Ball State University Athletics
Football Plays at Toledo Saturday Night
October 22, 2010 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (2-5; MAC 1-2) at
Toledo Rockets (4-3; MAC 3-0)
Glass Bowl (FieldTurf) -- Capacity: 26,248
Toledo, Ohio -- Sat., Oct. 23 -- 7 p.m. (ET)
Radio: Ball State Radio Network -- WLBC 104.1 FM Muncie
(Morry Mannies, Play-by-Play; Mark O'Connell, Analyst)
WCRD Radio (Ball State Student Station - FM 91.3)
(Pat Boylan, Play-by-Play; Kyle Binder, Analyst)
Live Stats & Internet Radio: ballstatesports.com
The Series: Ball State and Toledo will be meeting for the36th time in a series which dates back to 1975 . . . The teams have met every year since 1975, the year Ball State joined the Mid-American Conference . . . The series is tied at 17-17-1 . . . Ball State has won three of the last four meetings . . . In games played at Toledi, the Rockets hold a 10-6-1 all-time advantage.
The Last Meeting: The Cardinals suffered a 37-30 defeat in Muncie, Ind., to the Toledo Rockets Oct. 3, 2009, in the last meeting between the two teams . . . In a game that went back and forth the entire contest, Ball State orchestrated a 10-play, 66-yard drive in 2:52 that resulted in a 10-yard touchdown pass from Kelly Page to wide receiver Torieal Gibson with 42 seconds left in the contest . . . With the score, Toledo led 29-28 and the Cardinals elected to go for the two-point conversion and the lead . . . MiQuale Lewis answered the call and rushed around the left end to give Ball State a 30-29 with 42 seconds remaining . . . But 15 seconds later, Toledo would score on a 51-yard touchdown pass and complete the two-point conversion to win the game, 37-30.
Ball State Head Coach Stan Parrish: Stan Parrish (Heidelberg '69) is in his sixth season at Ball State and his second as the Cardinals head coach . . . He was named the school's 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 promoted to head coach since Wave Myers in 1968 . . . One of five finalists for the 2008 Broyles Award, which goes to the nation's top assistant, Parrish owns a 61-57-3 career head coaching record at Wabash (1978-82), Marshall (1984-85), Kansas State (1986-88) and Ball State . . . Parrish earned a college football national championship ring as a member of the 1997 Michigan coaching staff and owns an NFL Super Bowl ring after serving as quarterbacks coach of the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers . . . Parrish has been selected for induction into the Heidelberg College Athletic Hall of Fame . . . Parrish is a part of the 25th induction class in school history and will be officially enshrined in October.
Ball State 2010 Team Captains: Sean Baker (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield H.S.), Davyd Jones (Muncie, Ind./Central H.S.), MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider H.S.) and Michael Switzer (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North H.S.).
Scouting Toledo
The Record: Toledo improved to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in the Mid-American Conference with a 34-21 home win over Kent State Saturday . . . The Rockets other league wins were at Ohio (20-13) and at Western Michigan (37-24).
The Coach: Tim Beckman (Findlay '88) is in his second year at Toledo and in his second year as a collegiate head coach and owns a 9-10 mark.
The Stats: Toledo is averaging 124.0 rushing yards and 175.7 passing yards per game this season, while allowing opponents 116.3 rushing yards and 244.9 passing yards a contest . . . Austin Dantin has completed 112-of-172 passes for 1,059 yards with six touchdowns and six interceptions . . . Eric Page has been the top target with 54 catches for 580 yards with two TDs.
