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Ball State Cardinals Football 2010 -- ballstatesports.com Ball State Cardinals (0-0) vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks (0-0) Thurs., Sept. 2 -- Scheumann Stadium (FieldTurf) - Capacity: 22,500 Community Day Presented by ProLiance Energy EVENT INFORMATION Community Day Presented by ProLiance Energy 2010 Ball State Football Schedule • Ball State athletics partnering with Muncie Chamber of Commerce (Won 0, Lost 0; MAC 0-0) • Games, Inflatables, Dunk Tank and more starting at 4 p.m. in Tailgate Town 9/2 (Thurs.) SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ST. (7:00) • Live Band -- 8 Stories High -- from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Community Day • Free Thundersticks to first 5,000 fans courtesy of Mutual Bank Presented by ProLiance Energy • Fireworks Following the Game 9/11 (Sat.) LIBERTY (7:00) COACHES Team Day Presented by Lifetouch Ball State: Stan Parrish (Heidelberg ‘69) is in his sixth season at Ball State and his second as the Cardinals head coach . He was named the school’s 15th 9/18 (Sat.) at Purdue (Noon) head football coach Dec. 18, 2008, and was the head mentor in Ball State’s Jan. Big Ten Network 6, 2009, GMAC Bowl appearance . Parrish became the first Ball State assistant coach promoted to head coach since Wave Myers in 1968 . One of five finalists 9/25 (Sat.) at Iowa (TBA) for the 2008 Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant, Parrish owns 10/2 (Sat.) at Central Michigan * (3:30) a 59-52-3 career head coaching record at Wabash (1978-82), Marshall (1984- 85), Kansas State (1986-88) and Ball State . Parrish earned a college football 10/9 (Sat.) WESTERN MICHIGAN * (Noon) national championship ring as a member of the 1997 Michigan coaching staff and Homecoming - “Rock the Red” Presented by Ball State Credit Union owns an NFL Super Bowl ring after serving as quarterbacks coach of the 2002 ESPN Regional Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 10/16 (Sat.) EASTERN MICHIGAN * (1:00) Southeast Missouri State: Tony Samuel (Nebraska ‘81) is in his fifth year at Family Weekend Southeast Missouri State and owns a 13-32 record at the school . He owns a Presented by Central Indiana Orthopedics 47-89 career head coaching record in 12 seasons, including New Mexico State from 1997-2004 . He came to SEMO after serving as the defensive ends coach 10/23 (Sat.) at Toledo * (7:00) at Purdue in 2005. 10/30 (Sat.) at Kent State * (2:00) THE SERIES 11/6 (Sat.) AKRON * (1:00) First Ever Meeting Youth Day Take a Kid to the Game Day Ball State Quick Hits Presented by Mutual Bank • Ball State’s 2010 captains are Sean Baker (Canfield, Ohio/Canfield H.S.), 11/12 (Fri.) at Buffalo * (6:00) Davyd Jones (Muncie, Ind./Central H.S.), MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne, ESPNU Ind./Snider H.S.) and Michael Switzer (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North H.S.) 11/20 (Sat.) NORTHERN ILLINOIS * (1:00) Bronze Stalk Game & Senior Day • The Cardinals have gone 58 straight games without being shutout, which is Presented by AT&T the second longest stretch in Ball State history. The last time a Ball State * Mid-American Conference Game team did not score in a game was Oct. 1, 2005, at Boston College. The Home Games are BOLD AND IN ALL CAPS school record is 124 from Sept. 26, 1987 to Sept. 19, 1998. NOTE: Times listed are local time of home team • The Cardinals have appeared on national television 16 times in the last two Ball State Media Relations Office seasons. Ball State played twice on ESPN2 plus appeared on ESPNU, 765.285.8242 CBS College Sports and Fox Sports in 2009 . Ball State is scheduled to appear on television three times this season -- at Purdue (Big Ten Network), • Football Contact: Joe Hernandez, vs. Western Michigan (ESPN Regional) and at Buffalo (ESPNU). Associate A.D. ([email protected]) Cell: 765.730.4614 • Ball State has won 14 of its last 20 Mid-American Conference games. The Cardinals won their final three MAC games in 2007 and all eight league • Secondary Contact: Paula Haughn, contests in 2008 for 11 straight conference victories, which ranks as the Assistant Director of Media Relations second longest league winning streak in school history. ([email protected]); Cell: 765.716.1837 • Ball State head coach Stan Parrish has been selected for induction into the • Brad Caudill, Assistant Director Heidelberg College Athletic Hall of Fame . Parrish is a part of the 25th • Matt McCollester, Assistant Director induction class in school history . The official induction will take place Oct. • Lauren Dale, Graduate Assistant 9, during halftime of Heidelberg’s football game vs. Muskingum . Coach • Robin Carter, Secretary Parrish will be unable to attend, but will be represented at the induction. MiQuale Lewis Rushing for the