, Mich. (Walled Lake Western)

53 Malik King OL 6-3 303 So./Fr. Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon)

99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT 5-11 250 Fr./Fr. East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis)

5 Corey Lacanaria * WR 5-8 165 So./So. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice)

25 Kyle Lewis S 6-1 200 Jr./Jr. Belliflower, Calif. (West LA College)

79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 6-5 279 Jr./So. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy)

38 Payton Lowe S 6-1 185 So./So. Gas City, Ind. (Mississinewa)

16 KeVonn Mabon ** WR 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit)

73 Pat Maloney OL 6-2 279 Jr./So. Niles, Ill. (Maine South)

28 Armani McNulty CB 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook)

45 Lamont McPhatter S 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa. (New Castle)

14 Jack Milas * QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

78 Drake Miller ** OL 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. (Sturgis)


86 Riley Miller WR 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

13 David Moore * CB 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. (Butler)

11 David Morrison QB 6-1 187 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Concordia)

11 Kendrick Mullen CB 5-7 163 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers)

15 Riley Neal QB 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

35 Keenan Noel ** DT 6-1 270 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North)

54 Patrick O’Connell DT 6-3 263 Fr./Fr. Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson)

77 Alex Orndorff OL 6-7 300 So./Fr. Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Lawrenceburg)

75 Vinnie Palazeti * OL 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. (Powers Catholic)

30 Rontrell Peyton S 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac)

84 Danny Pinter TE 6-4 251 Fr./Fr. South Bend, Ind. (John Adams)

67 Nick Plavchak * OL 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. (Guerin Catholic)

64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-2 270 Fr./Fr. Waukesha, Wis. (Sussex Hamilton)

57 Joshua Posley DE 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

44 Michael Raby *** TE 6-3 257 Sr./Sr. Sheridan, Ind. (North Central)

89 Devin Reece WR 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind. (Westfield)

62 Jacob Richard *** OL 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. (Weston)

71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4 304 Fr./Fr. Bremen, Ind. (Bremen)

2 Zack Ryan ** LB 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio (St. Ignatius)

65 Jalen Schlachter *** OL 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. (Corunna)

12 Kyle Schmidt ** P 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton)

81 Kyle Schrank TE 6-2 232 Fr./Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern)

52 Fred Schroeder DE 6-3 276 So./Fr. Yuma, Ariz. (IMG Academy)

18 Efe Scott-Emuakpor WR 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing)

49 Kyle Seger * DE 6-0 248 Sr./Jr. Huntingburg, Ind. (Southridge)

20 Evan Sembell RB 6-2 217 Fr./Fr. Rochester, Ill. (Rochester)

44 Anthony Sheko S 6-3 210 Fr./Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Simeon)

10 Chris Shillings *** WR 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North)

50 Damon Singleton LB 6-2 234 So./Fr. Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt)

95 Darnell Smith *** DT 5-11 275 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

24 Ralph Smith III WR 5-8 173 Jr./So. Avon, Ohio (Avon)

15 Terin Solomon S 5-11 179 Jr./Jr. Murreita, Calif. (Riverside CC)

27 Stu Stanley ** LB 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)

41 Payton Stonefield LB 6-1 211 Jr./So. Sunman, Ind. (East Central)

7 Aaron Taylor ** LB 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett)

97 Kevin Thurmon DT 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill. (Mount Carmel)

57 Brendon Towle LS 6-0 208 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind. (Greenfield Central)

47 Nick Traub * LS 5-11 202 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)

17 Quinten Turner CB 5-9 176 So./Fr. Decatur, Ga. (Miller Grove)

51 Chris Vann LB 6-0 230 5th/Sr. South Bend, Ind. (Sienna Heights)

72 Haris Vrabac OL 6-7 340 Jr./So. Warren, Mich. (Warren Mott)

31 Romero Wade S 5-11 212 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman)

23 Marc Walton CB 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio (Mentor)

36 Jacob White LB 6-1 232 Fr./Fr. Clarendon Hills, Ill (Hinsdale Central)

55 John Whitman III DE 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio (Westerville Central)

3 Sean Wiggins ** LB 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. (Butler)

8 Jordan Williams *** WR 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central)

63 Grant Williamson OL 6-3 277 Fr./Fr. Rolling Prairie, Ind. (New Prairie)

6 Teddy Williamson ** RB 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West)

93 Kevin Willis * DT 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central)

98 Anthony Winbush * DE 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)

96 Carlutorbantu Zaramo * DT 6-4 290 Sr./Jr. Richmond Heights, Ohio (Brush)

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OFFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHSSAM BRUNNER / TE / #176-2, 240, Sr./Jr., Washington, Mich.Receptions: 1, 4 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15)Receiving yards: 25, Kent State, 10/12/13Long reception: 25, Kent State, 10/12/13KR: 1, Twice (Last time at Akron, 10/26/13)Long kick return: 11, Illinois State, 8/29/13

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2013 11 2 44 0 25 22.02014 12 1 4 0 4 4.02015 5 1 15 0 15 15.0TOTAL 28 4 63 0 25 15.8

DYLAN CURRY / TE / #406-5, 268, 5th/Sr., Frankfort, Ky.TDs: 1, 3 times (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14)Receptions: 2, 5 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15)Receiving yards: 47, Indiana State, 9/13/14Long reception: 38, Indiana State, 9/13/14

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2012 13 3 51 0 33 17.02013 11 4 39 0 17 9.82014 12 9 108 3 38 12.02015 5 3 18 0 8 6.0TOTAL 41 19 216 3 38 11.4

JAMES GILBERT / RB / #345-8, 191, Fr./Fr., Indianapolis, Ind.Touchdowns: 2, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15)Rush attempts: 15, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15Rush yards: 70, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15Long rush: 34, at Northwestern, 9/26/15Receptions: 0Rec. yards: 0Long reception: 0

• RushingYear G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C2015 5 54 241 5 34 4.5TOTAL 5 54 241 5 34 4.5

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2015 5 1 19 0 19 19.0TOTAL 5 1 19 0 19 19.0

DARIAN GREEN / RB / #255-8, 176, So./So., Lafayette, Ind.Touchdowns: 4, VMI, 9/3/15Rush attempts: 25, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15Rush yards: 164, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15Long rush: 47, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15Rec. yards: 74, VMI, 9/3/15Long reception: 35, VMI, 9/3/15

• RushingYear G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C2014 12 12 48 0 9 4.02015 5 64 417 4 47 6.5TOTAL 17 76 465 4 47 6.1

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2014 12 8 112 0 29 14.02015 5 10 81 1 35 8.1TOTAL 17 18 193 1 35 10.7

MORGAN HAGEE / K / #225-11, 158, Fr./Fr., Plainfield, Ind.Field goals made: 3, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15FG attempted: 4, at Northwestern, 9/26/15Long field goal: 43, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15

• KickingYear G FGs Lg Pct PATs Pts2015 5 8-12 43 66.7 14-15 38TOTAL 5 8-12 43 66.7 14-15 38

AARON HEPP / WR / #806-1, 189, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.Touchdowns: 1, Colgate, 8/30/14Receptions: 5, Indiana State, 9/13/14Receiving yards: 38, Indiana State, 9/13/14Long reception: 20, at Western Mich., 10/19/13PR: 3, Twice (Last vs. Indiana State, 9/13/14)PR Yards: 15, Indiana State, 9/13/14Long PR: 7, Twice, (Last Time vs. ISU, 9/13/14)

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2013 12 2 29 0 20 14.52014 11 6 57 1 19 9.52015 5 0 0 0 0 0.0TOTAL 28 8 86 1 20 10.8

JORDAN HOGUE / WR / #16-1, 180, So./So., Fort Wayne, Ind.TD: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14)Receptions: 4, Indiana State, 9/13/14Receiving yards: 59, Indiana State, 9/13/14Long reception: 33, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14


COREY LACANARIA / WR / #55-8, 165, So./So., Farmington Hills, Mich.Touchdowns: 1, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15Rec. yards: 55, VMI, 9/3/15Long reception: 26, W. Michigan, 10/11/14


KeVONN MABON / WR / #166-1, 219, Sr./Jr., St. Louis, Mo.Touchdowns: 1, 8 timesReceptions: 11, Colgate, 8/30/14Receiving yards: 110, Colgate, 8/30/14Receiving TDs: 1, 7 timesLong reception: 62, Bowling Green, 11/28/14


JACK MILAS / QB / #146-1, 210, Jr./So., Arlington Heights, Ill.Pass attempts: 52, VMI, 9/3/15Pass completions: 34, VMI, 9/3/15Pass yards: 338, VMI, 9/3/15Pass TDs: 4, Western Michigan, 10/11/14Long pass: 44, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Rush attempts: 7, Akron, 10/25/14Rush yards: 57, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Long rush: 54, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Rush TDs: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14)

• PassingYear G C- A Int Yds TD Lg Pct.2014 6 115- 209 5 1302 9 44 55.02015 5 35- 65 2 343 1 36 53.8TOTAL 11 150- 274 7 1645 10 44 54.7

• RushingYear G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C2014 6 27 96 2 54 3.62015 5 6 12 0 13 2.0TOTAL 11 33 108 2 54 3.3



OFFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHSRILEY NEAL / QB / #156-5, 217, Fr./Fr., Yorktown, Ind.Pass attempts: 37, Toledo, 10/3/15Pass completions: 24, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15Pass yards: 236, Toledo, 10/3/15Pass TDs: 2, at Northwestern, 9/26/15Long pass: 51, Toledo, 10/3/15Rush attempts: 16, at Northwestern, 9/26/15Rush yards: 86, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15Long rush: 41, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15Rush TDs: 1, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15

• PassingYear G C- A Int Yds TD Lg Pct.2015 4 72- 119 0 724 4 51 60.5TOTAL 4 72- 119 0 724 4 51 60.5

