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Rushing touchdowns by STORYLINES 10 the Cardinals in the first 8Ball State’s 278 rushing yards last week at Eastern Michigan were its most against an FBS op- three games. James Gilbert ponent since a 357-yard output Nov. 14, 2012 against Ohio. The Cardinals have rushed for at least has five scores and Darian 200 yards in all three games. Ball State’s rushing average of 249 yards per game tops the MAC and Green has four. ranks 15th nationally.

8Northwestern’s defense has allowed just one touchdown in three games. The Wildcats lead the Tackles for loss by the Ball nation in scoring defense (5.3 ppg) and rank sixth nationally in total defense (235 ypg). 20 State defense in three games. Junior DE Joshua 8Both Ball State and Northwestern rank among the top-25 teams nationally in time of posses- Posley leads the squad sion. Northwestern ranks 11th (33:42) and Ball State ranks 23rd (32:49). Ball State held the ball for with 4.5 stops for a loss. 37:21 last week at Eastern Michigan, including 22 minutes in the second half.

8The Cardinals have tallied two wins over Big Ten opponents under head coach Pete Lembo. Consecutive starts at cen- Ball State downed Indiana in both 2011 (27-20) and 2012 (41-39). Ball State’s lone win over a 28 ter by senior Jacob Richard, nationally-ranked team under Lembo came in 2012 when the Cardinals defeated #23/25 Toledo, who is on the Rimington 34-27. Trophy Fall Watch List (top collegiate center). 8Junior LB Sean Wiggins recorded his first collegiate sack as well as his first two collegiate inter- ceptions at Eastern Michigan. Wiggins’ sack ended a first quarter Eastern Michigan drive while his interceptions came on EMU’s final two possessions of the contest. Wiggins leads the team with 23 All-purpose yards per tackles. 202.7 game averaged by sophomore RB Darian 8Freshman QB Riley Neal is expected to make his first collegiate start this weekend. Neal has Green, which ranks second seen significant action each of the last two weeks. Last week at Eastern Michigan, Neal finished nationally. 24-for-28 (85.7 percent) through the air to tie for the fourth best pass completion percentage in a game in Ball State history. He piled 280 total yards (194 passing and 86 rushing) and accounted for two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing). MAC Championships 1976, 1978, 1989, 1993, 1996 MAC West Division Titles 2001, 2007, 2008 Media Info. | Ball State at NU Ball State Coaching Staff Saturday • Sept. 26 • 8 p.m. ET • Ryan Field (47,130 cap.) Pete Lembo (F) . . . .Head Coach Bowl Appearances Evanston, Ill. • Surface: Natural Grass Kevin Kelly (PB) . .Def. Coord./LBs 1965, 1967, 1989, 1993, 1996, Television (BTN) (Student Radio) Joey Lynch (PB) . .Off. Coord./QBs 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 Matt Devlin (PxP) WCRD 91.3 FM Justin Lustig (F) ...... STs/RBs Chuck Long (Analyst) Tyler Bradfield (PxP) Radio Connor Onion (Analyst) Alex Bailey (PB) . .Wide Receivers (Ball State Radio Network) Live Stats Daryl Dixon (F) ...... Safeties WLBC 104.1 FM - Flagship BallStateSports.com Pat Dougherty (F) . . .Tight Ends A Ball State Win Would … Joel Godett (PxP) Social Media Shannon Morrison (PB) ...... … Give Ball State an all-time record of Rich Spisak (Analyst) Twitter: @BallStateFB, ...... CBs/Pass Defense Coord. 439-389-32 (.529). Petar Hood (Sidelines) @BallStateSports Nick Siatras (F) . . .Defensive Line … Mark Ball State’s first win over a national- John Strollo (F) . . .Offensive Line ly-ranked team since 2012. Graduate Assistants: Offense – Brian Dough- … Improve Pete Lembo’s record as Ball erty, Doug Ehinger; Defense – Cory Connolly, State’s head coach to 33-21 (.611). Jon Robinson

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2015 BALL STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Series Record TV Notes/Results Sept. 3 VMI Scheumann Stadium BSU leads, 1-0 ESPN3 W, 48-36/Won sixth straight home opener Sept. 12 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas First meeting ESPNU L, 53-26/1st meeting vs. SEC foe since Auburn in 2009 Sept. 19 at Eastern Michigan* Ypsilanti, Mich. BSU leads, 33-21-2 ESPN3 W, 28-17/Ball State has won 10 of last 11 meetings Sept. 26 at #17 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. First meeting BTN 5th time in last 6 years BSU has played a Big Ten school Oct. 3 Toledo* (HC) Scheumann Stadium Toledo leads, 20-19-1 ESPN3 Last year’s meeting was delayed 2:40 due to weather Oct. 10 at Northern Illinois* DeKalb, Ill. Series tied, 20-20-2 TBA Ball State last won vs. NIU in 2008 Oct. 17 Georgia State Scheumann Stadium First meeting TBA The Cardinals return the game in 2016 Oct. 24 Central Michigan* Scheumann Stadium BSU leads, 25-21-1 TBA Scott Secor’s 56-yard FG was decider in 2014 Oct. 31 UMass* Scheumann Stadium UMass leads, 2-1 TBA First meeting in Muncie since 1988 Nov. 5 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. WMU leads, 22-19 ESPN3/CBSSN QB Jack Milas threw for 326 yards in 2014 Nov. 17 at Ohio* Athens, Ohio BSU leads, 15-8 ESPN2/ESPNU Did not meet the last two years Nov. 24 Bowling Green* Scheumann Stadium BGSU leads, 20-9-1 ESPNU/ESPN3 Defeated BGSU for 1st time since 1996 last year * denotes Mid-American Conference game

