Ball State University Athletics
Football Hosting Ohio Saturday; Team Reunions Set
October 30, 2009 | Football
• Game 9 vs. Ohio Bobcats •
Game Time: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 -- Noon (ET)
Promotions:
• Youth Day; NCAA Take A Kid to the Game -- Buy One Adult General Admission Ticket and Get One Youth Ticket for Free
• Kids Zone in Benadum Woods (13 and under) - 10-Noon
Free to the Public -- Inflatables, Games and Prizes, GameDay Face Tattoos, Charlie Cardinal, Ball State Cheerleaders and Code Red, Happy Halloween Megaphones
• Football Team Reunions: 1949 Team - 60th Anniversary; 1989 Team - 20th Anniversary
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 (1-7; MAC 1-3) vs. Ohio (5-3; MAC 3-1)
Series History: Ball State and Ohio have met in football 20 times with the Cardinals holding a 13-7 all-time advantage . . . The teams have not met since 2005 when the Bobcats tallied a 38-21 win in Athens, Ohio . . . In games played at Ball State, the Cardinals own a 7-2 all-time edge . . . Ball State has won eight of the last 10 games played in the series which dates back to 1975.
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 58-49-3 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.
Ohio Head Coach Frank Solich: Coach Solich (Nebraska '66) is in his fifth season as the head coach at Ohio and his 11th season as a collegiate mentor . . . He owns a 28-29 record at Ohio and an 86-48 career coaching mark . . . Solich came to Ohio after compiling a 58-19 record as the head coach at Nebraska from 1998-2003.
Scouting Ohio: Ohio suffered its first Mid-American Conference loss of the season Saturday vs. Kent State (20-11) . . . The Bobcats had posted MAC wins at Bowling Green (44-37), at Akron (19-7) and vs. Miami University (28-7) . . . Ohio also defeated North Texas (31-30) in double overtime Sept. 12, at Denton, Texas.
