Ball State University Athletics
Football Travels to UMASS for ESPNU Game Wednesday
November 09, 2014 | Football
Ball State Cardinals (3-6; MAC 2-3)
Head Coach: Pete Lembo
Career Record: 107-55/14th year
At Ball State: 28-19/4th year
vs.
Massachusetts Minutemen (2-7; MAC 2-3)
Head Coach: Mark Whipple
Career Record: 123-66/17th year
At UMass: 51-33/7th year
GameDay Information
Wed., Nov. 12, 2014 -- 8 p.m. ET
McGuirk Stadium (Capacity - 17,000)
Field Turf -- Amherst, Mass.
Ball State Radio Network
Flagship Station - WLBC FM 104.1
Joel Godett, play-by-play
Dave Land, analyst
Luke Martin, sidelines
ESPNU
Mike Couzens, play-by-play
Rene Ingoglia, analyst
Ball State Football Quick Hits
Ball State suffered a 35-21 home loss to Northern Illinois Wednesday in a nationally televised game from Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Ind. . . . With the loss, the Cardinals fell to 3-6 on the season and 2-3 in Mid-American Conference action.
The Cardinals are 14-4 in their last 18 MAC games.
Senior running back and Ball State's career leading rusher Jahwan Edwards pushed his career rushing total to 4,226 yards and now has 920 rushing yards in 2014 . . . He needs 80 rushing yards to join Marcus Merriweather (2000-02) as only the second player in school history with three straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons.
Jahwan Edwards rushed for a touchdown with 8:40 remaining in the first quarter vs. Northern Illinois to become Ball State's all-time leader in points scored . . . He now has 288 career points and passed placekicker Ian McGarvey, who held the record with 287 from 2007-10.
Senior placekicker Scott Secor has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the 2014 Lou Groza Award, which goes to the nation's most outstanding placekicker . . . He is the only student-athlete from the Mid-American Conference listed among the 20 semifinalists.
Ball State has suffered three of its six losses this year by seven points or fewer.
Ball State has generated 12 turnovers in the past three games . . . The Cardinals forced two turnovers vs. Northern Illinois and five turnovers in each of the two games prior . . . Against Akron, the Cardinals tallied four interceptions and one fumble recovery . . . At Central Michigan, Ball State registered three interceptions and two fumble recoveries.
The Cardinals have 19 takeaways on the season with 12 in the past three games and 17 in the last six games.
Ball State ranks 13th in the nation in turnover margin (+0.89), 18th in fewest turnovers lost (11) and 20th in turnovers gained (19).
Ball State ranks 18th in the nation in red zone defense, having allowed opponents to score on only 74.4 percent of trips inside the 20-yard line.
The Cardinals rank eighth nationally for fewest penalties (38), 10th in the nation for fewest penalties per game (4.22), 18th in the NCAA for fewest penalty yards (363) and 19th in the nation for fewest penalty yards per game (40.33) . . . Ball State ranks No. 1 in the MAC in all four of those categories.
Ball State is 19-8 in its last 27 regular season games and competed in the GoDaddy Bowl after the 2013 season to mark back-to-back bowl appearances for only the second time in the school's history . . . The only other time Ball State played in back-to-back bowls was after the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
