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MUNCIE, Ind. --Â Riding momentum from a dramatic, last-second homecoming and rivalry victory over Northern Illinois, Ball State welcomes defending Mid-American Conference champion Miami for another rivalry game at Scheumann Stadium. Tuesday's game, which begins #MAC-tion play in the Mid-American Conference, also coincides with Election Night in America. Tuesday's game is sponsored by Gameday Spirit Fanstore.
The game will air live on ESPN at 8:00 p.m., as one of two #MAC-tion games and only a handful of major sporting events nationally. A live radio broadcast will be carried on the Ball State Gainbridge Radio Network. As a tribute to Tuesday's national election, the Cardinals will sport black helmets adorned with Charlie Cardinal waiving an American flag.
** The Redbird Rivalry between the Cardinals and Redhawks was granted rivalry status by the MAC in 2017. It is the 11th time in the past 12 meetings that these MAC rivals have met during the month of November.
** The Cardinals used four defensive takeaways and a pair of 50-yard field goals to wrestle  an upset victory from the Huskies. Jackson Courville's career-long 52-yarder with two seconds remaining accounted for the final score. His then-career-long 50-yarder gave Ball State a 22-14 lead early in the fourth period.
** George Udo tip-toed the sideline to pickoff an NIU pass early in the second period, and on the Huskies' next possession, Riley Tolsma forced a fumble that was recovered by Keionte Newson. When NIU began a late possession trailing 22-20, Tolsma got a hand on a pass that was intercepted by Joey Stemler, and the Cardinals' forced a final fumble on NIU's last-ditch lateral play to end the game. It was the Cardinals' first game this year with more than two takeaways.
** Tanner Koziol caught a pair of short touchdown passes from Kadin Semonza and continued his assault on the Ball State record book. Ranked fifth nationally with 8.0 receptions per game, Koziol's 64 catches and 580 yards this season rank third and fifth, respectively, by a Cardinals tight end. He needs four catches to break the single-season mark (67) established by Mike Leuck in 1983.Â
** The 100th anniversary of Ball State's first season in 1924 coincides with the 100th season on the field, given that the Cardinals didn't field a team in 1943 due to World War II. Season-long celebrations of the 100th season will be displayed at Scheumann Stadium this season. Similarly, it is the program's 50th season in the MAC -- formally joining the league in 1973 and playing its first football games in 1975.
WHAT A WIN MEANS:
** Ball State will move to 3-2 in the MAC, tied with the Redhawks.
** The Cardinals will snap a four-game losing streak to Miami in its Redbird Rivalry series.
** Currently ted with Dwight Wallace for fourth in Ball State football history with 40 career victories, Mike Neu will stand alone as the Cardinals' fourth-winningest head coach.
BY THE NUMBERS:
4 -Â Ball State's four takeaways and 4-0 turnover margin vs. NIU were the most by the Cardinals since a 20-3 win over Buffalo in 2021.
8.0 -Â Tanner Koziol is 5th in FBS rankings with 8.0 catches per game. Receptions over the last six weeks: 9, 9, 9, 8, 9 and 9.
25 -Â Tanner Koziol's three-year total of 133 career catches is just 25 shy of Ball State's career record for a TE (158 by Darius Hill, 2005-08).
28.9 -Â Including a 37-yard return against Northern Illinois, Malcolm Gillie's 28.9 yards per kickoff return currently rank second nationally.
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