Ball State University Athletics
Football Team at Eastern Michigan Saturday
October 22, 2009 | Football
• Game 8 at Eastern Michigan •
Game Time: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 -- 1 p.m. (ET)
Location: Rynearson Stadium (Capacity: 30,200) -- FieldTurf -- Ypsilanti, Mich.
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 (0-7; MAC 0-3) at Eastern Michigan (0-6; MAC 0-3)
Series History: Ball State and Eastern Michigan have met 50 times in college football and the Cardinals own a 28-20-2 all-time advantage . . . Ball State has won the last four contests, including each of the last two seasons by identical 38-16 scores . . . In games played in Ypsilanti, Mich., Ball State leads the all-time series 13-12.
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 57-49-3 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.
Eastern Michigan Head Coach Ron English: Coach English (California '90) is in his first season as the head coach at Eastern Michigan and in his first year as a collegiate head mentor . . . He came to Eastern Michigan after spending the 2008 season as the defensive coordinator at Louisville . . . Prior to that, English spent five years as an assistant at Michigan.
Scouting Eastern Michigan: Eastern Michigan suffered a 28-6 home loss to Kent State last week to fall to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in the Mid-American Conference . . . The Eagles other league losses were at home to Temple (24-12) and at Central Michigan (56-8) . . . Senior quarterback Andy Schmitt suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Sept. 19 game at Michigan . . . Kyle McMahon has completed 38-of-60 passes for 336 yards with two interceptions and no touchdowns, while Alex Gillett has completed 16-of-30 passes for 105 yards.
Familiar Face: Eric Lewis, who spent from 2003-05 as the defensive backs coach at Ball State, is the defensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan.
