Game Day Central: Ball State Set to Make Historic Trip to Notre Dame Saturday

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State and Notre Dame are 140 miles apart yet have never played each other in football. That will change this Saturday when the Cardinals make the trek north to try to knock off a nationally-ranked opponent for the first time since 2012.

Game #2: Ball State at No. 8 Notre Dame
Date: Saturday, Sept. 8
Kickoff: 3:41 p.m.
Television: NBC
Listen: WLBC 104.1 FM
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Social Media: @BallStateFB, @BallStateSports, #ItsTime, #ChirpChirp
Game Notes: Ball State | Notre Dame
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Three Things to Know:
1. Ball State piled up a program record 652 yards of offense in the season opener against Central Connecticut State. The previous mark was set more than 40 years ago in 1977 against Cal Poly Ponoma (618).

2. This is the first meeting between the two programs. Notre Dame is 6-0 all-time against teams from the Mid-American Conference including a 52-17 win over Miami (Ohio) last year. The Irish have also faced Akron (once) and Western Michigan (three times).

3. A few Cardinals will be making a trip home to the South Bend area this weekend: OL Danny Pinter (South Bend, John Adams HS), OL Grant Williamson (Rolling Prairie, New Prairie HS) and OL Zac Ricketts (Bremen, Bremen HS).

By the Numbers:
5 – Number of different Cardinals who scored a touchdown last week against CCSU.

23 – Ball State players who saw their first action in a Cardinals uniform in the season opener.

63 – Yard touchdown reception by freshman WR Yo'Heinz Tyler last week, marking the longest touchdown pass by Ball State since Nov. 8, 2016.

Game Day Central: Ball State Set to Make Historic Trip to Notre Dame Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Danny Pinter

Zac Ricketts

Yo'Heinz Tyler

Grant Williamson