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HEAD COACH PETE LEMBO The Lembo Coaching Tree Former Lembo assistants that currently are: 5th season at Ball State | 15th season as a Head Coach | 24th season as a coach Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y. Head Coaches: Dave Cecchini – Valparaiso Birthdate: April 16, 1970 Isaac Collins – Seton Hill Family: wife Jenifer … three children – Sophia, A.J. and Victoria Tom Gilmore – Holy Cross Rich Skrosky – Elon FBS Assistants: Jay Bateman – Army Shane Burnham – Iowa State Gerald Chatman – Texas A&M Mark Elder – Tennessee Keith Gaither – Army Warren Ruggiero – Wake Forest Adam Scheier – Wake Forest Nick Tabacca – Wake Forest Dave Ungerer – Utah State Chad Wilt – Maryland 22-11 Marc Yellock – East Carolina 30 .661 501 FCS Assistants: Scott Browne – Elon Wins in his first Record in MAC Career winning Ball State scored a Kevin Downing – Kennesaw State four years as head games. The percentage as a school-record 501 Jerrick Hall – Fordham coach at Ball State, a Cardinals have head coach. points under Coach Jim Jackson – San Diego school record. finished .500 or Lembo in 2013. Terry Lantz – Elon better in the MAC Brian Newberry – Kennesaw State every year under John Powers – Bethune-Cookman Lembo. Cris Reisert – Elon Billy Riebock – Elon LEMBO BALL STATE HIGHLIGHTS Chris Rorke – Dartmouth • First Ball State head coach in school history to win 30 • Coached Briggs Orsbon, who was named to the 2011 Tony Trisciani – Villanova games in first four seasons at the helm. Capital One Academic All-America Team. Also has • Lembo’s .600 winning percentage is the second best coached 18 Ball State student-athletes who have received NFL Coaches: among Ball State head coaches through their first four Academic All-MAC honors in the last four seasons, includ- Thad Bogardus – Denver Broncos seasons. ing eight first-team selections. Tim Kelly – Houston Texans • Added the title of associate athletics director to his head • Led Ball State to a 34-27 win over nationally ranked Toledo football coaching position in March 2014. in 2012, which marked the Cardinals’ first win over a Football Operations: • Guided the Cardinals to 10-3 overall record in 2013, includ- nationally ranked opponent since 2001. Toledo entered ing a second straight bowl appearance (GoDaddy Bowl). the game ranked No. 23 by The Associated Press. Patrick Hagedorn – Elon It marked only the second time in 89 years of football the • Improved his career record to 11-3 in season openers after Nick Kray – N.C. State Cardinals played in back-to-back bowl games. leading Ball State to a 30-10 win over Colgate in the first • One of 20 coaches in country named to the 2013 Paul Bear game of the 2014 season. Bryant National Coach of the Year Award Watch List. • Helped Ball State to six wins and bowl eligibility in his first • Earned his 100th career victory with a 27-24 win over Kent season at the helm in 2011, and to bowl eligibility for a Lembo’s Coaching Record State in Ball State’s 87th Homecoming Game in 2013. third straight season in 2013. Year School W-L-T Postseason • Coached Ball State to a 48-27 win at Atlantic Coast Confer- • Led Ball State to the fourth best come-from-behind vic- 2001 Lehigh 11-1 FCS playoffs ence member Virginia on Oct. 5, 2013 for his third win over tory in school history with a 31-27 win over Central Michi- a ‘Power Five’ conference opponent. gan in 2011 in a game the Cardinals fell behind 17-0 in the 2002 Lehigh 8-4 • Led the Cardinals to a 7-1 MAC record in 2013 -- only the second quarter. 2003 Lehigh 8-3 fifth 7-1 or better MAC record since Ball State joined the • Has won his first game as a head coach at all three schools 2004 Lehigh 9-3 FCS playoffs league in 1975. he has coached. 2005 Lehigh 8-3 • Led Ball State to a 10-3 overall record in 2013, which marks only the third time in the Cardinals’ 90 years of football 2006 Elon 5-6 with 10 or more wins in a single season. Signature Non-Conference Ws 2007 Elon 7-4 • Led the Cardinals to a school record 501 points in 2013. 2008 Elon 8-4 • Guided Ball State to the 2012 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg in only his second season at the helm. The vs. Indiana at Indiana 2009 Elon 9-3 FCS playoffs bowl appearance marked the eighth in Ball State history. 27-20 41-39 2010 Elon 6-5 • The nine wins in 2012 are tied for the third most in a single Sept. 3, 2011 Sept. 15, 2012 2011 Ball State 6-6 season in school history. 2012 Ball State 9-4 Beef’O’Brady’s • 2011-12 APR was 966 -- the highest in Ball State history and tied for first in the Mid-American Conference among 2013 Ball State 10-3 GoDaddy football programs. vs. USF at Virginia 2014 Ball State 5-7 31-27 48-27 • Coached Cardinals to back-to-back wins over teams from 2015 Ball State 2-1 what were previously Bowl Championship Subdivision Sept. 22, 2012 Oct. 5, 2013 automatic qualifying conferences -- Indiana (Big Ten), Totals 15th year 111-57 (.661) 41-39, and South Florida (Big East), 31-27, in 2012. 5th year 32-21 (.604) at Ball St. • Led Ball State to back-to-back wins over Indiana -- 2011 5th year 22-11 (.667) vs. MAC (27-20 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.) and 2012 (41-39 at Bloomington, Ind.)

