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Ball State Cardinals
Ball State Cardinals athletic logo
UniversityBall State University
NicknameCardinals
Team ColorsCardinal and White
Head CoachStan Parrish
LocationMuncie, IN
ConferenceMid-American Conference
NCAADivision I-A
StadiumScheumann Stadium
MascotCharlie Cardinal
WebsiteBall State Football Official Website

The Ball State Cardinals represent the Ball State University in the NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football tournament, currently affiliated with the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. Ball State's football program started play in 1924, playing as an independent team, and finishing their debut season with a 1-3-0 record. Ten seasons later, Ball State was admitted into the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference in 1934 and was classified as an NJCAA school in 1937. Although the team had several winning seasons in the IIC including its first conference championship season in 1942 (5-0-0 record), the team achieved minimal success and in 1948, returned in the Independent scene. In 1951, Ball State joined the Heartland Collegiate Conference but had a rough start, going winless in seven games. In 1957, Ball State was reclassified as an NCAA College Division (Small College) school. The Cardinals only found their mark late in their stint with the HCC, particularly in the mid 1960's when the team was able to string consecutive winning seasons. Under Coach Ray Louthen, Ball State's run started in the 1963 season when the team finished a 5-3 mark, the same record they finished the following season only 1964 earned Ball State its second conference title, and first with the Heartland Collegiate Conference. In 1965, the Cardinals stepped it up some more, claiming the NCAA College Division Mideast Region Championship with a 9-0-1 record, and finished all of its conference games undefeated to garner the team's third conference title. That same year, the Cardinals appeared in its first postseason bowl game, a draw with Tennessee State in the Grantland Rice Bowl. The Cardinals actually made it a four-peat conference championship, adding a couple more HCC titles in 1966 and '67. The team went back into the independent scene from 1968 through 1972 and in 1973, joined its third home, the Mid-American Athletic Conference. That same year Ball State was reclassified into an NCAA Division II school.

In 1976, a year after Ball State was elevated as an NCAA Division I school, the Cardinals won their first Mid-American Athletic Conference Championship, the team's 6th overall conference title. In 1983, Ball State was reclassified into an NCAA Division I-A school. Under Coach Paul Schudel, the Cardinals appeared in their first postseason bowl game as a Division I-A school in the 1989 edition of the California Bowl, where the team got defeated by Fresno State. As of 2007, Ball State has won or shared ten conference titles, and has appeared in five bowl games, thrice with the NCAA Division I-A.


Contents

[edit] Ranking

  • Have not ranked in the Major College Final Polls.

[edit] Scouting Report

Category MAC Rank Nat'l Rank
Scoring Offense 3 39
Scoring Defense 4 68
Total Offense 3 31
Total Defense 10 96
Turnover Margin 1 4
Pass Efficiency Defense 9 90
Kickoff Returns 4 44
Net Punting 5 29
Passing Offense 1 22
Passing Defense 9 58
Passing Efficiency 1 24
Punt Returns 3 44
Rushing Offense 6 61
Rushing Defense 10 106

[edit] Championships

Conference Championships

  • 1942 - Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions
  • 1964 - Heartland Collegiate Conference Champions
  • 1965 - Heartland Collegiate Conference Champions
  • 1966 - Heartland Collegiate Conference Champions
  • 1967 - Heartland Collegiate Conference Champions
  • 1976 - Mid-American Conference Champions
  • 1978 - Mid-American Conference Champions
  • 1989 - Mid-American Conference Champions
  • 1993 - Mid-American Conference Champions
  • 1996 - Mid-American Conference Champions

Division Championships

  • 2001 - MAC - West Division Co-Champions
  • 2007 - MAC - West Division Co-Champions