• RushingYear G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C2015 4 46 217 1 41 4.7TOTAL 4 46 217 1 41 4.7

CHRIS SHILLINGS / WR / #106-1, 202, 5th/Sr., Columbus, Ind.Touchdowns: 1, Bowling Green, 11/28/14Receptions: 5, Twice (Last at Toledo 9/20/14)Receiving yards: 52, Colgate, 8/30/14Long reception: 37, Indiana State, 9/13/14

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2011 6 0 0 0 0 0.02012 11 4 51 0 23 12.82013 4 0 0 0 0 0.02014 12 28 293 1 37 10.52015 5 10 74 0 14 7.4TOTAL 38 42 418 1 37 10.0

JORDAN WILLIAMS / WR / #86-3, 228, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.Receiving TDs: 2, 5 timesReceptions: 12, Akron, 10/26/13Receiving yards: 179, Western Mich., 10/11/14Long reception: 75, Miami University, 11/29/13


TEDDY WILLIAMSON / RB / #235-9, 205, Jr./Jr., O’Fallon, Mo.Touchdowns: 1, Miami, 11/29/13Rush attempts: 19, Miami University, 11/29/13Rush yards: 80, Miami U., 11/29/13 (19 carries)Long rush: 18, Army, 9/7/13Receptions: 2, Army, 9/7/13Receiving yards: 4, Army, 9/7/13 (2 receptions)

• RushingYear G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C2013 12 68 224 1 18 3.32014 12 24 56 0 16 2.32015 5 23 90 0 12 3.9TOTAL 29 115 370 1 18 3.2

• ReceivingYear G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C2013 12 2 4 0 3 2.02014 12 0 0 0 0 0.02015 5 1 -4 0 0 -4.0TOTAL 29 3 0 0 3 0.0



DEFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHSMICHAEL AYERS / DE / #96-1, 252, 5th/Sr., Elks Grove, Calif.Tackles: 14, Army, 10/4/14Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14)TFL: 2.0, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14FR: 1, 2 times (Last at Army 10/4/14)

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2012 12 4 3 7 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02013 10 5 8 13 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02014 12 29 36 65 6.0-15 0 2 0 2.0-72015 5 13 14 27 2.0-2 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 39 51 61 112 8.0-17 0 2 0 0.0-0

AVERY BAILEY / LB / #266-1, 208, 5th/Sr., Cleveland, OhioInterceptions: 1, Massachusetts, 11/12/14Tackles: 6, Miami University, 11/29/13Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Virginia, 10/5/13

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2011 3 2 0 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02012 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02013 11 9 10 19 1.0-2 0 0 0 0.0-02014 12 5 12 17 0.0-0 0 0 1 0.0-02015 5 5 7 12 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 31 21 29 50 1.0-2 0 0 1 0.0-0

JULIAN BOYD / LB / #426-1, 230, 5th/Sr., Roswell, Ga.Tackles: 3, 4 timesSacks: 0.5, Ohio, 11/14/12TFL: 0.5, 2 times (Last at Virginia, 10/5/13

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2011 9 8 9 17 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02012 9 3 2 5 0.5-1 0 0 0 0.5-12013 9 3 2 5 0.5-1 0 0 0 0.0-02014 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02015 4 0 2 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 31 14 15 29 1.0-2 0 0 0 0.5-1

DARIUS CONAWAY / CB / #206-1, 189, Jr./Jr., Kennesaw, Ga.Tackles: 8, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14TFL: 1.5 at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15Pass breakups: 3, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15)

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2013 13 6 3 9 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02014 10 19 8 27 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02015 4 12 5 17 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 27 37 16 53 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0

DEDRICK CROMARTIE / SS / #435-10, 179, So./So., St. Louis, Mo.INT: 1, Twice (Last at UMass, 11/12/14)Long INT return: 14, at UMass, 11/12/14Tackles: 11, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15Pass breakups: 1, 5 times

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2014 11 21 22 43 1.0-0 0 0 2 0.0-02015 5 19 11 30 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 16 40 33 73 2.5-7 0 0 0 0.0-0

COREY HALL / CB / #295-9, 189, Jr./Jr., Stockbridge, Ga.Tackles: 7, VMI, 9/3/15FF: 1, VMI, 9/3/15

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2015 1 6 1 7 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 1 6 1 7 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0

MARTEZ HESTER / S / #216-3, 207, Sr./Jr., Kennesaw, Ga.Interceptions: 1, Twice (Last at MU, 11/29/13)Long INT return: 10, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13Tackles: 15, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. Akron 10/25/14) FR: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14PBU: 1, 6 times


TYREE HOLDER / CB / #336-1, 170, Sr./Jr., Tampa, Fla.INT: 1, 5 times (Last vs. Toledo, 10/3/15)Tackles: 6, at Massachusetts, 11/12/14Pass breakups: 2, Twice (Last at Mass. 11/12/14)FF: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15


OSAZUWAMEN IGBINOSUN / DE / #946-2, 255, Sr./Sr., Rahway, N.J.Tackles: 7, at Bowling Green, 11/28/14Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last at BGSU, 11/28/14)Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Massachusetts, 11/12/14FR: 1, VMI, 9/3/15


BEN INGLE / LB / #196-1, 237, 5th/Sr., West Harrison, Ind.TDs: 1, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 (FR)Interceptions: 1, Twice (Last vs Akron 10/25/14)Long INT return: 26, Illinois State, 8/29/13Tackles: 14, Twice (Last at Toledo, 9/20/14)Sacks: 0.5, Illinois State, 8/29/13TFL: 2.0, Twice (Last at Northwestern, 9/26/15)FF: 1, at Eastern Michigan, 9/21/13FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 1/22/14)PBU: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15


DAVID MOORE / CB / #135-9, 171, Jr./So., Matthews, N.C.Tackles: 8, Toledo, 10/3/15FF: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/15/14PBU: 1, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15)


KEENAN NOEL / DT / #356-1, 270, 5th/Sr., Columbus, Ind.Tackles: 4, 7 timesSacks: 1, Army, 10/4/14Tackles for loss: 2.0 at Army, 10/4/14PBU: 1, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15


JOSHUA POSLEY / DE / #576-1, 252, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.Tackles: 8, Twice (Last at Northwestern, 9/26/15)Sacks: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15Tackles for loss: 2.5, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15FF: 1, VMI, 9/3/15

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2012 (UC) 6 2 1 3 0.5-4 0 0 0 0.5-42013 (UC) 2 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-02015 5 11 16 27 6.0-19 1 0 0 1.5-10TOTAL 13 13 18 31 6.5-23 1 0 0 2.0-14



DEFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHSZACK RYAN / LB / #25-11, 225, Sr./Jr., Westlake, OhioInterceptions: 1, Akron 10/25/14Long interception return: 27, Akron 10/25/14Tackles: 15, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14Sacks: 1.5, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13Tackles for loss: 2.5, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14FF: 2, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14FR: 1, at Northwestern, 9/26/15PBUs: 1, Twice (Last vs. WMU 10/11/14)


KYLE SCHMIDT / P / #126-2, 215, Sr./Jr., Chesterton, Ind.Punt attempts: 8, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14Punt yards: 320, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14Longest punt: 70, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14

• PuntingYear G No. Yds Lg Avg.2013 13 45 1839 62 40.92014 12 52 2190 70 42.12015 5 25 1026 54 41.0TOTAL 30 122 5055 70 41.4

DARNELL SMITH / DT / #955-11, 275, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.Tackles: 6, Twice (Last vs. Northern Ill., 11/5/14)Sacks: 1.0, 6 timesTackles for loss: 1.5, Indiana State, 9/13/14FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. NIU 11/5/14)

• Defensive StatsYear G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks2012 11 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 02013 12 4 10 14 0.5-2 0 1 0 0.5-22014 12 14 23 37 5.5-33 2 1 0 4.0-282015 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0TOTAL 35 18 34 52 6.0-35 2 2 0 6.5-30

AARON TAYLOR / LB / #75-11, 206, Sr./Jr., Lawrenceville, Ga.Tackles: 13, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14Tackles for loss: 1, 7 timesSacks: 1, Twice (Last vs. NIU, 11/5/14)FF: 1, Illinois State, 8/29/13FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. Eastern Mich., 11/22/14)PBU: 1, Twice (Last at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15)


SEAN WIGGINS / LB / #36-3, 233, Jr./Jr., Mint Hill, N.C.Interceptions: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15Tackles: 13, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14Sacks: 1.0, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15Tackles for loss: 1, 5 timesFF: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14FR: 2, at Central Michigan, 10/18/14PBU: 1, 3 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15)


ANTHONY WINBUSH / DE / #986-1, 228, Jr./So., Indianapolis, Ind.Tackles: 4, Akron, 10/25/14Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15)TFL: 1.0, 3 times (Last at EMU, 9/19/15)FF: 1, Twice (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15)


CARLUTORBANTO ZARAMO / DT / #966-4, 290, Sr./Jr., Richmond Heights, OhioTackles: 5, VMI, 9/3/15Tackles for loss: 1.0, Army, 9/7/13Sacks: 1.0, Army, 9/7/13Pass breakups: 1, Central Michigan, 11/06/13




OFFENSIVE PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICSRUSHING (att.-yards-TDs)Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSUJames Gilbert 12-61-0 11-71-1 15-39-0 5-42-0 11-29-0Darian Green 9-73-3 11-99-2 25-166-2 12-68-0 7-15-0Jack Milas 4-23-0 1-0-0 1-0-11 0-0-0 0-0-0 Riley Neal DNP 8-64-7 11-93-7 16-78-0 11-0-0Teddy Williamson 16-74-0 7-18-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

