Football Facing Toledo in Saturday's Homecoming Game

Saturday, October 3

Muncie, Ind.

Noon

Ball State University

0-5 , 0-1

Toledo

3-2 , 1-0

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Toledo

Ball State Cardinals

Football Facing Toledo in Saturday's Homecoming Game

October 02, 2009 | Football

Box Score

By: Ball State Athletics

• Game 5 vs. Toledo Rockets •

Game Time: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 -- Noon (ET)

GameDay: HOMECOMING Game Presented by Ball State Federal Credit Union
RED OUT; Pom Pons to first 10,000 fans

Location: Scheumann Stadium (Capacity: 22,500) -- FieldTurf -- Muncie, Ind.

Television: ESPN Plus/GamePlan -- Airing Statewide on WTTV-TV (Michael Reghi, PBP; Doug Chapman, Analyst)

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

• Ball State GameDay •

Records: Ball State (0-4; MAC 0-0) vs. Toledo (2-2; MAC 0-0)

Series History: Ball State and Toledo have met 34 times and the Cardinals hold a 17-16-1 all-time advantage . . . Ball State managed a 31-0 victory at Toledo last season . . . Ball State and Toledo have played 17 times in Muncie, and the Cardinals hold an 11-6 all-time edge in games played at Ball State.

Homecoming Games: Ball State's Homecoming Game Saturday will be the school's 83rd Homecoming contest . . . The Cardinals are 51-29-2 in Homecoming games . . . Ball State has won its last two Homecoming Contests -- 35-12 vs. Western Kentucky in 2007 and 41-20 vs. Kent State in 2008.

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 57-46-3 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.

Toledo Head Coach Tim Beckman: Coach Beckman (Findlay '88) is in his first year as Toledo's head coach . . . He served as the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State in 2007-08 and was the cornerbacks coach at Ohio State in 2005-06 . . . Beckman spent from 1998-2004 as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Bowling Green.

Scouting Toledo: Toledo owns a 2-2 overall record and will be playing Ball State in its Mid-American Conference opener . . . The Rockets opened the season with a 52-36 loss at Purdue before defeating Colorado 54-38 . . . Toledo suffered a 38-0 loss at Cleveland Browns Stadium to Ohio State, but posted a 41-31 win at Florida International last Saturday . . . The Rockets are averaging 31.5 points per game while allowing 39.8 per contest . . . Aaron Opelt leads an offense that is averaging 473.2 yards per game . . . Opelt has completed 96-of-167 passes for 1,282 yards with nine touchdowns and four interceptions.