Small College National Championships

  • 1965 - NCAA College Division Mideast Region Champions

[edit] BSU Bowl History

Division I-A Bowl Games
Date Bowl Game Result Opponent Score
Jan 05, 2008 International Bowl L Rutgers 30-52
Dec 19, 1996 Las Vegas Bowl L Nevada 15-18
Dec 17, 1993 Las Vegas Bowl L Utah State 33-42
Dec 9, 1989 California Bowl L Fresno State 6-27


College Division/Other Bowl Games
Date Bowl Game Result Opponent Score
Dec 09, 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl L Eastern Kentucky 13-27
Dec 11, 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl T Tennessee State 14-14

[edit] Highlights

Ball State defeats Navy in overtime when its 31-year old defensive end, a former marine sends the game to extra period with a field goal block (2007).

[edit] Schedule

Ball State Cardinals 2008 Games Schedule
Date Opponent Location Result
08.28.08 Northeastern Muncie, Ind. W, 48-14
09.05.08 Navy Muncie, Ind. W, 35-23
09.13.08 Akron Akron, Ohio W, 41-24
09.20.08 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. W, 42-20
09.27.08 Kent State Muncie, Ind. W, 41-20
10.04.08 Toledo Toledo, Ohio W, 31-0
10.11.08 Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. W, 24-7
10.25.08 Eastern Michigan Muncie, Ind. W, 38-16
11.05.08 Northern Illinois Muncie, Ind. W, 45-14
11.11.08 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio. W, 31-16
11.19.08 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. W, 31-24
11.25.08 Western Michigan Muncie, Ind. W, 45-22

