Ball State University Athletics
Football Team Hosting Bowling Green Saturday
October 17, 2009 | Football
• Game 7 vs. Bowling Green Falcons •
Game Time: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 -- Noon (ET)
GameDay: Family Weekend Game Presented by Marsh Supermarkets
Pregame: Chase Charlie Fun Run and Kiddie 100 (7:45 a.m.)
Halftime: Women's Basketball Championship Ring Ceremony
Location: Scheumann Stadium (Capacity: 22,500) -- FieldTurf -- Muncie, Ind.
Television: None
Radio: Ball State Radio Network (WLBC 104.1 FM Muncie; XL-950 Indianapolis; FM 100 Fort Wayne and Willie 103.5 Warsaw/South Bend)
(Morry Mannies, PBP; Mark O'Connell, Analyst; Rick Johnston, Sideline)
Additional Radio: Ball State Student Station WCRD 91.3 FM
(Nick Yeoman, PBP; Ryan Camden, Analyst; Paul Brown, Sideline)
Live Stats & Internet Radio: ballstatesports.com
Webcast: ballstatesports.com
• Ball State GameDay •
Records: Ball State (0-6; MAC 0-2) vs. Bowling Green (2-4; MAC 1-1)
Series History: Ball State and Bowling Green have met 28 times in football with the Falcons holding a 19-8-1 all-time advantage . . . The teams have not met since 2005 . . . Bowling Green has won the last five meetings . . . In games played at Ball State, the Falcons are 8-3-1 . . . The last meeting was a 40-31 Bowling Green victory Sept. 10, 2005, at Ball State.
Ball State Head Coach Stan Parrish: Coach Parrish (Heidelberg '69) is in his fifth season at Ball State, and in his first full season as the school's head coach . . . Parrish was named the Cardinals 15th head football coach Dec. 18, 2008, and was the head mentor in Ball State's Jan. 6, 2009, GMAC Bowl appearance . . . Parrish became the first Ball State assistant coach to be promoted to head coach since Wave Myers in 1968 . . . Parrish was one of five finalists for the 2008 Broyles Award, which goes to the nation's top assistant coach . . . He owns a 57-48-3 career head coaching record, which include's stints at Wabash (1978-82), Marshall (1984-85) and Kansas State (1986-88) . . . Parrish earned a college football national championship ring as a member of the 1997 Michigan coaching staff and owns a NFL Super Bowl ring after serving as the quarterbacks coach of the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Bowling Green Head Coach Dave Clawson: Coach Clawson (Williams College '89) is in his first season as Bowling Green's head coach and in his 10th year as a collegiate head coach . . . Clawson came to BG after spending the 2008 season as the offensive coordinator at Tennessee . . . He has compiled a 60-53 career head coaching record, including stints at Richmond (2004-07) and Fordham (1999-2003).
Scouting Bowling Green: The Falcons are 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the Mid-American Conference . . . BG opened the season with a 31-14 home win over Troy and tallied a 36-35 win at Kent State Saturday . . . In between victories, the Falcons lost at Missouri (27-20), at Marshall (17-10), at home to Boise State (49-14) and at home vs. Ohio (44-37) . . . Bowling Green scored the winning touchdown at Kent State Saturday with five seconds left in the game . . . Tyler Sheehan has completed 192-of-296 passes for 1,960 yards with 11 touchdowns and four interceptions . . . Willie Geter leads the team with 51.0 rushing yards per game, while Freddie Barnes has 722 receiving yards with a team-high five touchdowns.
