Ball State University Athletics
Football Team Travels to Kent State Saturday
October 30, 2010 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (2-6; MAC 1-3) at
Kent State Golden Flashes (3-4; MAC 2-2)
Dix Stadium (FieldTurf) -- Capacity: 25,000
Kent, Ohio -- Sat., Oct. 30 -- 3:30 p.m. (ET)
Television: Fox 8 in Cleveland, Ohio (Not shown in Indiana)
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
Game Time: Saturday's game will be played at 3:30 p.m. (ET), which is a change from the originally announced 2 p.m. start . . . The time change was made to accommodate local television for the contest.
The Series: Ball State and Kent State have met 24 times in football and the Cardinals hold a 19-5 all-time advantage . . . The series started in 1977, but the two teams have met only twice since the 2003 season . . . The Cardinals have won 14 of the last 15 meetings . . . In games played in Kent, Ohio, Ball State owns a 9-2 all-time edge in the series.
The Last Meeting: Ball State and Kent State last met in the 2008 season . . . The Cardinals used a balanced offensive attack to hand the Golden Flashes a 41-20 loss in a Homecoming Game at Ball State's Scheumann Stadium . . . MiQuale Lewis rushed for 116 yards and three touchdowns, while quarterback Nate Davis completed 23-of-35 passes for 265 yards and one touchdown . . . The win improved Ball State to 5-0 in a season that saw the Cardinals end the regular season with a 12-0 mark.
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 61-58-3 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.
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.).
Ball State Quick Hits
- The Cardinals have appeared on regional or national television 19 times in the last three seasons . . . Ball State played twice on ESPN2 plus appeared on ESPNU, CBS College Sports and Fox Sports in 2009 . . . In 2010, the Cardinals have played on ESPN Plus once and the Big Ten Network twice. . . Ball State is scheduled to appear on television one more time this season -- Friday, Nov. 12, at Buffalo (ESPNU).
• Ball State has won 14 of its last 23 Mid-American Conference games . . . The Cardinals won their final three MAC games in 2007 and all eight league contests in 2008 for 11 straight conference victories, which ranks as the second longest league winning streak in school history . . . Ball State is 1-3 in the MAC this season.
- MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider H.S.), who ranks second on Ball State's career rushing chart with 3,620 yards, rushed for a season high 96 yards on a season best 19 carries at Toledo . . . With the 19 carries, he moved into third on Ball State's career rushing attempts list . . . He now has 723 career rushing attempts . . . Ball State's all-time rushing leader is Merriweather, who gained 4,002 yards from 1999-2002 . . . Lewis needs 383 rushing yards to become Ball State's all-time leader.
- Travis Freeman (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville H.S.) tallied his second career interception and his first of the 2010 season at Toledo.
- Jack Tomlinson (Westerville, Ohio/South H.S.) caught his first career touchdown pass with 4:44 remaining in the first quarter at Toledo . . . Three minutes later, he tallied his second career TD catch with 1:43 left in the first quarter at UT to give the Cardinals a 17-0 lead.
- Jason Pinkston (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville H.S.) recorded his third interception of the season and the sixth of his career in the first quarter at Toledo.
Scouting Kent State
The Record: Kent State improved to 3-4 overall and evened its Mid-American Conference record at 2-2 with a 30-6 win at Bowling Green Saturday . . . The Golden Flashes boast league wins over Akron (28-17) and BG, while suffering MAC losses at Miami University (27-21) and at Toledo (34-21).
The Coach: Doug Martin (Kentucky '85) is in his seventh year as the head coach at Kent State and his seventh year as a head collegiate mentor . . . Martin owns a 27-50 career coaching mark, including a 15-29 MAC record.
The Stats: Kent State is scoring 22.0 points, while allowing 20.6 a contest . . . KSU is rushing for 94.9 yards per game, while passing for 193.1 a contest . . . Keith Spencer has completed 137-of-227 passes for 1,352 yards with seven TDs and eight INTs.
