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2020 Schedule
2020 Schedule
7-1, 1st in MAC - West
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Tyler blows by his defender to score in his seventh straight game (0:23)
Ball State goes up big, RB tries to draw dubious flag (0:25)
Ball State strikes first with pick-six (0:28)
Ball State topples Buffalo en route to MAC crown
Powered by Drew Plitt's three touchdown passes, Ball State defeated Buffalo on Friday night to win the MAC championship in Detroit.
Plitt accounts for four TDs as Ball State wins MAC title (1:01)
Ball State contains Patterson, tops Buffalo 38-28 to win MAC
— Drew Plitt threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the first half, and Ball State kept Buffalo star Jaret Patterson under control in a 38-28 victory over the 23rd-ranked Bulls on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference title game.
Ball State gets scoop-and-score to extend lead over Buffalo (0:35)
Tyler hauls in the back-shoulder TD (0:22)
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Ball St.'s top RB opts out of MAC title game
- Ball State will be without top running back Caleb Huntley for Friday's Mid-American Conference championship game after he announced Sunday was opting out of the rest of this season.
The cleat, the kick and the game that just defined this college football season
Saturday's biggest throw came from a cornerback ... throwing a shoe. And that wasn't even the day's wildest ending (thanks, MACtion).
Ball State wins MAC West, survives wild last play by WMU
— Ball State reached the Mid-American Conference championship game with a 30-27 victory over Western Michigan that ended with a wild series of laterals, the Cardinals prematurely rushing the field and a potential winning touchdown that was wiped out...
Touchdown or not ... this is the wildest ending to a football game you will ever see (1:52)
Plitt throws 4 TD passes in Ball St. win over C. Michigan
— Drew Plitt threw for 366 yards and accounted for five touchdowns and Ball State overwhelmed Central Michigan 45-20 on Saturday.
Ball State receiver sheds tackle for TD (0:21)
Ball St. defense makes last stand to thwart Toledo in win
— Drew Plitt threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns and Tye Evans ran for 101 yards and Ball State held off Toledo for a 27-24 win on Saturday.
Ball State's Tyler outmuscles defender twice for two TDs (0:43)
Pick-6 ties the game for Ball St. (0:36)
Yo'heinz Tyler anchors TD drive for Ball St. (0:34)
EMU can't let this wrench touch the ground (0:45)
Caleb Huntley caps off huge night with game winning TD for Ball State (0:35)
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2020 MAC Standings
| EAST | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 5-0 | 6-1 |
| Kent State | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Miami (OH) | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Ohio | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Akron | 1-5 | 1-5 |
| Bowling Green | 0-5 | 0-5 |
| WEST | CONF | OVR |
| Ball State | 5-1 | 7-1 |
| Western Michigan | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Toledo | 4-2 | 4-2 |
| Central Michigan | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Eastern Michigan | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Northern Illinois | 0-6 | 0-6 |
2020 Team Leaders
Team Stats
Passing Yards269.331st
Rushing Yards178.051st
Points For34.329th
Points Against27.672nd
2020 Polls & Rankings
| AP | COACHES |
|---|---|
| 23 | 23 |
2021 Recruits
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiael Kelly | QB-PP | Signed | 76 |
| Rico Barfield | RB | Signed | 76 |
| Rae'quin Lee | RB | Signed | 72 |
| Jackson Weigold | ILB | Signed | 72 |
| Drayton Charlton-Perrin | TE-Y | Signed | 72 |