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Games Started Chart 2015 Cons. Name Career Season Starts Jacob Richard 31 3 28 Steven Bell 27 2 2 Zack Ryan 26 1 0 Jalen Schlachter 26 2 2 Ben Ingle 25 3 5 Jordan Williams 21 2 2 Jeremiah Harvey 14 2 0 Tyree Holder 14 1 1 Michael Ayers 14 2 1 Martez Hester 13 3 3 KeVonn Mabon 13 3 8 Sam Brunner 12 0 0 Darnell Smith 12 0 0 Aaron Taylor 11 2 1 KeVonn Mabon Keenan Noel 11 2 2 Drake Miller 11 3 11 Dylan Curry 10 2 0 Jack Milas 9 3 3 Dedrick Cromartie 8 3 8 CHIRPS FROM THE OFFENSE Chris Shillings 7 0 0 GREEN KEEPS RUNNING AND RUNNING THAT’S A LONG DRIVE Nick Plavchak 5 1 0 • Sophomore RB Darian Green ran for a • Ball State’s 20-play, 9:49 drive in the second Darius Conaway 5 2 2 personal-best 164 yards on 25 carries last week half last week at Eastern Michigan was the Sean Wiggins 5 3 3 at Eastern Michigan, marking his first career team’s longest in at least a decade. The Car- Corey Lacanaria 4 3 3 100-yard rushing game. He more than doubled dinals converted three third downs and two Kevin Willis 4 3 3 his previous career-high for carries (11 the fourth downs on the dirve that ended with a Darian Green 3 3 3 week before at Texas A&M). RB James Gilbert touchdown. Joshua Posley 3 3 3 Vinnie Palazeti 2 2 1 WILLIAMS REACHES MILESTONE ALL HE DOES IS SCORE TOUCHDOWNS Jordan Hogue 2 1 1 • With his 57 receiving yards last weekend, • Freshman RB James Gilbert scored two rush- David Moore 2 2 0 senior WR Jordan Williams became the ninth ing touchdowns at EMU, both in the fourth Aaron Hepp 2 0 0 player in Ball state history to surpass 2,000 quarter, to bring his season total to five. It was Julian Jackson 2 0 0 career receiving yards. His total now stands at the second multi-TD game for Gilbert (VMI), Cywettnie Brown 1 1 0 2,017. who has scored at least once in all three games Carlutorbanto Zaramo 1 1 0 of his career so far. Corey Hall 1 1 0 1. 3,030 Dante Ridgeway, 2002-04 Jake McPhatter 1 1 0 2. 2,991 Willie Snead, 2011-13 MABON REACHES 100 RECEPTIONS Avery Bailey 1 0 0 3. 2,778 Dante Love, 2005-08 • Junior WR KeVonn Mabon led all players with 4. 2,473 Darius Hill, 2005-08 10 receptions and 82 receiving yards last week 5. 2,256 Deon Chester, 1984-87 at Eastern Michigan. Mabon’s third reception 6. 2,218 Briggs Orsbon, 2008-11 was the 100th of his collegiate career. 7. 2,111 Brian Oliver, 1991-94 8. 2,034 Jamill Smith, 2010-13 RICHARD ON RIMINGTON WATCH LIST 9. 2,017 Jordan Williams, 2012-Present • Jacob Richard, a senior center, was named 10. 1,874 Stevie Nelson, 1979-82 to the Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List this summer. The Rimington award goes to the NEAL IN ELITE COMPANY student-athlete that demonstrates excellence • Freshman QB Riley Neal’s efficiency rating of at the center position. Richard is a two-time 136.9 through his first two collegiate games All-Mid-American Conference performer and ranks among the best at Ball State since 2000. was on the 2014 Vince Lombardi Award Watch 209.3 Nate Davis 2006 (EMU/Indiana) List, which goes to the nation’s top lineman. 146.8 Talmadge Hill 2000 (Florida/ W. Ill.) Riley Neal 136.9 Riley Neal 2015 (TAMU/EMU) GREEN TIES SCHOOL RECORD 134.4 Jack Milas 2014 (WMU/Akron) • Sophomore RB Darian Green tied a school 120.2 Any Roesch 2002 (Toledo/EMU) record with four total touch- 109.5 Joey Lynch 2004 (BC/Purdue) downs (three rushing and one STAT CORNER 108.8 Ozzie Mann 2014 (Colgate/Iowa) receiving) in the 48-36 win Completion percentage by fresh- 106.7 Keith Wenning 2010 (Liberty/Iowa) versus VMI on Sept. 3. Five previ- man QB Riley Neal in his two ous players had scored four TDs games of action. in a game. 74.5

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Statistical Comparison Ball State (2015 stats) Scoring Average ...... 33.0 Scoring Defense ...... 36.3 Rushing Yards ...... 249.0 Passing Yards ...... 217.7 Total Offense ...... 466.7 Rushing Defense ...... 165.3 Passing Defense ...... 291.0 Total Defense ...... 456.3 Punt Return Average ...... 9.0 Kick Return Average ...... 25.3 Time of Possession Avg...... 32:50