RECEIVING (rec.-yards-TDs)Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSUSam Brunner 0-0-0 1-15-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Dylan Curry 0-0-0 2-15-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-0-0James Gilbert 12-61-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-19-0Darian Green 6-74-1 0-0-0 3-14-0 0-0-0 1-0-0Jordan Hogue 2-23-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 3-21-0Corey Lacanaria 6-55-0 2-5-0 4-32-0 2-25-0 4-35-0KeVonn Mabon 7-54-0 1-5-0 10-82-0 1-4-0 7-68-0Chris Shillings 3-33-0 4-23-0 1-5-0 2-13-0 0-0-0 Jordan Williams 8-99-0 2-58-0 5-57-1 8-133-2 7-100-1Teddy Williamson 1-(-4)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

KICK RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs)Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSUDarian Green 4-120-0 3-66-24 0-0-0 2-46-0 5-86-0KeVonn Mabon 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-17-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

PUNT RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs)Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSUCorey Lacanaria 3-28-0 0-0-0 2-17-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

PASSING• #14 Jack MilasOpponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-YdsVMI 34 52 1 65.4 338 1 36 0-0at Texas A&M 1 8 1 12.5 5 0 5 0-0at Eastern Michigan 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 1-11at Northwestern 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0Toledo 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0at Northern IllinoisGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Michiganat OhioBowling GreenTotals 35 65 2 53.8 343 1 36 1-11

• #15 Riley NealOpponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-YdsVMI – DNP –at Texas A&M 11 19 0 57.9 116 0 45 1-6at Eastern Michigan 24 28 0 85.7 194 1 26 1-7at Northwestern 14 35 0 40.0 178 2 33 0-0Toledo 23 37 0 62.2 236 1 51 2-21at Northern IllinoisGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Michiganat OhioBowling GreenTotals 72 119 0 60.5 724 5 51 4-34

FIELD GOALSPlayer FGM-A Pct 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Lg BlkMorgan Hagee 8-12 66.7 5-5 2-3 1-3 0-1 43 0



DEFENSIVE PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICSTACKLES Ayers #9 Conaway #20 Cromartie #43 Hall #29 Hester #21 Holder #33 Igbinosun #94 Ingle #19Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-OtherVMI 3-3-6 (1 TFL) DNP 5-4-9 (1 PBU) 6-1-7 (1 FF) 3-4-7 (1 PBU) DNP 0-0-0 (1 FR) 0-5-5 (0.5 TFL)at Texas A&M 2-3-5 1-2-3 5-3-8 (1 TFL) DNP 4-3-7 DNP 1-2-3 1-6-7at Eastern Mich. 1-0-1 3-1-4 (3 PBU) 2-1-3 (0.5 TFL) DNP 4-0-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-2-5 (2 PBU)at Northwestern 4-2-6 (1 TFL) 6-0-6 5-0-5 DNP 5-6-11 3-1-4 (1FF/1INT) 0-1-1 (0.5 TFL) 7-6-13 (2 TFL)Toledo 3-6-9 2-2-4 2-3-5 DNP 1-2-3 2-0-2 (1 INT) 0-0-0 3-9-12at NIUGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Mich.at OhioBowling Green

Jackson #92 McNulty #28 McPhatter #45 Moore #13 Noel #35 Peyton #30 Posley #57 Ryan #2Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-OtherVMI 0-1-1 (1 PBU) DNP 1-1-2 (1 PBU) 3-2-5 0-0-0 (1 PBU) 0-1-1 (1 FR) 2-6-8 (1.5 TFL) 2-1-3 (1 TFL)at Texas A&M 0-0-0 DNP 0-4-4 1-1-2 (1 PBU) 0-1-1 3-2-5 (1 FF) 3-2-5 (2.5 TFL) 3-7-10 (0.5 TFL)at Eastern Mich. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-6 (1 PBU) 0-0-0 (1 PBU) DNP 0-1-1 (0.5 TFL) 2-1-3at Northwestern 1-0-1 (1 PBU) DNP 1-0-1 (1 FF) 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 6-2-8 (1.5 TFL) 2-4-6 (1 FR)Toledo 2-0-2 DNP 1-0-1 (1 PBU) 4-4-8 0-1-1 0-2-2 0-5-5 3-1-4at NIUGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Mich.at OhioBowling Green

Singleton #50 Smith #95 Stanley #27 Taylor #7 Wiggins #3 Willis #93 Winbush #98 Zaramo #96Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-OtherVMI 1-0-1 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 (1 TFL) 5-5-10 1-2-3 (0.5 TFL) 0-2-2 (1 TFL) 1-4-5at Texas A&M 2-2-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-2-2 4-5-9 (1 PBU) 2-3-5 (1 sack) 1-0-1 (1 sack) 0-1-1at Eastern Mich. 2-1-3 DNP 0-0-0 1-4-5 (1 TFL) 2-2-4 (2 INT) 0-0-0 2-0-2 (1 sack) DNPat Northwestern DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-1-3 4-5-9 (0.5 TFL) 3-0-3 (1 FR) 0-1-1 (0.5 TFL) DNPToledo 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-8-9 2-6-8 (1 TFL) 0-0-0 DNPat NIUGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Mich.at OhioBowling Green

– Turnovers Gained – – Points Off TO Gained – – Turnovers Lost – – Points Off TO Lost –Opponent Fum Int Total TD FG Points Fum Int Total TD FG Points +/-VMI 2 0 2 2 0 14 0 1 1 0 1 3 +1at Texas A&M 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 0at Eastern Michigan 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 +1at Northwestern 2 1 3 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 +2Toledo 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 +1at NIUGeorgia StateCentral MichiganUMassat Western Michiganat OhioBowling GreenTotals 5 5 10 3 2 27 3 2 5 2 2 20 +5

TURNOVER CHART



GAME ONE VS. VMI

By Doug ZaleskiMUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State football coach Pete

Lembo’s career has been marked by explosive offense that picks at an opponent’s defensive weaknesses bit by bit or with the suddenness of a bolt of lightning.

Both of those characteristics were apparent Thursday night when the Cardinals opened the 2015 season against Virginia Military Institute.

Ball State and VMI combined to put on a prolific show of offensive football that ended with the Cardinals claiming a 48-36 victory in front of 10,473 fans in their season-opener in Scheumann Stadium. The win was Ball State’s sixth in a row in a home opener.

Anybody expecting to be entertained likely had no complaints as the teams combined to pile up 1,114 yards of offense, breaking the stadium record of 1,072 set in 2012 in the Cardinals’ game vs. Northern Illinois.

“These games are like three and a half hours in purgatory if you’re in my position,” Lembo said. “We were expecting a high scoring game going in … we also anticipated we were going to get the kitchen sink thrown at us, which we certainly did.

“We saw a fake punt, a fake field goal, two onside kicks and certainly some chances they took going for it on fourth down.”

While the Ball State defense wobbled after a strong early start, the offense functioned at a high level considering sophomore quarterback Jack Milas was making only his seventh col-legiate start, the backfield was relatively inex-perienced and the offensive line included two players who made starts for injured players.

Despite those potential obstacles, the Cardinals’ performance on offense was notable in several areas.

Their 567 yards was the ninth-best offensive output in school history, and gave them 1,152 in their past two games going back to the 2014 finale. They ran 95 plays, tying for fifth most in school history.

Sophomore tailback Darian Green tied a school record for a single game with four touchdowns – rushing for three and catching a pass for one. He also returned four kickoffs for 120 yards, with a long of 48 yards.

Milas set personal bests with 34 comple-tions, 52 attempts and 338 yards. He wasn’t sacked all game despite numerous blitzes attempted by VMI.

Eight players caught at least one pass, with Jordan Williams snagging eight for 99 yards and KeVonn Mabon seven for 54.

“We operated pretty well offensively other than settling for some field goals in the first half,” Lembo said. “It was a good, solid win.”

Milas played his first game since cracking

a bone in a wrist late last season. He admitted to some nerves at the start of the game, but Lembo and offensive coordinator Joey Lynch dialing up 34 pass attempts in the first half helped him settle down.

“Just being out there again, getting the feel of a game, was great,” said Milas, whose 52 pass attempts were second most in school his-tory. “I think I’ve improved, as an offense we’ve improved, and as a team we’ve improved tremendously.

“From last year to this year, it’s a completely different story.”

Ball State’s defense shut down VMI early, holding the Keydets to 46 yards and forcing them to punt after each of their first five pos-sessions.

But VMI eventually found some momentum and capitalized on some spotty play by the Cardinals’ defense to finish with 547 yards (303 after halftime). VMI scored 26 of its points in the second half.

Lembo said there were mistakes to correct, for sure, but he didn’t want his players to lose sight of the winning feeling they experienced.

“I told them afterward that I never want to not be happy with a win because they’re too hard to come by,” he said.

Linebacker Sean Wiggins led the Cardinals with 10 tackles. Defensive end Joshua Posley forced a fumble that Osa Igbinosun recovered, setting up a fourth-quarter Ball State touch-down.

Ball State returns to action Sept. 12 at Texas A&M.