[edit] Roster

Ball State Cardinals 2008 Roster
No. Name Yr. Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Exp. Hometown (Prev. School)
2 Frank Edmonds So. So. HB 5-8 181 1L Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward)
3 B.J. Hill Sr. Sr. CB 5-7 180 3L Lanham, Md. (Riverdale Baptist)
4 Daniel Ifft So. So. WR 6-3 181 1L Dover, Ohio (Dover)
4 Zac Jordan Fr. So. FS 5-10 196 Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder)
6 Derrick Henry So. Jr. FS 6-1 189 1L Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne)
8 Trey Buice Sr. Sr. CB 5-10 175 3L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Tucker)
9 Kyle Kuntz Jr. Sr. SS 5-10 193 Vandalia, Ohio (Butler)
11 Wendell Brown Sr. 5Sr. MLB 6-0 214 3L Detroit, Mich. (Martin Luther King)
12 Trey Lewis Sr. 5Sr. CB 6-0 190 3L Raleigh, N.C. (Ravenscroft)
13 Nate Davis Jr. Jr. QB 6-2 217 2L Bellaire, Ohio (Ballaire)
14 Perci Garner So. So. QB 6-1 222 HS Dover, Ohio (Dover)
15 Jakeem Gregory So. Jr. CB 5-9 170 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)
17 Tanner Justice Jr. Sr. QB 6-3 196 Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)
19 Koreen Burch So. So. CB 5-9 162 1L Broxton, Ga. (Coffee)
20 Brandon Carnegie So. So. CB 5-11 183 1L Novi, Mich. (Novi)
21 Wade Overton Sr. 5Sr. WR 6-3 200 Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North)
22 Bill Huntsinger So. Fr. WLB 6-0 210 Frankton, Ind. (Frankton)
24 Corey McGee Jr. Unk TB 5-11 193 HS Jackson, Miss. (Jackson)
25 Sean Baker Fr. So. SS 6-1 205 Canfield, Ohio (Canfield)
26 Ian McGarvey So. So. PK/P 5-9 210 1L Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)
27 Chris Clancy Sr. Sr. HB 6-2 231 3L Plainfield, Ill. (Joliet Catholic)
28 Ray Winkler So. So. HB 5-9 182 South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph's)
29 Jake Hogue So. Jr. PK 5-9 195 HS Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield)
30 John Buckingham So. Jr. DE 6-1 221 HS Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)
31 Dane Cook So. Jr. FS 6-0 186 HS Eaton, Ind. (Delta)
32 Lorren Womack Fr. So. WLB 6-0 221 Huber Heights, Ohio (Wayne)
33 MiQuale Lewis Jr. Jr. HB 5-6 184 2L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)
34 Lavell Mosley Sr. Unk CB 6-2 191 2L Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper)
35 Chris Miller Sr. 5Sr. P 6-2 211 3L Liberty, Ill. (Carmel)
36 Pete Rolf Fr. So. DE 6-4 246 HS Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)
38 Alex Knipp Jr. Jr. SS 6-0 194 2L Amherst, Ohio (Steele)
41 Andrew Puthoff Fr. So. DT 6-3 254 St. Henry, Ohio (St. Henry)
42 Davyd Jones So. So. MLB 6-1 200 1L Muncie, Ind. (Central)
43 Tad Kilburn So. Jr. FS 6-0 182 Middletown, Ohio (Monroe)
47 Brendan Choy Fr. So. TE 6-4 247 HS Bradenton, Fla. (Lakewood Ranch)
48 Spain Cosby Jr. Jr. MLB 5-11 212 2L Carrollton, Ga. (Villa Rica)
49 Bryant Haines Sr. 5Sr. WLB 6-5 223 3L Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)
51 Kyle Cornwell Sr. Sr. OG 6-4 272 3L New Lenox, Ill. (Providence Catholic)
52 Dan Gerberry Sr. 5Sr. C 6-3 292 2L Austintown, Ohio (Austintown Fitch)
53 Cody Muhlenkamp So. Jr. LS 5-11 203 1L Coldwater, Ohio (Coldwater)
54 Jerrod Gray Fr. So. NT 6-3 253 HS Bradley, Ill. (Bourbonnais)
55 Sam Woodworth Jr. Sr. WLB 6-2 202 Elkhart, Ind. (Central)
56 Gonzalo Barinaga Sr. 5Sr. DT 6-2 256 3L Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette)
57 Ben Jacoby Fr. So. C 6-2 263 Lawrenceville, Ga. (Buford)
58 Adam Cole Sr. 5Sr. OT 6-6 278 1L Eden Prairie, Minn. (Academy of Holy Angels)
59 Antonio Beasley Sr. 5Sr. SLB 6-0 219 2L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop)
64 Kaylon Woods So. Jr. DT 6-2 254 Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast)
65 Drew Duffin Jr. Sr. DT 6-3 255 2L Avon, Ind. (Avon)