Northwestern (2015 stats) Scoring Average ...... 25.3 Scoring Defense ...... 5.3 Rushing Yards ...... 256.7 Passing Yards ...... 109.0 Anthony Winbush Total Offense ...... 365.7 Rushing Defense ...... 110.7 Passing Defense ...... 124.3 Total Defense ...... 235.0 CHIRPS FROM THE DEFENSE Punt Return Average ...... 3.4 BIG STOPS IN THE 2ND HALF Zack Ryan, junior Aaron Taylor and junior Kick Return Average ...... 40.2 • After surrendering 17 points and 218 yards to Sean Wiggins have piled up 640 career tackles Time of Possession Avg...... 33:09 Eastern Michigan in the first half last week, Ball entering the Northwestern game. Ingle leads State held the Eagles scoreless on 101 yards the bunch with 232 career stops. after the break. Four of Eastern Michigan’s last seven drives were three plays or fewer. SMITH LIKELY OUT AGAIN • Senior Darnell Smith, a 2014 third team CAUSING HAVOC IN THE BACKFIELD All-MAC selection at defensive tackle, will • Ball State has recorded at least six tackles likely miss his fourth consecutive game this for loss in each of its three games, including a weekend (knee). Sophomore Kevin Willis, who season-high seven in the opener against VMI. played in six games as a true freshman, has Eleven different players have been involved in filled in with eight tackles and a sack in three a tackle for loss, led by junior DE Joshua Posley games thus far. with a league-high 4.5 tackles for loss. TURNING TOs INTO POINTS CONAWAY HAS CAREER DAY • The Cardinals picked up two fumble recover- • Junior CB Darius Conaway turned in a strong ies against VMI in the season opener and day defensively at Eastern Michigan, set- turned those into 14 points. Ball State’s defense ting career highs with 1.5 tackles for loss and has forced at least two turnovers in eight of its three pass breakups to lead the team in both last 10 games dating back to last year. categories. STOUT RED ZONE DEFENSE KNOCK IT DOWN! • The Cardinals ranked second in the MAC in • The Cardinals had eight pass breakups as a red zone defense last year as the opposition team last week at Eastern Michigan, the most scored at a 74.5 percent clip (41-of-55). they have recorded in a game since tallying Zack Ryan eight at Iowa in the second game of 2014. SPREADING THE LOVE • Eight players recorded a sack for the Cardi- WILLIS TALLIES FIRST CAREER SACK nals last year and six of those players are back • Sophomore DT Kevin Willis notched his first on the roster for 2015. Senior DT Darnell Smith collegiate sack in the third quarter at Texas posted a team-best 4.0 sacks a year ago. A&M on Sept. 12. The six-yard sack came on a third down forcing the Aggies to punt. NEW FACES IN DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD • Of the 11 players listed on the defensive INGLE LEADS THE LINEBACK- backfield depth chart in the opener, six of STAT CORNER ERS those players did not play for the Cardinals in Linebackers who have at least • Ball State is fortunate to 2014. Sophomore Darius Conaway and junior 100 career tackles for the Car- have four veteran lineback- Tyree Holder each recorded a pair of intercep- dinals – Ben Ingle, Zack Ryan, Aaron Taylor and Sean Wiggins. ers on its roster for the 2015 tions in 2014. Holder led the squad with seven 4 season. Senior Ben Ingle, junior defended passes.

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Game-By-Game Stats Field Goals VMI (24), (27) at Texas A&M (21), (43), (20) at Eastern Michigan 52 at Northwestern Toledo at Northern Illinois Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Michigan at Ohio Bowling Green Numbers in (parenthesis) indicate made FG Punting VMI 5-220-44.0-1-47 Morgan Hagee at Texas A&M 5-199-39.8-1-51 at Eastern Michigan 5-170-34.0-2-54 at Northwestern Toledo CHIRPS FROM SPECIAL TEAMS at Northern Illinois SPLITTING TIME ON KICK-OFFS Georgia State • Junior Kyle Schmidt and freshman Morgan Central Michigan Hagee have split time handling kick-off duties UMass the last two weeks. at Western Michigan at Ohio SCHMIDT IN THIRD YEAR AS PUNTER Bowling Green • Junior P Kyle Schmidt is in his third year as Number of punts-yards-average-inside 20-long Ball State’s punter. He was particularly effective in the 2015 season opener against VMI where he hit four punts and had all four land inside the 20-yard line. One of his punts in the third quarter was downed at the one-yard line.

TRUE FRESHMAN HANDLING FIELD GOALS • True freshman K Morgan Hagee is 5-for-6 (83.3 percent) on field goal attempts this year. Hagee made his first five attempts before miss- ing a 52-yarder at Eastern Michigan last week. Hagee booted three field goals through the uprights at Texas A&M, including a season-best 43-yarder in the third quarter.

GREEN SHINES ON KICK RETURNS • Sophomore RB/KR Darian Green is averaging 26.6 yards per return on seven kick returns this fall. That number ranks second in the league. Green rumbled off a season-best 48-yard return against VMI on Sept. 3 set up a second quarter touchdown. Green did not have a kick return last week at Eastern Michigan. Kyle Schmidt

STAT CORNER Of Kyle Schmidt’s 12 punts this year have landed inside the 20- yard line. Schmidt has not had a 7 touchback on a punt.

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Weekly Team Award Winners Presented by Mel Botkin Trophies Defensive Player of the Game ...... LB Sean Wiggins Offensive Player of the Game ...... OL Drake Miller Special Teams Player of the Game ...... LS Nick Traub Earn it Today Award ...... RB James Gilbert Hammer Award “Biggest Hit” ...... None Scout Team Player of Week – Def...... LB Chris Vann Scout Team Player of Week – Off...... QB Zack Blair (awards for Texas A&M game on Sept. 12)

OTHER NOTES MAC VS. BIG TEN BALL STATE IN THE NFL • With Bowling Green’s 48-27 win at Maryland • DE Jonathan Newsome and WR Willie Snead on Sept. 12, the MAC has won a regular season are two former Ball State players who will be game vs. Big Ten opponents in each of the last playing on Sundays this fall. Newsome is in his 10 seasons (2006-2015), the longest streak in second season with the Indianapolis Colts while MAC history. Snead is in his first year with the New Orleans During this 10-year stretch, MAC teams Saints. Meanwhile, CB Eric Patterson was called have defeated 10 different Big Ten teams – up off the practice squad to play in Indianapolis’ Illinois (2); Indiana (5); Iowa (3); Maryland (1); Monday night game against the N.Y. Jets. Michigan (1); Michigan State (1); Minnesota (2); Northwestern (1); Penn State (1) and Purdue (4) MORE NFL NOTES for a total of 21 wins during this stretch. • Keith Wenning (QB – Cincinnati) and Jahwan