Green Ties TD Record as Ball State Downs VMI in Opener, 48-36

Darian Green

Game Day Statistics VMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 at Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Sept. 3, 2015 – Scheumann Stadium (10,473)

ScoringVMI 0 10 7 19 – 36at Ball State 3 17 14 14 – 48

Scoring SummaryBALL 3, VMI 0 – Morgan Hagee 24-yard field goal (8:16, 1st)BALL 10, VMI 0 – Darian Green 4-yard run, Hagee PAT (12:09, 2nd)BALL 13, VMI 0 – Hagee 27-yard field goal (8:35, 2nd)BALL 13, VMI 7 – Dontae Mauch 80-yard pass from Al Cobb, Dillon Christopher PAT (7:54, 2nd)BALL 20, VMI 7 – Green 2-yard run, Hagee PAT (6:05, 2nd)BALL 20, VMI 10 – Christopher 31-yard field goal (0:29, 2nd)BALL 27, VMI 10 – Green 35-yard pass from Jack Milas, Hagee PAT (10:34, 3rd)BALL 34, VMI 10 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT (9:20, 3rd)BALL 34, VMI 17 – Brice Tucker 36-yard run, Christopher PAT (7:34, 3rd)BALL 34, VMI 24 – Aaron Sanders 6-yard pass from Cobb, Christopher PAT (12:23, 4th)BALL 41, VMI 24 – Gilbert 14-yard run, Hagee PAT (7:41, 4th)BALL 41, VMI 30 – Sam Patterson 15-yard pass from Cobb, Kick failed (4:55, 4th)BALL 48, VMI 30 – Green 46-yard run, Hagee PAT (4:40, 4th)BALL 48, VMI 36 – Derrick Ziglar 1-yard run, 2-pt. attempt failed (2:48, 4th)

Team Statistics VMI BALLFirst Downs 22 33Rushing Yardage 103 229Passing Yardage 444 338Passes 35-49-0 34-53-1Total Offensive Yards 547 567Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0Penalties-Yards 8-47 6-55Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-44.0 4-42.2Time of Possession 27:33 32:273rd Dn. Conv. 8-19 10-174th Dn. Conv. 3-4 1-1Red Zone Scores 4-5 6-6Sacks By-Yards Lost 0-0 1-6

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: VMI: Tucker 15-87-1; Ziglar 5-8-1; Cobb 6-7-0; Forlines 2-4-0; Mauck 1-(-3)-0. BALL: William-son 16-74-0; Green 9-73-3; Gilbert 12-61-2; Milas 4-23-0.

PASSING: VMI: Cobb 33-47-399, 3 TD, 0 INT, Forlines 1-1-21, Alford 1-1-24. BALL: Milas 34-52-338, 1 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVING: VMI: Sanders 13-118-1; Forlines 6-69-0; Patterson 4-44-1; Nicholson 3-39-0; Tucker 3-21-0; Mauck 2-131-1; Johnson 2-19-0; Shirley 1-3-0; Ziglar 1-0-0. BALL: Williams 8-99-0; Mabon 7-54-0; Green 6-74-1; Lacanaria 6-55-0; Shillings 3-33-0; Hogue 2-23-0; Hagee 1-4-0; Williamson 1-(-4)-0.

TACKLES: VMI: Cratsenberg 6-9-15; Francis 5-7-12; Sanders 5-6-11; Copeland 2-6-8; Nelson 1-7-8. BALL: Wiggins 5-5-10; Cromartie 5-4-9; Posley 2-6-8; Hall 6-1-7; Hester 3-4-7.



GAME TWO AT #16/19 TEXAS A&M

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Ball State University football team suffered a 56-23 loss at No. 16 Texas A&M Saturday night at Kyle Field. This was the first-ever meeting between the two programs and Ball State’s first game against an SEC opponent since 2009.

“It was a disappointing loss,” Ball State head coach Pete Lembo said. “The numbers don’t lie. We didn’t get off to a great start, but I do think we settled down a little at halftime and was pleased with how the guys came out and played in the second half.”

Texas A&M (2-0) started the scoring early and took a 7-0 lead with just 2:36 shaved off the clock, but the Cardinals responded with a 21-yard field goal from Morgan Hagee to make it a 7-3 ball game. Sophomore Darian Green highlighted the Cardinals’ opening drive with back-to-back runs that totaled 74 yards to put Ball State in scoring position.

After that, the Aggies would add six more touchdowns to take a 49-3 advantage over the Cardinals at the half.

Former Yorktown High School quarterback, Riley Neal made his first collegiate appearance late in the second quarter. Neal remained in the game for the remainder of the contest. The true freshman finished 11-of-19 passing for 116 yards along with 57 yards rushing on eight carries.

Ball State (1-1) was the first to score in the second half when Green ran in a six-yard touchdown with 11:38 remaining in the third quarter.

On the Aggies’ ensuing possession, sopho-more defensive end Anthony Winbush forced a fumble and recovered the ball after sacking Texas A&M quarterback Kyler Murray. The Cardinals got the ball back on the Aggies’ 22-yard line and would score off of a season best 43-yard field goal from Hagee with 7:39 on the clock.

In the fourth quarter, Ball State added its second touchdown behind a one-yard run from freshman James Gilbert.

Green and Gilbert combined for 167 yards on the ground and two scores.

On defense, junior Joshua Posley stood out for a second straight game with a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss.

“The biggest thing is we learned more about our football team … hopefully we can put it all together next week as we open conference play,” Lembo said.

Ball State continues its three-game road swing next Saturday with its Mid-American Conference opener at Eastern Michigan. Game time is set for 3 p.m.

Football Suffers 56-23 Setback at No. 16 Texas A&M

Morgan Hagee

Game Day Statistics Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 at #16/19 Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . 56

Sept. 12, 2015 – Kyle Field (104,213)

ScoringBall State 3 0 10 10 – 23at Texas A&M 28 21 0 7 – 56

Scoring SummaryTAMU 7, BALL 0 – Tra Carson 1-yard run, Taylor Bertolet PAT (12:14, 1st)TAMU 7, BALL 3 – Morgan Hagee 21-yard field goal (9:59, 1st)TAMU 14, BALL 3 – Josh Reynolds 3-yard pass from Kyle Allen, Bertolet PAT (7:06, 1st)TAMU 21, BALL 3 – Brice Dolezal 33-yard run, Bertolet PAT (5:06, 1st)TAMU 28, BALL 3 – De’Vante Harris 40-yard interception return, Bertolet PAT (3:45, 1st)TAMU 35, BALL 3 – Jordan Davis 3-yard pass from Allen, Bertolet PAT (13:16, 2nd)TAMU 42, BALL 3 – Jeremy Tabuyo 20-yard pass from Allen, Daniel LaCamera PAT (9:13, 2nd)TAMU 49, BALL 3 – Christian Kirk 10-yard pass from Kyler Murray, LaCamera PAT (1:39, 2nd)TAMU 49, BALL 10 – Darian Green 6-yard run, Hagee PAT (11:38, 3rd)TAMU 49, BALL 13 – Hagee 43-yard field goal (7:39, 3rd)TAMU 49, BALL 16 – Hagee 20-yard field goal (12:42, 4th)TAMU 56, BALL 16 – Koda Martin 0-yard fumble recovery, LaCamera PAT (10:28, 4th)TAMU 56, BALL 23 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT (7:34, 4th)

Team Statistics BALL TAMUFirst Downs 19 25Rushing Yardage 240 270Passing Yardage 121 233Passes 12-27-1 21-29-0Total Offensive Yards 361 503Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 3-15 7-79Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-39.8 2-44.0Time of Possession 28:41 31:193rd Dn. Conv. 2-13 9-144th Dn. Conv. 1-1 1-2Red Zone Scores 5-6 6-7Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-25 1-6

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: BALL: Green 11-97-1; Gilbert 11-70-1; Neal 8-57-0; Williamson 7-16-0; Milas 1-0-0. TAMU: Etwi 12-116-0; Dolezal 17-83-1; Carson 10-59-1; Allen 5-8-0; Jeffery 1-4-0; Hubenak 1-4-0; Murray 3-(-4)-0; Martin 0-0-1.

PASSING: BALL: Neal 11-19-116, 0 TD, 0 INT; Milas 1-8-5, 0 TD, 1 INT. TAMU: Murray 9-14-65, 1 TD, 0 INT; Allen 10-13-126, 3 TD, 0 INT; Hubenak 1-1-14, 0 TD, 0 INT; Carson 1-1-28, 0 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVING: BALL: Shillings 4-23-0; Williams 2-58-0; Curry 2-15-0; Lacanaria 2-5-0; Brunner 1-15-0; Mabon 1-5-0. TAMU: Kirk 4-43-1; Seals-Jones 3-54-0; Noil 3-38-0; Tabuyo 2-27-1; Pope 2-19-0; Jeffery 2-(-1)-0; Allen 1-28-0; Ratley 1-13-0; Holmes 1-6-0; Reynolds 1-3-1; Davis 1-3-1.

TACKLES: BALL: Ryan 3-7-10; Wiggins 4-5-9; Cromartie 5-3-8; Hester 4-3-7; Ingle 1-6-7. TAMU: Dunning 5-4-9; Washington 2-5-7; Ellis 1-4-5; Walker 1-4-5; Wilson 2-2-4.



GAME THREE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN

YPSILANTI, Mich. – In the Mid-American Conference opener, the Ball State football team pulled off a 28-17 victory over host Eastern Michigan. The Cardinals trailed 17-0 midway through the second quarter before rolling off 28 straight points.

With the win, Ball State improves to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the MAC while Eastern Michi-gan falls to 1-2 and 0-1.

“It wasn’t an easy win. This is a much-im-proved team. But to come on the road and get a win here is a nice start,” Ball State head coach Pete Lembo said. “We’re still learning a lot about our football team and we still have a lot to fix, but we’re certainly going to take it and be happy with the result.”

Freshman quarterback Riley Neal led the Cardinals on two long scoring drives late in the second quarter and then two more on back-to-back possessions midway through the second half.

Ball State’s first scoring drive was an early turning point in the game. Trailing 17-0 in the second quarter and facing 4th-and-1 at its 34-yard line, Ball State decided to go for the first down. Freshman running back James Gilbert extended the drive with a 10-yard run. Three plays later, Neal scored on a broken play 41-yard highlight run down the right sideline to get the Cardinals on the board.

The Cardinal offense marched 94 yards on seven plays right before halftime to cut the deficit to 17-14. Neal capped the drive with a 26-yard touchdown strike over the middle to senior wide receiver Jordan Williams with 38 seconds left on the clock.