Record: MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider H.S.), Ball State Football a fifth-year senior on the Ball State football team, has rushed for 3,334 yards in his career and Football Office (765.285.8251) needs 669 rushing yards to become the Cardinals all-time leading career rusher . He needs Head Coach: Stan Parrish (Heidelberg ‘69) 150 rushing yards to pass Bernie Parmalee, who is second on Ball State’s career charts with Career Record/Years: 59-52-3/13 3,483 from 1987-90 . Marcus Merriweather is Ball State’s career leading rusher with 4,002 Record at Ball State/Years: 2-11/1* yards from 1999-2002. * Head coach in GMAC Bowl after 2008 season MAC Record/Years: 2-6/1 Lewis Already Inked All Over Record Book: MiQuale Lewis set the Ball State single-game rushing record with 301 yards at Eastern Michigan Oct. 24, 2009 . He rushed 26 times for 301 Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs: yards and one touchdown . Lewis teamed with Cory Sykes (Harvey, Ill./Thornton H.S.), who Eddie Faulkner (Wisconsin ‘00) rushed for 203 yards, to become the first duo in Football Bowl Subdivision history to have one Defensive Coordinator: player rush for 300 yards in a game and a teammate rush for 200 yards in the same game . Jay Hood (Ohio Wesleyan ‘86) The duo gained an NCAA record 504 yards and became only the fourth tandem in NCAA history Recruiting Coordinator/Wide Receivers: to gain at least 200 yards apiece in the same game. Joey Lynch (Ball State ‘07) Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers: Sykes Setting His Sights: Cory Sykes (Harvey, Ill./Thornton), a junior for the Cardinals, Deion Melvin (Western Ill. ‘94) rushed for 85 yards on 10 carries vs. Central Michigan last season . The 85 rushing yards Defensive Ends: was the second best performance of the year for Sykes, who rushed for a career high 201 yards James Bettcher (St. Francis, Ind. ‘03) at Eastern Michigan earlier in 2009 . Sykes led Ball State with a 6.2 yards-per-rush average Defensive Line: Phil Burnett (Northern Ill. ‘88) and was third on the team with three rushing touchdowns. Secondary: Daryl Dixon (Florida ‘03) Offensive Line: Jason Eck (Wisconsin ‘99) Williams’ Numbers: Eric Williams (Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central H.S.) averaged 5.7 Tight Ends: Kurt Mattix (Valparaiso ‘99) yards per rush and led the Cardinals with a 23.9 average on kickoff returns in 2009 . He Assistant A.D. for Football Operations: ranked fourth in the MAC in kick return average and ninth in all-purpose yards a year ago . Jay Steilberg (Bellarmine ‘03) Williams rushed a career high 12 times at Northern Illinois and scored his fourth rushing touch- Director, Football Strength & Conditioning: down of the season against the Huskies in 2009 . He rushed for a career best 88 yards vs. Mark Naylor (Missouri Southern ‘03) Bowling Green last year . Against New Hampshire in 2009, Williams posted a career long Equipment Manager: 50-yard kickoff return . At Temple last year, Williams was credited with his first career touch- Tex Ritter (Akron ‘76) down after recovering a ball in the endzone . Against Bowling Green in 2009, Williams was Video Coordinator: credited with his first rushing touchdown on a 30-yard run with 12:16 left in the third quarter . D.J. Welte (Arkansas State ‘05) He rushed for 59 yards on five carries, including a career long 55-yard run and his third rushing Football Coaching Graduate Assistants: TD of the season vs. Ohio last season. Chris Shula (Miami University ‘09) Patrick Henry (Defiance ‘05) • 2010 Mid-American Conference Standings • Strength & Conditioning Graduate Asst.: Josh Dye (Hillsdale ‘06) West Division MAC Record Overall Record Secretary: Marlene Mitchell Ball State 0-0 0-0 Central Michigan 0-0 0-0 Basic Offense: Multiple Eastern Michigan 0-0 0-0 Basic Defense: 4-3 Northern Illinois 0-0 0-0 Toledo 0-0 0-0 Media Information (Beginning Week of 9/6) Western Michigan 0-0 0-0 All interviews with Ball State football student- athletes or coaches must be arranged through East Division MAC Record Overall Record the Ball State Media Relations Office. Temple 0-0 0-0 To schedule an interview, please contact Ohio 0-0 0-0 associate athletics director Joe Hernandez at Kent State 0-0 0-0 [email protected] or 765.285.8242 Bowling Green 0-0 0-0 Monday: MAC Coaches Conference Call Buffalo 0-0 0-0 Call-In Number Provided by MAC Akron 0-0 0-0 Miami University 0-0 0-0 1:30 p.m. - Coach Parrish Press Conference at Alumni Center Upcoming Schedule (* MAC Games; Home Team underlined; Local time of home team) 2 p.m. - Players and Asst. Coaches Thurs., Sept. 2 Sat., Sept. 11 All requests for made via e-mail to Southeast Missouri at Ball State (7:00) Liberty at Ball State (7:00) Joe Hernandez no later than 11:30 Murray State at Kent State (5:30) Central Michigan at Temple (7:00) * a.m.