2012 Ball State Football (1-1; MAC 1-0) 91.3 FM Date Opponent Location Time/Results Media Pat Boylan, Play-By-Play Thurs., Aug 30 Eastern Michigan * Muncie, Ind
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Media Relations Office HP 266, Muncie, IN 47306-0929 765.285.8242; www.ballstatesports.com Primary Football Contact • Joe Hernandez, Associate A.D. Cell: 765.730.4614 [email protected] Secondary Football Contacts • Paula Haughn, [email protected] Tyson Mathews, [email protected] Game #3 • Ball State Football Quick Hits . Ball State Cardinals (1-1; MAC 1-0) a Ball State faced nationally ranked Clemson last Saturday. It marked the third straight Head Coach: Pete Lembo season the Cardinals have played one of the nation's top-20 teams. The Tigers were ranked Career Record: 86-43/12th year 12th in the nation entering last week's game, while Ball State faced Oklahoma in 2011 when the At Ball State: 7-7/2nd year Sooners were ranked No. 1 by ESPN/USA Today and No. 2 by The Associated Press. In 2010, Ball State battled 18th-ranked Iowa. at a Ball State ranks eighth in the nation in rushing offense with a 290.50 yards-per-game Indiana Hoosiers average. The Cardinals rushed for 329 yards in the season opener vs. Eastern Michigan and (2-0; Big Ten 0-0) 252 yards against the nation's 12th-ranked Clemson Tigers last Saturday. Head Coach: Kevin Wilson Career Record: 3-11/2nd Year a Ball State's football team is scheduled to appear on television a possible eight times in At Indiana: 3-11/2nd Year 2011. The Cardinals have played on television 25 times in the last three seasons and the Indiana game will appear on the Big Ten Network. GameDay Information Sat., Sept. 15, 2012 -- 8 p.m. (ET) a The Cardinals are 21-15 in their last 36 Mid-American Conference games. Memorial Stadium (52,929) Field Turf -- Bloomington, Ind. a Redshirt freshman running back Horactio Banks rushed for a career-high 120 yards and two touchdowns at Clemson. Radio Ball State Radio Network a Keith Wenning has started the last 24 games at quarterback for the Cardinals. He started Flagship Station - WLBC FM 104.1 the final 10 games of 2012 as a true freshman, all 12 games as a sophomore in 2011 and the Joel Godett, play-by-play first two games of 2012. Mark O'Connell, color analyst Jeff Weller, host WCRD-Radio (Ball State Student Station) 2012 Ball State Football (1-1; MAC 1-0) 91.3 FM Date Opponent Location Time/Results Media Pat Boylan, play-by-play Thurs., Aug 30 Eastern Michigan * Muncie, Ind. W, 37-26 ESPN3; BSRN Timmy Fogarty, color analyst Sat., Sept. 8 Clemson at Clemson, S.C. L, 52-27 ACC Network/ESPN3/BSRN Television/Internet Big Ten Network/ESPN3 Sat., Sept. 15 Indiana at Bloomington, Ind. 8 p.m. Big Ten Network/BSRN Chris Denari (Play-by-Play) Kelly Stoufer (Color Analyst) Antwaan Randle El (Sideline/Features) • FAMILY WEEKEND • Sat., Sept. 22 South Florida Muncie, Ind. 4:30 p.m. ESPN Plus/ESPN3/BSRN Live Stats www.ballstatesports.com Sat., Sept. 29 Kent State * at Kent, Ohio Noon ESPN Plus/ESPN3/BSRN Tickets Sat., Oct. 6 Northern Illinois * Muncie, Ind. 3 p.m. BSRN www.ballstatesports.com/tickets • HOMECOMING - "Play Your Cards Right" • Listen to the Coach Sat., Oct. 13 Western Michigan * Muncie, Ind. 3 p.m. BSRN • Monday Night w/ the Red & White Radio Show at Applebee's 7-7:45 Sat., Oct. 20 Central Michigan * at Mount Pleasant, Mich. 3:30 p.m. BSRN • Thursday - Cardinal Endzone TV Show Featuring Head Coach Pete Lembo Sat., Oct. 27 Army at West Point, N.Y. Noon CBS Sports Network/BSRN 6 p.m. - WIPB-TV, Muncie • NEXT: Football Friday Inside Luncheon Tue., Nov. 6 Toledo * at Toledo, Ohio 8 p.m. ESPN2/BSRN Sept. 21 -- 11:45 a.m. at Ball State Alumni Center - $15 per person • SENIOR DAY • Wed., Nov. 14 Ohio * Muncie, Ind. 8 p.m. ESPN2 or ESPNU/BSRN Follow the Cardinals: Twitter: @bsuathletics Twitter: @BSUCardsFB Fri., Nov. 23 Miami University * at Oxford, Ohio TBA ESPNU or ESPN3/BSRN Twitter: @Pete_Lembo Facebook: BallStateFootball * Mid-American Conference Games; BSRN - Ball State Radio Network - Flagship WLBC FM 104.1 Ball State vs. Indiana MEDIA AVAILABILITY • MAC Coaches Conference Call -- Monday at 9:30 a.m. -- Coach Lembo 10:10 a.m. (ET) • Tues. - Coach Lembo Press Conference -- Noon at Ball State Alumni Center Live and Archived on www.ballstatesports.com Football 2012 • Practices Open to Media Tues.