Ball State took the lead for good with a me-thodical 20-play, 85-yard drive that took 9:49 off clock in the third and early fourth quarters. The Cardinals converted three third downs and two fourth downs on the crucial drive. Gilbert gave Ball State the lead with a 5-yard scoring run with 12:55 remaining.

After a quick three-and-out by Eastern Michigan, Ball State went on the march again. Sophomore running back Darian Green put the Cardinals in scoring position with a 30-yard burst. A few minutes later, Gilbert slipped into the end zone again on a 1-yard run to extend the lead to 28-17.

From there, the Ball State defense made sure the lead would hold. Senior linebacker Sean Wiggins, who recorded his first collegiate sack earlier in the contest, came away with interceptions on Eastern Michigan’s final two possessions.

“We did a nice job fitting things in the second half and we didn’t have many missed tackles,” Lembo said. “One of the best things we did was stay in coverage down the field on

scrambles. Our guys did a nice job whether it was man or zone and not allowing explosive plays off scrambles.”

Green led the rushing attack with 164 yards on 25 carries. Gilbert added 39 yards and two scores while Neal carried 11 times for 86 yards and a touchdown. Neal was also proficient through the air, completing 24-of-28 passes (85.7 percent) for 194 yards and a touchdown.

On defense, the Cardinals held Eastern Michigan to just 106 yards on its final six pos-sessions. Sophomore defensive back David Moore led the squad with six tackles. Fellow back Darius Conaway added four stops and three pass break-ups.

Ball State returns to non-conference action next Saturday, Sept. 26 in its first ever meeting against Northwestern.

Ball State Storms Back for 28-17 Win at Eastern Michigan

Sean Wiggins

Game Day Statistics Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 at Eastern Michigan . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sept. 19, 2015 – Rynearson Stadium (4,463)

ScoringBall State 0 14 0 14 – 28at Eastern Michigan 3 14 0 0 – 17

Scoring SummaryEMU 3, BALL 0 – Dylan Mulder 36-yard field goal (0:39, 1st)EMU 10, BALL 0 – Darius Jackson 19-yard run, Mulder PAT (12:51, 2nd)EMU 17, BALL 0 – Jackson 63-yard run, Mulder PAT (7:23, 2nd)EMU 17, BALL 7 – Riley Neal 41-yard run, Morgan Hagee PAT (4:22, 2nd)EMU 17, BALL 14 – Jordan Williams 26-yard pass from Neal, Hagee PAT (0:38, 2nd)BALL 21, EMU 17 – James Gilbert 5-yard run, Hagee PAT (12:55, 4th)BALL 28, EMU 17 – Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT (8:14, 4th)

Team Statistics BALL EMUFirst Downs 26 12Rushing Yardage 278 123Passing Yardage 194 196Passes 24-33-0 19-39-2Total Offensive Yards 472 319Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-30 4-45Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-34.0 5-45.2Time of Possession 37:21 22:393rd Dn. Conv. 8-19 6-164th Dn. Conv. 3-4 0-1Red Zone Scores 2-3 2-3Sacks By-Yards Lost 2-10 2-18

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: BALL: Green 25-164-0; Neal 11-86-1; Gil-bert 15-39-2; Milas 1-(-11)-0. EMU: Jackson 7-97-2; Vann 6-25-0; Roback 6-6-0; Daugherty 2-(-3)-0.

PASSING: BALL: Neal 24-28-194, 1 TD, 0 INT; Milas 0-5-0, 0 TD, 0 INT. EMU: Roback 19-39-196, 0 TD, 2 INT.

RECEIVING: BALL: Mabon 10-82-0; Williams 5-57-1; Lacanaria 4-32-0; Green 3-14-0; Shillings 1-5-0; Hogue 1-4-0. EMU: Creel 5-51-0; Strange 4-43-0; Daugherty 4-31-0; Jackson 2-39-0; Tuttle 1-14-0; Vann 1-8-0; Davis 1-6-0; Robinson 1-4-0.

TACKLES: BALL: Moore 5-1-6; Ingle 3-2-5; Taylor 1-4-5; Hester 4-0-4; Conaway 3-1-4. EMU: Calderon 10-7-17; Ibe 4-7-11; Zappone 4-6-10; Brown 7-2-9; Maclean 3-6-9.



GAME FOUR AT NORTHWESTERN

EVANSTON, Ill. – The Ball State football team had its chances Saturday night at No. 17 North-western, but in the end the Wildcats were able to hold off the visiting Cardinals, 24-19.

The Cardinals (2-2) were in search of their third win over a Big Ten squad in five years un-der head coach Pete Lembo and first win over a nationally-ranked team in nearly three years.

“It was one of those nights where you felt really good about the effort and how we competed, but at the end of the day, to beat a quality team like this, you have to play an extremely clean football game,” head coach Pete Lembo said.

Ball State took a 10-7 lead into halftime thanks in large part to a solid defensive effort and turnovers. The Wildcats (4-0) turned the ball over three times in the first 30 minutes and Ball State turned two of those turnovers into 10 points. Freshman Morgan Hagee put Ball State on the scoreboard first with a 30-yard field goal after Northwestern’s first turnover.

Late in the half, the Wildcats fumbled deep in their own territory giving Ball State the ball at Northwestern’s 22-yard line. One play later, freshman QB Riley Neal hooked up with senior WR Jordan Williams for a touchdown strike to give the Cardinals the 10-7 lead.

However, that lead could have been bigger. Ball State missed two field goals in the half and fumbled at the Northwestern four-yard line on the first play of the second quarter.

Northwestern came out of intermission and scored on its first three possessions to jump ahead, 24-10.

The Cardinals finally responded late in the third quarter to stay in the ball game. Neal jumpstarted the offense with his arm and legs. First he hit Williams on a 19-yard pass and then scrambled 22 yards to move the football into Northwestern territory. Williams capped the drive with a spectacular 29-yard touchdown catch in the back of the end zone to cut the deficit to 24-16. The Cardinals missed the ensu-ing PAT.

Ball State made one more push deep into Northwestern territory with five minutes to play. Sophomore RB Darian Green rumbled 21 yards around the right end to move the ball to the Wildcats’ 19-yard line. Unfortunately, the drive stalled and the Cardinals settled for a 36-yard field goal to make the score, 24-19.

Northwestern ran down the clock on its final drive, converting two big third downs to essentially ice the game.

Williams scored both of Ball State’s touch-downs and finished with season highs in re-ceptions (eight) and receiving yards (133). Ball State’s 19 points were more than Northwestern allowed in its first three games combined.

Junior CB Tyree Holder chipped in with his first interception of the season as well as a forced fumble. Senior LB Ben Ingle led all play-ers with 13 tackles.

Northwestern’s Justin Jackson ran for 184 yards on 33 carries. QB Clayton Thorson threw for 256 yards and three scores.

Ball State returns to MAC play next Saturday with its 89th Homecoming game. The Cardi-nals host Toledo on ESPN3 beginning at 3 p.m.

No. 17 Northwestern Holds Off Ball State, 24-19

Jordan Williams

Game Day Statistics Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 at #17/19 Northwestern . . . . . . 24

Sept. 26, 2015 – Ryan Field (30,107)

ScoringBall State 3 7 6 3 – 19at Northwestern 0 7 17 0 – 24

Scoring SummaryBALL 3, NU 0 – Morgan Hagee 30-yard field goal (9:06, 1st)NU 7, BALL 3 – Dan Vitale 66-yard pass from Clayton Thorson, Jack Mitchell PAT (6:20, 2nd)BALL 10, NU 7 – Jordan Williams 22-yard pass from Riley Neal, Hagee PAT (0:56, 2nd)NU 14, BALL 10 – Vitale 21-yard pass from Thorson, Mitchell PAT (12:05, 3rd)NU 21, BALL 10 – Austin Carr 25-yard pass from Thorson, Mitchell PAT (8:01, 3rd)NU 24, BALL 10 – Mitchell 21-yard field goal (4:51, 3rd)NU 24, BALL 16 – Williams 29-yard pass from Neal, PAT blocked (2:06, 3rd)NU 24, BALL 19 – Hagee 36-yard field goal (4:34, 4th)

Team Statistics BALL NUFirst Downs 18 23Rushing Yardage 181 290Passing Yardage 178 256Passes 14-35-0 18-31-1Total Offensive Yards 359 546Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2Penalties-Yards 2-10 8-57Punting (No.-Avg.) 7-42.9 5-35.0Time of Possession 26:35 33:253rd Dn. Conv. 5-16 13-224th Dn. Conv. 0-0 0-1Red Zone Scores 2-4 1-2Sacks By-Yards Lost 1-7 0-0

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: BALL: Neal 16-74-0; Green 12-68-0; Gil-bert 5-42-0; Mabon 1-(-3)-0. NU: Jackson 33-184-0; Thorson 9-45-0; Vault 7-36-0; Long 7-15-0; Roberts 1-10-0.

PASSING: BALL: Neal 14-35-178, 2 TD, 0. NU: Thor-son 18-31-256, 3 TD, 1 INT.

RECEIVING: BALL: Williams 8-133-2; Lacanaria 2-25-0; Shillings 2-13-0; Mabon 1-4-0; Curry 1-3-0. NU: Vitale 5-108-2; Jones 4-46-0; Jackson 2-20-0; Shuler 2-15-0; Carr 1-25-1; McHugh 1-21-0; Long 1-14-0; Nagel 1-5-0; Vault 1-2-0.

TACKLES: BALL: Ingle 7-6-13; Hester 5-6-11; Wig-gins 4-5-9; Posley 6-2-8; Conaway 6-0-6. NU: Henry 7-0-7; Prater 5-1-6; Lancaster 3-2-5; Walker 3-2-5; Lowry 3-1-4.