Edwards (RB –Atlanta) have signed practice 2006: Ohio beat Illinois squad deals with their respective teams. 2007: Bowling Green beat Minnesota; Western Michigan defeated Iowa PICK YOUR HELMET 2008: Western Michigan beat Illinois; • Ball State will wear either black or Central Michigan beat Indiana; white helmets this year with different Toledo beat Michigan; decals that give the Cardinals six differ- Ball State beat Indiana ent helmet options this year. For more 2009: NIU beat Purdue; information on the helmets, click here: Central Michigan beat Michigan State http://www.ballstatesports.com/View- 2010: Toledo beat Purdue; Article.dbml?SPSID=69318&SPID=7633&DB_ NIU beat Minnesota LANG=C&DB_OEM_ 2011: Ball State beat Indiana ID=14200&ATCLID=210289207 2012: Ohio beat Penn State; Ball State beat Indiana; ‘HULK SMASH’ VIDEO HIGHLIGHTED ON Central Michigan beat Iowa ESPN’S COLLEGE GAME DAY 2013: NIU beat Purdue; NIU beat Iowa • An ESPN crew visited the Ball State football 2014: Bowling Green beat Indiana; team during preseason camp to talk about the NIU beat Northwestern; team’s ‘Hulk Smash’ video. The feature aired on Central Michigan beat Purdue ESPN’s College Game Day last Saturday, Sept. 5. 2015: Bowling Green beat Maryland To watch the video, visit this link: https://youtu. be/_ZlW-osYte0. TEAM CAPTAINS • Senior LB Ben Ingle, senior OL Jacob Richard SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM and senior DT Darnell Smith were selected by Jonathan Newsome • Five players on the 2015 Ball State roster have their teammates and coaches as team captains already earned their bachelor’s degree – DE for the 2015 season. Junior FS Martez Hester Michael Ayers, LB Julian Boyd, TE Dylan Curry, will join the group as team captain for the DT Keenan Noel and OL Jacob Richard. Northwestern game.

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AROUND THE MAC 2015-16 MAC Bowl Lineup 2015 STANDINGS Famous Idaho Potato Bowl East Division Tuesday, December 22nd Team MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N Streak 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT (ESPN) Ohio 0-0 .000 0 0 3-0 1.000 101 52 2-0 1-0 0-0 Won 3 (vs. Mountain West) Buffalo 0-0 .000 0 0 2-1 .667 98 56 1-0 1-1 0-0 Won 1 http://www.famousidahopotatobowl.com Bowling Green 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 119 130 0-1 1-0 0-1 Lost 1 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Akron 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 62 74 1-1 0-1 0-0 Won 1 Saturday, December 19th Miami 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 59 102 1-1 0-1 0-0 Lost 2 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT (ESPN) Kent State 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 55 75 1-0 0-2 0-0 Lost 1 (vs. Sun Belt) UMass 0-0 .000 0 0 0-2 .000 37 73 0-1 0-1 0-0 Lost 2 http://espnevents.com/camellia-bowl/ West Division Boca Raton Bowl Team MAC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA H A N Streak Tuesday, December 22nd Ball State 1-0 1.000 28 17 2-1 .667 99 109 1-0 1-1 0-0 Won 1 7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN) Toledo 0-0 .000 0 0 2-0 1.000 46 35 1-0 0-0 1-0 Won 2 (vs. American Athletic Conference) Northern Illinois 0-0 .000 0 0 2-1 .667 108 76 2-0 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl/ Western Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 93 100 1-1 0-1 0-0 Won 1 Central Michigan 0-0 .000 0 0 1-2 .333 71 64 1-1 0-1 0-0 Lost 1 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Eastern Michigan 0-1 .000 17 28 1-2 .333 99 95 0-2 1-0 0-0 Lost 1 Thursday, December 24th 12 Noon ET (ESPN) THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS (vs. Conference USA) September 26 September 19 http://www.bahamasbowl.com Bowling Green at Purdue, Noon (BTN) Buffalo at Florida Atlantic Go Daddy Bowl Central Mich. at #2 Michigan State, Noon (BTN) at Minnesota 10, Kent State 7 Wednesday, December 23rd NIU at Boston College, 1 pm (ESPN3) at Akron 52, Savannah State 9 8:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. CT (ESPN) Marshall at Kent State, 3:30 pm (ESPN3) at Syracuse 30, Central Michigan 27 (ot) (vs. Sun Belt) Miami at Western Kentucky, 3:30 pm (CBSSN) at Ohio 335, SE Louisiana 14 http://www.godaddybowl.com Nevada at Buffalo, 3:30 pm (ESPN3) *Ball State 28, at Eastern Michigan 17 Ohio at Minnesota, 3:30 pm ET (BTN) Memphis 44, at Bowling Green 41 UMass at #6 Notre Dame, 3:30 pm (NBC) Temple 25, at UMass 23 Western Mich. at #1 Ohio State, 3:30 pm (ABC) Cincinnati 37, at Miami 33 Army at Eastern Michigan, 6 pm (ESPN3) at Ohio State 20, Northern Illinois 13 Akron at La.-Lafayette, 7 pm (ESPN3) at Western Michigan 52, Murray State 20 Arkansas State at Toledo, 7 pm (ESPN3) at Toledo 30, Iowa State 23 (2ot) Ball State at #17 Northwestern, 8 pm (BTN)