-Thurs. General Information Player and Coaches Interviews Tues. & Wed. after practice Location: Muncie, Ind. 47306 • Thursday - Interviews with Coach Lembo (10:30-11:15 a.m.). Schedule with Joe Hernandez Enrollment: 17,285 • Scouting Indiana: Indiana improved to 2-0 on the season with a 45-6 win over Mid-American Founded: 1918 Conference member Massachusetts Saturday . The Hoosiers opened the season with a 24- President: Dr. Jo Ann Gora 17 victory over in-state rival Indiana State . Tevin Coleman leads IU with 134 rushing yards on Alma Mater: Vassar College 21 carries . Tre Roberson, who left the UMass game with an injury, has completed 32-of-49 Colors: Cardinal and White passes for 361 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and rushed for 133 yards this Nickname: Cardinals season . Shane Wynn is the team's top receiver with 10 catches for 123 yards and two TDs. Home Facility: Scheumann Stadium Surface: FieldTurf • Series vs. Indiana: Ball State and Indiana have met six times in a series which began in Football History: 2012 is the 88th team 1997 . The Cardinals have won the last two meetings -- a 42-20 victory at IU in 2008 and a 27-20 win over the Hoosiers at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 3, 2011 . This will First Season in Stadium: 1967 be the fifth meeting in Bloomington, Ind., and the Hoosiers own a 4-1 edge in those meetings. Capacity: 22,500 Conference: Mid-American (West Division) Ball State Cardinals Athletics (765.285.1671) Athletics Director: Bill Scholl • In net punting, Ball State ranks fourth in the NCAA statistics with a 48.0 average. The Cardi- Alma Mater: Notre Dame ‘79 nals ranked 18th in the nation in net punting a year ago. Associate A.D.: Joe Hernandez Associate A.D./SWA: Karin Lee • The Cardinals rank first in the nation in punt return yardage defense. Ball State has allowed Associate A.D.: Pat Quinn only one punt return on eight punts in 2012 for negative four yards. Associate A.D.: Matt Wolfert • Ball State is tied for 23rd in the nation for fewest sacks allowed after allowing only 1.0 sacks Director of Business Services: Stephanie Martin per game in the first two games of 2012. The Cardinals finished the 2011 season ranked 12th Dir. of Athletic Development: Brad Edmondson in the nation after allowing only 11 sacks on the season. Asst. Dir. of Development: Stephanie Arnold CVC Events Coordinator: Susan Hargis • Ball State managed 596 yards in total offense vs. Eastern Michigan. The Cardinals gained Dir. of Marketing & Promotions: Molly Myers 329 yards rushing and 267 yards passing. The 596 yards marked the fourth highest single-game Director of Corporate Sales: Jeff Weller total in Cardinals history. Ball State set a school record with 36 first downs and ran 96 total plays, Asst. Director of Corporate Sales: Chris Ulm the third most in school history. Compliance Coordinator: Megan Coyne Faculty Representative: Dr. Jim Ruebel • The 78,000 people that watched Ball State at Clemson marked the ninth largest crowd to Director of Facilities: Dan Byrnes ever watch the Cardinals play. Assoc. Dir. of Sports Facilities: Gonzo Barajas Manager of Sports Facilities: Phil Clay Player Milestones and Notes Asst. Manager of Sports Facilities: Bart Ware Director of Game Operations: Allison Pennock • Redshirt freshman running back Horactio Banks (Chicago, Ill./Simeon H.S.) rushed for a career high 120 yards and a career best two touchdowns at Clemson . His 54-yard TD run in Athletics Media and Alumni Relations the first quarter was the longest rush of his career . The Clemson game also marked Banks' Associate A.D.: Joe Hernandez first career 100-yard plus rushing game. Assistant Director: Brad Caudill Assistant Director: Paula Haughn • Sophomore running back Jahwan Edwards (Matthews, N.C./Butler H.S.) rushed for a ca- Assistant Director: Tyson Mathews reer high 200 yards and tied his career high with three touchdowns vs. Eastern Michigan, mark- Multimedia Assistant: Joel Godett ing the third multiple TD game of his career . Edwards now has 14 career touchdowns, and needs two rushing TDs to tie for 10th on Ball State's career chart . needs 20 yards Graduate Assistant: Jessica Souto Edwards to reach the 1,000 yard rushing mark for his career. Secretary: Robin Carter • Ball State junior quarterback Keith Wenning (Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater) is only the eighth Athletics Training (Stadium: 765.285.4469) quarterback in Ball State history to throw for 4,000 yards or more in a career . Wenning, who Head Athletics Trainer: Neal Hazen threw for 128 yards at Clemson, has now passed for 4,554 yards and ranks fifth in Ball State Associate Trainer: Shawn Comer history . Wenning needs 177 passing yards to move into fourth and pass David Riley, who Assistant Trainer: Jillian Brigle threw for 4,730 yards from 1986-89. Assistant Trainer: Troy Hershman Assistant Trainer: Sindra Schueler • Wenning now has six career games with 250 yards or more passing and he has moved into a tie for second on Ball State's all-time chart . Talmadge Hill (2000-03) and current assistant Ticket Office (1.888.BSU.TICKET) coach Joey Lynch (2003-06) each had six career passing games of 250 or more yards .