66 Kreg Hunter Fr. So. OL 6-3 284 Lebanon, Ind. (Lebanon)
67 Travis Arnold So. Jr. OT 6-8 284 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)
69 Chad Davis Jr. Sr. OLB 6-3 263 HS Pendleton, Ind. (Pendleton Heights)
70 Jordan Applegate Jr. Sr. C 6-5 301 Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)
71 Robert Brewster Sr. Sr. OT 6-5 310 3L Cincinnati, Ohio (Wyoming)
74 Michael Switzer So. So. OL 6-5 277 1L Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North)
76 Rayondon Kennedy Fr. So. OL 6-2 259 Dolton, Ill. (Mount Carmel)
79 Andre Ramsey Sr. Sr. OT 6-5 304 3L Cordele, Ga. (Crisp County)
81 Louis Johnson Sr. 5Sr. WR 6-1 177 3L Muncie, Ind. (Central)
82 Madaris Grant Jr. Sr. TE 6-5 222 1L Cincinnati, Ohio (Mount Healthy)
84 Drew Sharick Fr. So. TE 6-6 230 Champaign, Ill. (Central)
85 Justin Woodard So. Jr. DE 6-3 222 1L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)
86 Dante Love Sr. Sr. WR 5-10 179 3L Cincinnati, Ohio (Withrow)
87 Myles Trempe So. Jr. WR 6-4 202 1L Springfield, Ohio (St. Paris Graham)
88 Darius Hill Sr. 5Sr. TE 6-6 236 2L Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs)
89 Kevin Steinhaus Fr. So. TE 6-3 238 Algonquin, Ill. (Dundee Crown)
90 Brandon Crawford Jr. Sr. DE 6-3 260 2L Fort Wayne, Ind. (South)
91 Robert Eddins Jr. Sr. DE 6-3 224 1L Detroit, Mich. (Crockett)
92 Jafe Pitcock Fr. So. NT 6-2 262 Piqua, Ohio (Piqua)
95 Rene Perry So. So. NT 5-11 271 1L Lake City, Fla. (Columbia)
96 Jason Jankowski So. Jr. DT 6-2 262 Heartland, Wis. (Arrowhead)
97 Jermaine Houston Sr. 5Sr. DE 6-4 241 Newberry, S.C. (Newberry)
98 Troy Davis So. Jr. NT 5-11 256 1L Fort Wayne, Ind. (Snider)
99 Kenny Meeks Sr. 5Sr. SLB 6-2 230 2L Muncie, Ind. (Central)
Jeff Barker Fr. Fr. DE 6-5 215 Lowell, Ind. (Lowell)
James Cravens Fr. Fr. HB 5-11 210 HS Centerville, Ohio (Centerville)
Andre Dawson Fr. Fr. WR 6-0 172 Lewis Center, Ohio (Olentangy)
Torieal Gibson Fr. Fr. WR 5-9 165 HS Cleveland, OH (Glenville)
Ryan Hartke Fr. Fr. SLB 6-4 200 HS St. Henry, OH (St. Henry)
Kyle Hoke Fr. Fr. S 5-10 190 HS Sugar Land, Texas (Clements)
Austin Holtz Fr. Fr. OL 6-5 290 Holt, Mich. (Holt)
Joshua Howard Fr. Fr. FS 6-1 190 Inkster, Mich. (Inkster)
Scott Kovanda Fr. Fr. P 6-3 190 HS Hartland, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)
Dee Lett Fr. Fr. WLB 5-11 205 HS Hopkinsville, Kent. (Christian County)
Cameron Lowry Fr. Fr. OT 6-6 255 HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike)
Robert Martin Fr. Fr. LB 6-2 230 HS Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike)
Adam Morris Fr. Fr. OL 6-0 305 HS Dublin, Ohio (Scioto)
Briggs Orsbon Fr. Fr. WR 6-0 185 HS Convoy, Ohio (Crestview)
Kelly Page Fr. Fr. QB 6-3 210 HS Sunnyvale, Texas (Mesquite)
Chris Reinking Fr. Fr. PK/P 5-11 209 HS Granger, Ind. (South Bend Clay)
Blaine Schafer Fr. Fr. OT 6-6 299 HS Plymouth, Ind. (Plymouth)
Reid Scheidt Fr. Fr. SS 6-2 195 HS Lake Village, Ind. (North Newton)
Steven Schott Fr. Fr. PK 6-1 165 HS Massillon, Ohio (Washington)
Joshua Smith Fr. Fr. DB 6-2 190 HS Cincinnati, Ohio (Withrow)
Cory Sykes Fr. Fr. HB 5-7 155 HS Harvey, Ill. (Thornton)
George Tabron Fr. Fr. MLB 6-3 235 HS Canton, Ohio (McKinley)
Rashaad White Fr. Fr. HB 5-9 205 HS Rex, Ga. (Stockbridge)
Steve Yoder Fr. Fr. OL 6-3 300 HS Canal Fulton, Ohio (Massillon Washington)

[edit] Coaches/Team Officials

[edit] Notable Alumni in NFL

Ball State Cardinals in NFL

[edit] References

[edit] External Links


Mid-American Conference Football Teams
East Division Akron • Bowling Green • Buffalo • Kent State • Miami (Ohio) • Ohio • Temple
West Division Ball State • Central Michigan • Eastern Michigan • Northern Illinois • Toledo • Western Michigan


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