2015 Schedule THE OPPONENT – NORTHWESTERN Date Opponent Time/Score SERIES HISTORY 2015 INFORMATION 9/5 #21 Stanford 16- 6 W Overall: First meeting Record: 3-0, 0-0 Big Ten 9/12 Eastern Illinois 41- 0 W at Northwestern: First meeting Ranking: #17 (AP), #19 (Coaches) 9/19 at Duke 19- 10 W at Ball State: First meeting Last Game: Won at Duke, 19-10 9/26 Ball State 8:00 p.m. Current streak: First meeting Sept. 19, 2015 10/3 Minnesota* TBA First meeting: First meeting Coach: Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern ’97) 10/10 at Michigan* 3:30 p.m. Last meeting: First meeting Record: 63-53 (10th season) 10/17 Iowa* 12:00 p.m. at NU: 63-53 (10th season) RECENT MEETINGS VS. BIG TEN OPPONENTS 10/24 at Nebraska* TBA vs. BSU: 0-0 10/31 OPEN 2006: Sept. 9 L, 23-24 vs. Indiana 11/7 Penn State* TBA Sept. 16 L, 28-38 at Purdue TEAM LEADERS 11/14 Purdue* TBA Nov. 4 L, 26-34 at Michigan Passing: Clayton Thorson 11/21 at Wisconsin* TBA 2007: Oct. 27 L, 17-28 at Illinois 32-of-63 327 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT 11/28 at Illinois* TBA Nov. 3 L, 20-38 at Indiana Rushing: Justin Jackson Note: All times Eastern; asterisk (*) denotes Big Ten game 2008: Sept. 20 W, 42-20 at Indiana 85 car., 332 yards, 1 TD, 3.9 ypc 2010: Sept. 18 L, 13-24 at Purdue Rec.: Christian Jones Sept. 25 L, 0-45 at Iowa 7 rec., 73 yards, 0 TD, 10.4 ypr 2011: Sept. 3 W, 27-20 vs. Indiana Tackles: Anthony Walker (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.) 36 tackles 2012: Sept. 15 W, 41-39 at Indiana Sacks Ifeadi Odenigbo 2014: Sept. 6 L, 13-17 at Iowa 2.5 sacks INT: Matthew Harris 2 interceptions

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BALL STATE DEPTH CHART (as of Sept. 21, 2015) – Offense – – Defense – Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown QB 15 Riley Neal 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. Rush 9 Michael Ayers 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. 14 Jack Milas 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. 98 Anthony Winbush 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. HB 25 Darian Green 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. DT 93 Kevin Willis 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. or 34 James Gilbert 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 97 Kevin Thurmon 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill. 6 Teddy Williamson 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. NG 92 Julian Jackson 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. X-WR 8 Jordan Williams 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 55 John Whitman III 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio or 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 89 Devin Reece 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind. DE 57 Joshua Posley 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J. Z-WR 5 Corey Lacanaria 5-8 165 So./So. Famington Hills, Mich. or 10 Chris Shillings 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. WLB 19 Ben Ingle 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. or 3 Sean Wiggins 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. 42 Julian Boyd 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga. W-WR 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. or 1 Jordan Hogue 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. MLB 2 Zack Ryan 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. or 3 Sean Wiggins 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. 27 Stu Stanley 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. TE 40 Dylan Curry 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. 17 Sam Brunner 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich. SLB 7 Aaron Taylor 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. 50 Damon Singleton 6-2 234 So./Fr. Wyandotte, Mich. QT 78 Drake Miller 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. 69 Ian Anderson 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C. BC 20 Darius Conaway 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. 28 Armani McNulty 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. QG 68 Jeremiah Harvey 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. or 29 Corey Hall 5-9 189 Jr./Jr. Stockbridge, Ga. 75 Vinnie Palazeti 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. FS 21 Martez Hester 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. C 62 Jacob Richard 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. 30 Rontrell Peyton 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va. 75 Vinnie Palazeti 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. or 45 Lamont McPhatter 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa. SG 65 Jalen Schlachter 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. SS 43 Dedrick Cromartie 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. 75 Vinnie Palazeti 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. 15 Terin Solomon 5-11 179 Jr./Jr. Murreita, Calif. ST 67 Nick Plavchak 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. FC 13 David Moore 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. 66 Steven Bell 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio or 33 Tyree Holder 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. 23 Marc Walton 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio

– Specialists – Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pronunciation Guide Issac Barrios – BAHR-ee-os Keenan Noel – noll P 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. Kadin Booker – KAY-din Vinnie Palazeti – PAL-ah-ZETT-ee 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. Cywettnie Brown – SWEAT-nee Andrew Poenitsch – PAIN-ish Sam Brunner – BREW-ner Joshua Posley – POSE-lee PK 22 Morgan Hagee 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. Dedrick Cromartie – Michael Raby – RAY-bee 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. DEE-drick crow-MAHR-tee Efe Scott-Emuakpor – Mesheck Floyd – MEE-shack F-ay Scott-m-OCK-poor HO 14 Jack Milas 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. Osazuwamen Igbinosun – Anthony Sheko – SHEE-ko OH-soo-WAH-men Brendon Towle – toll 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. IGG-bih-NO-sun Haris Vrabac – VRAY-back AJ Jaffal – jah-FALL Carlutorbantu Zaramo – KO 22 Morgan Hagee 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. Corey Lacanaria – CAR-loo-tore-BAHN-too or 12 Kyle Schmidt 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. LACK-an-R-ee-ah zah-RAHM-oh 4 Alex Egan 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. Jack Milas – MY-lus KOR 25 Darian Green 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. INJURIES 16 KeVonn Mabon 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. Out – Cywettnie Brown, WR (foot); Keenan Noel, DT (ankle); Darnell Smith, DT PR 5 Corey Lacanaria 5-8 165 So./So. Famington Hills, Mich. (knee); Carlutorbantu Zaramo, DT (knee) 80 Aaron Hepp 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. Doubtful – Corey Hall, CB (hamstring) Probable – Steven Bell, OL (ankle); Sam Brunner, TE (shoulder); Corey Lacanaria, WR (ribs); KeVonn Mabon, WR (ankle)