GAME FIVE VS. TOLEDO

By Doug ZaleskiMUNCIE, Ind. — Lady Luck was nowhere to

be found on Ball State’s sideline Saturday. The Cardinals have authored several

memorable finishes in football against Toledo at Scheumann Stadium, and for a while in the fourth quarter it looked like another was be-ginning to bud. But as quickly as the opportu-nity began to take shape, it was snuffed out by a series of mistakes.

That was a game-long trend on a cold early fall day as the Cardinals seemingly kicked away every opportunity they had. Instead of a come-back, they were left scratching their heads as the Rockets claimed a 24-10 victory.

“The truth is, we didn’t do the things from the opening snap in terms of physicality and execution to beat a good football team,” Cardi-nals coach Pete Lembo. “This game came down to our inability to score any points and move the ball effectively in the first half and take advantage of turnovers, good field position.”

It wasn’t for a lack of cooperation by Toledo (4-0, 1-0 Mid-American Conference West). Rockets quarterback Phillip Ely tossed inter-ceptions on his first two pass attempts in the game.

Tyree Holder picked off the first at the Ball State 43-yard line for his sixth career intercep-tion, and Terin Solomon snagged the second at the Cardinals’ 37. But Ball State (2-3, 1-1 MAC West) punted after a three-and-out series on Holder’s pick and again after a 10-play drive following Solomon’s interception ended at the Rockets’ 37 with a punt.

Lembo called it “critical” that the Cardinals didn’t produce points on either turnover.

“The defense got us the ball back, we had good field position early, we put together some decent drives to get the ball down into their territory, and we had nothing to show for it,” he said.

That set the tone for much of the game.Late in the first quarter, quarterback Riley

Neal lost a fumble on a run at the Toledo 34-yard line that wiped out a first down for the Cardinals and took away a scoring opportunity in a scoreless game.

Neal was out of sync in the passing game most of the first half, misfiring on seven of his 14 attempts.

While Ball State was having trouble, Toledo flourished on offense in the second quarter behind its two-pronged rushing attack of Terry Swanson and Damion Jones-Moore. They gouged the Cardinals’ defense for big gains to spur a 24-point explosion by the Rockets.

“Missed tackles, way too many missed tackles,” linebacker Ben Ingle summed up the Cardinals’ issues on defense.

The Cardinals played better in the second half, but a 24-3 deficit at halftime proved too big.

Neal settled down and was able to find wideout Jordan Williams after halftime. Wil-liams was held to one catch in the first half before collecting six for 91 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown in the final two quarters.

“Obviously we made some more plays,” said Williams, who extended his streak of games with at least one reception to 29.

Enough plays to throw a scare into Toledo.Williams’ touchdown with 11:12 left in the

game brought the Cardinals within 14 points. They were on the verge of trimming their defi-cit to 24-17 with just under six minutes to go before more mistakes ended the threat.

First, Neal’s pass from the 4-yard line intend-ed for a wide open Dylan Curry in the end zone was batted down near the line of scrimmage by Toledo. On the next play, Neal threw for an apparent touchdown to Williams but Curry was called for offensive pass interference to wipe out the score.

The penalty pushed the Cardinals back to the 19, and a third-down pass was incomplete. Lembo opted for a 36-yard field-goal attempt instead of a pass from the 19 on fourth-and-goal.

The strategy didn’t work as a Toledo line-man tipped a low kick by Morgan Hagee.

Neal finished 23-for-37 for a career-high 236 yards. Williams had seven catches for 100 yards, his second straight game at that level.

Toledo Stays Undefeated with 24-10 Win at Ball State

Terin Solomon

Game Day Statistics Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 at Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Oct. 3, 2015 – Scheumann Stadium (10,002)

ScoringToledo 0 24 0 0 – 24at Ball State 0 3 0 7 – 10

Scoring SummaryTOL 7, BALL 0 – Michael Roberts 3-yard pass from Phillip Ely, Jameson Vest PAT (12:47, 2nd)TOL 14, BALL 0 – Damion Jones-Moore 5-yard run, Vest PAT (7:36, 2nd)TOL 17, BALL 0 – Vest 31-yard field goal (3:15, 2nd)TOL 24, BALL 0 – Alonzo Russell 38-yard pass from Ely, Vest PAT (1:02, 1st)TOL 24, BALL 3 – Morgan Hagee 29-yard field goal (0:00, 2nd)TOL 24, BALL 10 – Jordan Williams 51-yard pass from Riley Neal, Hagee PAT (11:12, 4th)

Team Statistics TOL BALLFirst Downs 21 19Rushing Yardage 280 26Passing Yardage 164 236Passes 16-22-2 22-37-0Total Offensive Yards 444 262Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1Penalties-Yards 14-135 3-35Punting (No.-Avg.) 3-38.0 6-40.0Time of Possession 32:29 27:313rd Dn. Conv. 6-13 6-174th Dn. Conv. 0-1 1-2Red Zone Scores 3-3 1-2Sacks By-Yards Lost 2-21 0-0

Individual StatisticsRUSHING: TOL: Swanson 24-139-0; Jones-Moore 17-85-1; Remy 4-56-0; Ely 2-4-0. BALL: Gilbert 11-29-0; Green 7-15-0; Neal 11-0-0.

PASSING: TOL: Ely 16-22-164, 2 TD, 2. BALL: Neal 22-37-236, 1 TD, 0 INT.

RECEIVING: TOL: Jones 4-27-0; Russell 2-45-1; Thompson 2-33-0; Johnson 2-27-0; Remy 2-14-0; Jones-Moore 1-6-0; Zmolik 1-5-0; Wilcher 1-4-0; Roberts 1-3-1. BALL: Williams 7-100-1; Mabon 7-68-0; Lacanaria 4-35-0; Hogue 3-21-0; Gilbert 1-19-0; Green 1-(-7)-0.

TACKLES: TOL: Coleman 2-6-8; Voss 2-5-7; Norris 4-2-6; Whittaker 4-2-6; Murdock 2-4-6. BALL: Ingle 3-9-12; Ayers 3-6-9; Wiggins 1-8-9; Moore 4-4-8; Willis 2-6-8.



THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED …Scored over 50 points:BSU: 11-29-13 -- Ball State 55, Miami University 14OPP: 9-12-15 -- Texas A&M 56, Ball State 23

Scored over 50 points in a game twice in the same season:BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29) and Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21)

Scored over 50 points in a game three times in the same season:BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29); Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21); Ball State 55, Miami University 14 (11/29)

Scored at least 27 points in a quarter:BSU: 9-21-13 -- Ball State (27) at Eastern MichiganOPP: 9-12-15 – Texas A&M (28) vs. Ball State

Held Scoreless in a game:BSU: 10-8-11 -- Temple 42, Ball State 0OPP: 10-4-08 -- Ball State 31, Toledo 0

Held under 100 yards rushing in a game:BSU: 10-3-15 -- Ball State (26) vs. ToledoOPP: 11-22-14 -- Eastern Michigan (94)

Held under 100 yards passing in a game:BSU: 10-1-11 -- at Oklahoma (95)OPP: 10-4-14 -- Army (48)

Held under 200 yards total offense:BSU: 9-25-10 -- at Iowa (112)OPP: 11-12-10 -- Buffalo (144)

A player rushed for 200 yards or more in a game:BSU: 8-30-12 -- Jahwan Edwards vs. Eastern Michigan (200)OPP: 11-6-12 -- David Fluellen, Toledo (200)

Two players rushed for over 100 yards in a game:BSU: 8-30-14 -- Jahwan Edwards (109) and Horactio Banks (134) vs. ColgateOPP: 10-27-12 -- Army (Trent Steelman, 101, Hayden Tippett 100)

Two players rushed for over 200 yards in a game:BSU: 10-24-09 -- MiQuale Lewis (301) and Cory Sykes (203) at Eastern Mich.

A QB rushed for over 100 yards in a game:BSU: 10-28-00 -- Talmadge Hill vs. Central Michigan (101)OPP: 11-13-13 -- Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois (123)

An individual passed for over 400 yards: BSU: 11-29-13 -- Keith Wenning vs. Miami University (445)OPP: 11-22-14 -- Reginald Bell, Eastern Michigan (409)

An individual passed for over 300 yards:BSU: 9-3-15 -- Jack Milas vs. VMI (338)OPP: 9-3-15 -- Al Cobb, VMI (399)

An individual scored four or more TDs in a game:BSU: 9-3-15 -- Darian Green vs. VMI (4)OPP: 10-8-05 -- Greg Jennings, Western Michigan (4)

Had a field goal blocked:BSU: 1-5-14 -- vs. Arkansas StateOPP: 11-5-11 -- at Eastern Michigan (Joshua Howard)

Had a punt blocked:BSU: 10-22-11 -- vs. Central MichiganOPP: 10-25-14 -- vs. Akron (Teddy Williamson)

The last time Ball State played a top-25 team:9-26-15 -- Northwestern 24, Ball State 19 Northwestern entered the game ranked #17 (AP)/#19 (Coaches)

The last time Ball State defeated a top-25 team:11-6-12 -- Ball State 34, Toledo 27 at Toledo Toledo entered the game ranked #23 by The Associated Press and #25 by ESPN/USA Today

The last time Ball State hosted a top-25 team:11-22-03 -- vs. Bowling Green (BG 41-14) Bowling Green entered the game ranked #22 by AP and #25 by ESPN/USA Today

The last time Ball State played a top-25 team on the road:9-26-15 -- Northwestern 24, Ball State 19 Northwestern entered the game ranked #17 (AP)/#19 (Coaches)

The highest ranked teams Ball State has ever played:10-1-11 -- at Oklahoma (OU 62-6) Oklahoma entered the game ranked #1 by ESPN/USA Today and #2 by AP

11-4-06 -- at Michigan (UM 34-26) Entered Game ranked #2 by AP and #2 by USA Today

The last time Ball State was ranked:12-7-08 -- Ranked 22nd in BCS Standings, #22 (USA Today), #23 (AP)

