Ball State University Athletics
Football Team Hosts Central Michigan Wednesday on ESPN2
November 18, 2009 | Football
• Game 11 vs. Central Michigan Chippewas •
Game Time: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 -- 8 p.m. (ET)
Location: Scheumann Stadium (Capacity: 22,500) - FieldTurf - Muncie, Ind.
Game Promotions: Senior Day Presented by Lifetouch National School Studios
• Blanket Drive at Ball State - Donate a new blanket at Gate 4 starting at 6 p.m. on GameDay and receive a free general admission ticket.
Television: ESPN2 (Dave Lamont, PBP, and Trent Dilfer, analyst)
Pregame Special: Ball State Sports Link will air a live special from Scheumann Stadium from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The show will air on WIPB-Muncie.
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 (1-9; MAC 1-5) vs. Central Michigan (8-2; MAC 6-0)
Series History: Ball State and Central Michigan have met 41 times and the Chippewas hold a 21-19-1 all-time edge . . . The series began in 1939 and the two teams have played every season since 1977 . . . The Cardinals won last year's meeting 31-24 at Central Michigan and have won five of the last nine in the all-time series . . . In games played in Muncie, Ball State owns an 11-10-1 all-time edge.
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 58-51-3 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.
Central Michigan Head Coach Butch Jones: Coach Jones (Ferris State '90) is in his third year as the head coach at Central Michigan and his third season as a head collegiate mentor . . . Jones owns a 24-13 career coaching mark and is the first head coach in CMU history to lead the Chippewas to back-to-back bowl games . . . Jones came to Central Michigan after spending the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the wide receivers coach at West Virginia . . . From 1998-2004, he was an assistant at CMU.
Coaching Familiarity: Central Michigan head coach Butch Jones was a graduate assistant at Rutgers from 1990-92 and worked under then Rutgers head coach Doug Graber, who was the Scarlet Knights head coach from 1990-95 and is Ball State's defensive coordinator . . . Another member of Rutgers' staff from 1990-95 was Ball State head coach Stan Parrish, who was a Rutgers assistant coach.