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2015 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) 1 Jordan Hogue * WR 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven) 43 Dedrick Cromartie * S 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet) 2 Zack Blair QB 6-0 175 Fr./Fr. Tipp City, Ohio (Tippecanoe) 44 Michael Raby *** TE 6-3 257 Sr./Sr. Sheridan, Ind. (North Central) 2 Zack Ryan ** LB 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio (St. Ignatius) 44 Anthony Sheko S 6-3 210 Fr./Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Simeon) 3 Sean Wiggins ** LB 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. (Butler) 45 Lamont McPhatter S 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa. (New Castle) 4 Alex Egan K 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. (Leo) 46 AJ Jaffal LB 6-0 208 Fr./Fr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson) 5 Corey Lacanaria * WR 5-8 165 So./So. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) 47 Nick Traub * LS 5-11 202 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard) 6 Teddy Williamson ** RB 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West) 48 Meshech Floyd S 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman) 7 Aaron Taylor ** LB 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett) 49 Kyle Seger * DE 6-0 248 Sr./Jr. Huntingburg, Ind. (Southridge) 8 Jordan Williams *** WR 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central) 50 Damon Singleton LB 6-2 234 So./Fr. Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt) 9 Michael Ayers *** DE 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek) 51 Chris Vann LB 6-0 230 5th/Sr. South Bend, Ind. (Sienna Heights) 10 Jesse Best QB 5-9 160 Fr./Fr. Columbiana, Ohio (Crestview) 52 Fred Schroeder DE 6-3 276 So./Fr. Yuma, Ariz. (IMG Academy) 10 Chris Shillings *** WR 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North) 53 Malik King OL 6-3 303 So./Fr. Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon) 11 David Morrison QB 6-1 187 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Concordia) 54 Patrick O’Connell DT 6-3 263 Fr./Fr. Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson) 11 Kendrick Mullen CB 5-7 163 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers) 55 John Whitman III DE 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio (Westerville Central) 12 Kyle Schmidt ** P 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton) 57 Brendon Towle LS 6-0 208 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind. (Greenfield Central) 13 David Moore * CB 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. (Butler) 57 Joshua Posley DE 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 14 Jack Milas * QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) 58 Kadin Booker OL 6-7 290 So./So. Burlington City, N.J. (Monroe College) 15 Riley Neal QB 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) 61 Issac Barrios OL 6-2 265 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Central) 15 Terin Solomon S 5-11 179 Jr./Jr. Murreita, Calif. (Riverside CC) 62 Jacob Richard *** OL 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. (Weston) 16 KeVonn Mabon ** WR 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit) 63 Grant Williamson OL 6-3 277 Fr./Fr. Rolling Prairie, Ind. (New Prairie) 17 Quinten Turner CB 5-9 176 So./Fr. Decatur, Ga. (Miller Grove) 64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-2 270 Fr./Fr. Waukesha, Wis. (Sussex Hamilton) 17 Sam Brunner ** TE 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich. (Romeo) 65 Jalen Schlachter *** OL 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. (Corunna) 18 Efe Scott-Emuakpor WR 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing) 66 Steven Bell ** OL 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill) 18 Blake Anders S 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Lisle, Ill. (Benedictine) 67 Nick Plavchak * OL 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. (Guerin Catholic) 19 Ben Ingle *** LB 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. (LaSalle) 68 Jeremiah Harvey ** OL 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. (Culver) 20 Darius Conaway ** CB 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb) 69 Ian Anderson * OL 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C. (Reagan) 20 Evan Sembell RB 6-2 217 Fr./Fr. Rochester, Ill. (Rochester) 70 Alex Joss OL 6-4 288 So./Fr. Novi, Mich. (Walled Lake Western) 21 Martez Hester ** S 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb) 71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4 304 Fr./Fr. Bremen, Ind. (Bremen) 22 Morgan Hagee PK/P 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield) 72 Haris Vrabac OL 6-7 340 Jr./So. Warren, Mich. (Warren Mott) 23 Marc Walton CB 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio (Mentor) 73 Pat Maloney OL 6-2 279 Jr./So. Niles, Ill. (Maine South) 24 Ralph Smith III WR 5-8 173 Jr./So. Avon, Ohio (Avon) 75 Vinnie Palazeti * OL 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. (Powers Catholic) 25 Darian Green * RB 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson) 77 Alex Orndorff OL 6-7 300 So./Fr. Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Lawrenceburg) 25 Kyle Lewis S 6-1 200 Jr./Jr. Belliflower, Calif. (West LA College) 78 Drake Miller ** OL 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. (Sturgis) 26 Avery Bailey ** LB 6-1 208 5th/Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward) 79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 6-5 279 Jr./So. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) 27 Stu Stanley ** LB 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 80 Aaron Hepp ** WR 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard) 28 Armani McNulty CB 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 81 Kyle Schrank TE 6-2 232 Fr./Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) 29 Corey Hall CB 5-9 189 Jr./Jr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge) 83 Clayton Cook WR 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. North Webster, Ind. (Wawasee) 30 Rontrell Peyton S 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac) 84 Danny Pinter TE 6-4 251 Fr./Fr. South Bend, Ind. (John Adams) 31 Romero Wade S 5-11 212 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman) 85 Cywettnie Brown * WR 6-0 162 Sr./Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon) 32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 5-11 219 So./Fr. Brooksville, Fla. (Hernando) 86 Riley Miller WR 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) 33 Tyree Holder ** CB 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic) 88 Logan Curry TE 6-4 250 Sr./Jr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills) 34 James Gilbert RB 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech) 89 Devin Reece WR 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind. (Westfield) 35 Keenan Noel ** DT 6-1 270 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North) 90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 241 Fr./Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard) 36 Jacob White LB 6-1 232 Fr./Fr. Clarendon Hills, Ill (Hinsdale Central) 91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 6-2 246 Fr./Fr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Stranahan) 37 Spencer Gilbert RB 5-10 204 So./Fr. Greenfield, Ind. (Eastern Hancock) 92 Julian Jackson * DL 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills) 38 Steve Drida K 6-1 201 Jr./So. Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha West) 93 Kevin Willis * DT 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central)