Highest Ball State has ever been ranked:11-3-08 -- Ranked 12th in BCS Standings and by AP, and 13th by USA Today

Most consecutive weeks Ball State has ever been ranked:10-5-08 to 12-7-08 -- Ball State ranked nine straight weeks

Largest Comebacks in School History27 pts. BSU 31, Toledo 30 Oct. 9, 1993 at BSU -- BSU was behind 30-3In Ball State’s 1993 Homecoming game vs. Toledo, the Cardinals fell behind 16-3 at the half, and Toledo scored two third-quarter touchdowns to take a 30-3 lead with 4:10 remaining in the third stanza. Ball State’s rally began with 2:24 left in the third quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Neu to receiver Brian Oliver. A Tony Nibbs’ two-point conversion run made the score 30-11 and that was all the scoring in the third stanza. BSU started its fourth-quarter scoring with a Neu to Oliver 98-yard TD pass with 11:02 left in the game. The Matt Swart extra point kick was good and closed the gap to 30-18. With 2:40 left in the contest, Neu completed a 15-yard scoring strike to receiver Kyle Robinson. Followed by Swart’s extra point kick, the Cardinals were down 30-24. Ball State’s final score came on a Neu to Erin McCray 6-yard pass as time expired in the game. Swart’s extra point kick with no time left on the clock gave the Cardinals a 31-30 win.22 pts. BSU 26, Eastern Michigan 25 Nov. 12, 2005 at EMU -- BSU was behind 22-020 pts. BSU 24, Central Michigan 23 Oct. 24, 1992 at BSU -- BSU was behind 20-017 pts. BSU 28, Eastern Michigan 17 Sept. 19, 2015 at EMU -- BSU was behind 17-017 pts. BSU 31, Central Michigan 27 Oct. 22, 2011 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-017 pts. BSU 37, Central Michigan 34 Oct. 18, 1997 at BSU -- BSU was behind 34-1717 pts. BSU 30, Ohio 27 (OT) Oct. 12, 1996 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-016 pts. BSU 30, DePauw 24 Oct. 17, 1959 at Ball State15 pts. BSU 35, Akron 21 Oct. 25, 2014 at Ball State 15 pts. BSU 26, Indiana State 24 Oct. 28, 1967 at Indiana State15 pts. BSU 42, St. Joseph’s 19 Nov. 6, 1965 at Ball State

Had a PAT blocked:BSU: 9-26-15 -- at NorthwesternOPP: 9-21-13 -- Eastern Michigan (Joel Cox)

Returned an interception for a TD:BSU: 9-11-10 -- Charlie Todd (36 yards) vs. LibertyOPP: 9-12-15 -- De’Vante Harris, Texas A&M (40 yards)

Returned a punt for a TD:BSU: 11-24-09 -- Charlie Todd vs. Western Michigan (87 yards)OPP: 11-20-10 -- Northern Illinois

Returned a kickoff for a TD:BSU: 10-16-10 -- Eric Williams vs. Eastern Michigan (92 yards)OPP: 9-29-12 -- Dri Archer, Kent State (99 yards)

Returned a Fumble for a TD:BSU: 11-22-14 -- Ben Ingle vs. Eastern Michigan (5 yards)OPP: 10-19-13 -- Ronald Zamort, Western Michigan (26 yards)

Game with Back-to-Back Kicks Returned for Touchdowns:10-22-05 -- Ball State at Ohio (BSU’s Dante Love/OU’s Scott Mayle)

Returned a punt for a TD and a kickoff for a TD in the same season:BSU: 2005, Dante Love, 94 yard KOR vs. Ohio, 10-22-05, and B.J. Hill, 54 yard PR vs. Akron, 11-5-05

Recorded a safety:BSU: 10-24-09 -- Team at Eastern MichiganOPP: 10-27-12 -- Army

Defensive Extra Point:OPP: 10-8-05 -- Western Michigan



2015 Ball State FootballBall State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 03, 2015)

All games

Team Statistics BALL OPPSCORING 128 157 Points Per Game 25.6 31.4 Points Off Turnovers 27 20FIRST DOWNS 115 103 R u s h i n g 48 44 P a s s i n g 52 57 P e n a l t y 14 2RUSHING YARDAGE 954 1066 Yards gained rushing 1041 1165 Yards lost rushing 87 99 Rushing Attempts 196 205 Average Per Rush 4.9 5.2 Average Per Game 190.8 213.2 TDs Rushing 10 8PASSING YARDAGE 1067 1293 C o m p - A t t - I n t 107-185-2 109-170-5 Average Per Pass 5.8 7.6 Average Per Catch 10.0 11.9 Average Per Game 213.4 258.6 TDs Passing 5 12TOTAL OFFENSE 2021 2359 Total Plays 381 375 Average Per Play 5.3 6.3 Average Per Game 404.2 471.8KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 16-360 16-323PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-45 7-124INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-0 2-68KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.5 20.2PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.5 17.7INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 34.0FUMBLES-LOST 6-3 10-5PENALTIES-Yards 17-145 41-363 Average Per Game 29.0 72.6PUNTS-Yards 27-1078 20-823 Average Per Punt 39.9 41.2 Net punt average 35.3 37.9KICKOFFS-Yards 26-1565 28-1740 Average Per Kick 60.2 62.1 Net kick average 40.1 39.5TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 3 1 2 9 : 2 93RD-DOWN Conversions 31/82 42/84 3rd-Down Pct 38% 50%4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/8 4/9 4th-Down Pct 75% 44%SACKS BY-Yards 8-48 5-45MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 15 21FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-12 4-6ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-2RED-ZONE SCORES (16-21) 76% (16-20) 80%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-21) 38% (12-20) 60%PAT-ATTEMPTS (14-15) 93% (19-20) 95%ATTENDANCE 20475 138783 Games/Avg Per Game 2/10238 3/46261 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalBall State 9 41 30 48 0 128Opponents 31 76 24 26 0 157



2015 Ball State FootballBall State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 03, 2015)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offSep 03 VMI 42 229 5 46 34 338 1 36 34-53-1 338 1 36 5 145 0 48 3 28 0 10 567Sep 12 at Texas A&M 38 240 2 47 12 121 0 45 12-27-1 121 0 45 3 66 0 24 0 0 0 0 361Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 52 278 3 42 24 194 1 26 24-33-0 194 1 26 1 17 0 17 2 17 0 11 472Sep 26 at Northwestern 34 181 0 34 14 178 2 33 14-35-0 178 2 33 2 46 0 26 0 0 0 0 359Oct 03 TOLEDO 30 26 0 9 23 236 1 51 23-37-0 236 1 51 5 86 0 21 1 0 0 0 262Ball State 196 954 10 47 107 1067 5 51 107-185-2 1067 5 51 16 360 0 48 6 45 0 11 2021Opponents 205 1066 8 63 109 1293 12 80 109-170-5 1293 12 80 16 323 0 32 7 124 0 56 2359

Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 4.9 • Avg/catch: 10.0 • Pass effic: 113.04 • KR avg: 22.5 • PR avg: 7.5 • All purpose avg/game: 485.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 404.2

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsSep 03 VMI 40 52 92 7.0-18 1.0-6 3 2-0 0-0 5 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 14 48Sep 12 at Texas A&M 36 54 90 6.0-28 4.0-20 2 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 23Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 31 16 47 6.0-29 2.0-10 0 0-0 2-0 7 8 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28Sep 26 at Northwestern 55 32 87 6.0-16 1.0-7 2 2-0 1-0 1 4 0 1-2 0 0 0 10 19Oct 03 TOLEDO 31 60 91 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-0 0 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10Ball State 193 214 407 26.0-92 7.0-43 7 5-0 5-0 14 20 0 14-15 0 0 0 27 128Opponents 202 196 398 21.0-79 5.0-45 2 3-1 2-68 17 24 1 19-20 0 0 0 20 157

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obSep 03 VMI 4 169 42.2 49 0 0 0 0 4 2-2 27 0 9 565 62.8 2 0Sep 12 at Texas A&M 5 199 39.8 51 0 0 0 1 1 3-3 43 0 5 268 53.6 0 0Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 5 170 34.0 54 0 0 0 1 2 0-1 0 0 5 287 57.4 2 1Sep 26 at Northwestern 7 300 42.9 53 0 0 2 1 3 2-4 36 0 5 315 63.0 2 0Oct 03 TOLEDO 6 240 40.0 45 0 0 2 0 1 1-2 29 0 2 130 65.0 2 0Ball State 27 1078 39.9 54 0 0 4 3 11 8-12 43 0 26 1565 60.2 8 1Opponents 20 823 41.2 54 0 1 5 1 6 4-6 36 0 28 1740 62.1 11 1

2015 Ball State FootballBall State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 03, 2015)

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offSep 03 VMI 29 103 2 36 35 444 3 80 35-49-0 444 3 80 7 141 0 24 1 11 0 11 547Sep 12 at Texas A&M 49 270 3 42 21 233 4 28 21-29-0 233 4 28 4 97 0 32 2 67 0 56 503Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 22 123 2 63 19 196 0 27 19-39-2 196 0 27 2 25 0 18 1 9 0 9 319Sep 26 at Northwestern 57 290 0 62 18 256 3 66 18-31-1 256 3 66 3 60 0 21 0 0 0 0 546Oct 03 TOLEDO 48 280 1 41 16 164 2 38 16-22-2 164 2 38 0 0 0 0 3 37 0 24 444Opponents 205 1066 8 63 109 1293 12 80 109-170-5 1293 12 80 16 323 0 32 7 124 0 56 2359Ball State 196 954 10 47 107 1067 5 51 107-185-2 1067 5 51 16 360 0 48 6 45 0 11 2021

Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 5.2 • Avg/catch: 11.9 • Pass effic: 145.42 • KR avg: 20.2 • PR avg: 17.7 • All purpose avg/game: 574.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 471.8

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsSep 03 VMI 44 64 108 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-28 2 6 0 3-4 0 0 0 3 36Sep 12 at Texas A&M 29 44 73 6.0-12 1.0-6 0 0-0 1-40 2 7 0 8-8 0 0 0 7 56Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 51 44 95 5.0-28 2.0-18 1 1-1 0-0 6 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17Sep 26 at Northwestern 40 10 50 3.0-7 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 6 6 1 3-3 0 0 0 0 24Oct 03 TOLEDO 38 34 72 6.0-28 2.0-21 1 1-0 0-0 1 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24Opponents 202 196 398 21.0-79 5.0-45 2 3-1 2-68 17 24 1 19-20 0 0 0 20 157Ball State 193 214 407 26.0-92 7.0-43 7 5-0 5-0 14 20 0 14-15 0 0 0 27 128

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obSep 03 VMI 5 220 44.0 47 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 31 0 5 297 59.4 0 0Sep 12 at Texas A&M 2 88 44.0 46 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 9 567 63.0 5 1Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 5 226 45.2 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-2 36 0 4 257 64.2 3 0Sep 26 at Northwestern 5 175 35.0 41 0 0 3 0 1 1-2 21 0 5 323 64.6 3 0Oct 03 TOLEDO 3 114 38.0 42 0 0 1 0 1 1-1 31 0 5 296 59.2 0 0Opponents 20 823 41.2 54 0 1 5 1 6 4-6 36 0 28 1740 62.1 11 1Ball State 27 1078 39.9 54 0 0 4 3 11 8-12 43 0 26 1565 60.2 8 1

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS



2015 Ball State FootballBall State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 03, 2015)

All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gGREEN, Darian 5 64 422 5 417 6.5 4 47 83.4GILBERT, James 5 54 244 3 241 4.5 5 34 48.2NEAL, Riley 4 46 260 43 217 4.7 1 41 54.2WILLIAMSON, T. 5 23 92 2 90 3.9 0 12 18.0MILAS, Jack 5 6 23 11 12 2.0 0 13 2.4MABON, KeVonn 5 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.6TEAM 3 2 0 20 -20 -10.0 0 0 -6.7Total 5 196 1041 87 954 4.9 10 47 190.8Opponents 5 205 1165 99 1066 5.2 8 63 213.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gNEAL, Riley 4 122.70 72-119-0 60.5 724 4 51 181.0MILAS, Jack 5 97.10 35-65-2 53.8 343 1 36 68.6TEAM 3 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 5 113.04 107-185-2 57.8 1067 5 51 213.4Opponents 5 145.42 109-170-5 64.1 1293 12 80 258.6

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gWILLIAMS, Jord. 5 30 447 14.9 4 51 89.4MABON, KeVonn 5 26 213 8.2 0 22 42.6LACANARIA, C. 5 18 152 8.4 0 15 30.4GREEN, Darian 5 10 81 8.1 1 35 16.2SHILLINGS, C. 5 10 74 7.4 0 14 14.8HOGUE, Jordan 5 6 48 8.0 0 16 9.6CURRY, Dylan 5 3 18 6.0 0 8 3.6GILBERT, James 5 1 19 19.0 0 19 3.8BRUNNER, Sam 5 1 15 15.0 0 15 3.0HAGEE, Morgan 5 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8WILLIAMSON, T. 5 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.8Total 5 107 1067 10.0 5 51 213.4Opponents 5 109 1293 11.9 12 80 258.6

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgLACANARIA, C. 5 45 9.0 0 11HOGUE, Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 6 45 7.5 0 11Opponents 7 124 17.7 0 56

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgWIGGINS, Sean 2 0 0.0 0 0HOLDER, Tyree 2 0 0.0 0 0SOLOMON, Terin 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 5 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 2 68 34.0 1 40

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgGREEN, Darian 14 318 22.7 0 48NOEL, Keenan 1 25 25.0 0 25MABON, KeVonn 1 17 17.0 0 17Total 16 360 22.5 0 48Opponents 16 323 20.2 0 32

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 1 1 1.0 0 1




All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gGREEN, Darian 5 417 81 0 318 0 816 163.2WILLIAMS, Jord 5 0 447 0 0 0 447 89.4GILBERT, Jame 5 241 19 0 0 0 260 52.0MABON, KeVon 5 -3 213 0 17 0 227 45.4NEAL, Riley 4 217 0 0 0 0 217 54.2LACANARIA, C. 5 0 152 45 0 0 197 39.4WILLIAMSON, T 5 90 -4 0 0 0 86 17.2SHILLINGS, C. 5 0 74 0 0 0 74 14.8HOGUE, Jordan 5 0 48 0 0 0 48 9.6NOEL, Keenan 4 0 0 0 25 0 25 6.2CURRY, Dylan 5 0 18 0 0 0 18 3.6BRUNNER, Sa 5 0 15 0 0 0 15 3.0MILAS, Jack 5 12 0 0 0 0 12 2.4HAGEE, Morgan 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.8TEAM 3 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -6.7Total 5 954 1067 45 360 0 2426 485.2Opponents 5 1066 1293 124 323 68 2874 574.8


All games

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsHAGEE, Morgan - 8-12 14-15 - - - - - 38GREEN, Darian 5 - - - - - - - 30GILBERT, James 5 - - - - - - - 30WILLIAMS, Jord. 4 - - - - - - - 24NEAL, Riley 1 - - - - - - - 6Total 15 8-12 14-15 - - - - - 128Opponents 21 4-6 19-20 - - 0-1 - - 157

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gNEAL, Riley 4 165 217 724 941 235.2GREEN, Darian 5 64 417 0 417 83.4MILAS, Jack 5 71 12 343 355 71.0GILBERT, James 5 54 241 0 241 48.2WILLIAMSON, T. 5 23 90 0 90 18.0MABON, KeVonn 5 1 -3 0 -3 -0.6TEAM 3 3 -20 0 -20 -6.7Total 5 381 954 1067 2021 404.2Opponents 5 375 1066 1293 2359 471.8

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkHAGEE, Morgan 8-12 66.7 0-0 5-5 2-3 1-3 0-1 43 0

FG Sequence Ball State OpponentsVMI (24),(27) (31)Texas A&M (21),(43),(20) -Eastern Michigan 52 (36),34Northwestern (30),43,40,(36) (21),26Toledo (29),35 (31)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkSCHMIDT, Kyle 25 1026 41.0 54 0 4 11 3 0EGAN, Alex 2 52 26.0 29 0 0 0 0 0Total 27 1078 39.9 54 0 4 11 3 0Opponents 20 823 41.2 54 1 5 6 1 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnSCHMIDT, Kyle 17 1030 60.6 8 1HAGEE, Morgan 5 294 58.8 0 0DRIDA, Steve 4 241 60.2 0 0Total 26 1565 60.2 8 1 20.2 40.1 24Opponents 28 1740 62.1 11 1 22.5 39.5 25



2015 Ball State FootballBall State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 03, 2015)

All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd# Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf19 INGLE, Ben 5 14 28 42 3.0-9 . . 3 1 . . . .3 WIGGINS, Sean 5 16 25 41 1.5-10 1.0-9 2-0 1 1 . . . .21 HESTER, Martez 5 17 15 32 . . . 1 . . . . .43 CROMARTIE, D. 5 19 11 30 1.5-6 . . 1 . . . . .57 POSLEY, Joshua 5 11 16 27 6.0-19 1.5-10 . . 4 . 1 . .9 AYERS, Michael 5 13 14 27 2.0-2 . . . 1 . . . .2 RYAN, Zack 5 12 14 26 1.5-2 . . . 2 1-0 . . .13 MOORE, David 5 13 9 22 . . . 2 . . . . .93 WILLIS, Kevin 5 8 11 19 2.5-9 1.0-6 . . 1 1-0 . . .20 CONAWAY, Darius 4 12 5 17 1.5-6 . . 4 . . . . .26 BAILEY, Avery 5 5 7 12 . . . . . . . . .7 TAYLOR, Aaron 5 4 8 12 2.0-8 . . 1 . . . . .55 WHITMAN III, J. 5 3 9 12 0.5-2 . . 1 . . . . .50 SINGLETON, D. 4 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . .45 McPHATTER, Jake 5 3 5 8 . . . 2 . . 1 . .30 PEYTON, Rontrel 4 3 5 8 . . . . . 1-0 1 . .33 HOLDER, Tyree 3 6 1 7 . . 2-0 . . . 1 . .29 HALL, Corey 1 6 1 7 . . . . . . 1 . .96 ZARAMO, C. 2 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . .98 WINBUSH, A. 4 3 3 6 3.5-16 3.0-15 . . 1 1-0 1 . .32 JACKSON, Jeremi 5 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .92 JACKSON, Julian 5 3 1 4 . . . 2 . . . . .94 IGBINOSUN, Osa. 5 1 3 4 0.5-3 0.5-3 . . 3 1-0 . . .5 LACANARIA, C. 5 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .1C SOLOMON, Terin 2 2 1 3 . . 1-0 . . . . . .37 GILBERT, Spence 5 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .42 BOYD, Julian 4 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .35 NOEL, Keenan 4 . 2 2 . . . 2 . . . . .1 HOGUE, Jordan 5 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .80 HEPP, Aaron 5 2 . 2 . . . . . . 1 . .8 WILLIAMS, Jord. 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .12 SCHMIDT, Kyle 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .23 WALTON, Marc 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .97 THURMON, Kevin 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .85 BROWN, C. 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .47 TRAUB, Nick 5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .22 HAGEE, Morgan 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total 5 193 214 407 26-92 8-48 5-0 20 14 5-0 7 . .Opponents 5 202 196 398 21-79 5-45 2-68 24 17 3-1 2 1 .

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