38 Payton Lowe S 6-1 185 So./So. Gas City, Ind. (Mississinewa) 94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun ** DE 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J. (Rahway) 39 John Godfrey * TE 6-1 245 Sr./Jr. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph’s) 95 Darnell Smith *** DT 5-11 275 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 40 Dylan Curry *** TE 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills) 96 Carlutorbantu Zaramo * DT 6-4 290 Sr./Jr. Richmond Heights, Ohio (Brush) 41 Payton Stonefield LB 6-1 211 Jr./So. Sunman, Ind. (East Central) 97 Kevin Thurmon DT 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill. (Mount Carmel) 41 Darren Bost TE 6-1 232 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 98 Anthony Winbush * DE 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 42 Julian Boyd *** LB 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT 5-11 250 Fr./Fr. East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis)

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2015 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) 18 Blake Anders S 6-0 185 Jr./Jr. Lisle, Ill. (Benedictine) 86 Riley Miller WR 6-1 170 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) 69 Ian Anderson * OL 6-3 295 5th/Sr. Pfafftown, N.C. (Reagan) 13 David Moore * CB 5-9 171 Jr./So. Matthews, N.C. (Butler) 9 Michael Ayers *** DE 6-1 252 5th/Sr. Elks Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek) 11 David Morrison QB 6-1 187 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Concordia) 26 Avery Bailey ** LB 6-1 208 5th/Sr. Cleveland, Ohio (St. Edward) 11 Kendrick Mullen CB 5-7 163 So./Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers) 61 Issac Barrios OL 6-2 265 Fr./Fr. Elkhart, Ind. (Elkhart Central) 15 Riley Neal QB 6-5 217 Fr./Fr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) 66 Steven Bell ** OL 6-4 298 Sr./Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Indian Hill) 35 Keenan Noel ** DT 6-1 270 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North) 10 Jesse Best QB 5-9 160 Fr./Fr. Columbiana, Ohio (Crestview) 54 Patrick O’Connell DT 6-3 263 Fr./Fr. Long Grove, Ill. (Stevenson) 2 Zack Blair QB 6-0 175 Fr./Fr. Tipp City, Ohio (Tippecanoe) 77 Alex Orndorff OL 6-7 300 So./Fr. Lawrenceburg, Ind. (Lawrenceburg) 58 Kadin Booker OL 6-7 290 So./So. Burlington City, N.J. (Monroe College) 75 Vinnie Palazeti * OL 6-4 297 Jr./So. Owosso, Mich. (Powers Catholic) 41 Darren Bost TE 6-1 232 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 30 Rontrell Peyton S 5-11 184 Sr./Jr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac) 42 Julian Boyd *** LB 6-1 230 5th/Sr. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 84 Danny Pinter TE 6-4 251 Fr./Fr. South Bend, Ind. (John Adams) 85 Cywettnie Brown * WR 6-0 162 Sr./Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Simeon) 67 Nick Plavchak * OL 6-5 300 5th/Sr. Carmel, Ind. (Guerin Catholic) 17 Sam Brunner ** TE 6-2 240 Sr./Jr. Washington, Mich. (Romeo) 64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-2 270 Fr./Fr. Waukesha, Wis. (Sussex Hamilton) 20 Darius Conaway ** CB 6-1 189 Jr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb) 57 Joshua Posley DE 6-1 252 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 83 Clayton Cook WR 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. North Webster, Ind. (Wawasee) 44 Michael Raby *** TE 6-3 257 Sr./Sr. Sheridan, Ind. (North Central) 43 Dedrick Cromartie * S 5-10 179 So./So. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet) 89 Devin Reece WR 6-1 212 So./Fr. Westfield, Ind. (Westfield) 40 Dylan Curry *** TE 6-5 268 5th/Sr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills) 62 Jacob Richard *** OL 6-1 286 5th/Sr. Weston, Conn. (Weston) 88 Logan Curry TE 6-4 250 Sr./Jr. Frankfort, Ky. (Western Hills) 71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4 304 Fr./Fr. Bremen, Ind. (Bremen) 38 Steve Drida K 6-1 201 Jr./So. Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha West) 2 Zack Ryan ** LB 5-11 225 Sr./Jr. Westlake, Ohio (St. Ignatius) 4 Alex Egan K 5-10 195 Sr./Jr. Leo, Ind. (Leo) 65 Jalen Schlachter *** OL 6-6 316 5th/Sr. Corunna, Mich. (Corunna) 48 Meshech Floyd S 6-1 185 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman) 12 Kyle Schmidt ** P 6-2 215 Sr./Jr. Chesterton, Ind. (Chesterton) 34 James Gilbert RB 5-8 191 Fr./Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech) 81 Kyle Schrank TE 6-2 232 Fr./Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) 37 Spencer Gilbert RB 5-10 204 So./Fr. Greenfield, Ind. (Eastern Hancock) 52 Fred Schroeder DE 6-3 276 So./Fr. Yuma, Ariz. (IMG Academy) 39 John Godfrey * TE 6-1 245 Sr./Jr. South Bend, Ind. (St. Joseph’s) 18 Efe Scott-Emuakpor WR 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. East Lansing, Mich. (East Lansing) 25 Darian Green * RB 5-8 176 So./So. Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson) 49 Kyle Seger * DE 6-0 248 Sr./Jr. Huntingburg, Ind. (Southridge) 22 Morgan Hagee PK/P 5-11 158 Fr./Fr. Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield) 20 Evan Sembell RB 6-2 217 Fr./Fr. Rochester, Ill. (Rochester) 29 Corey Hall CB 5-9 189 Jr./Jr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge) 44 Anthony Sheko S 6-3 210 Fr./Fr. Harvey, Ill. (Simeon) 90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 241 Fr./Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Ballard) 10 Chris Shillings *** WR 6-1 202 5th/Sr. Columbus, Ind. (North) 68 Jeremiah Harvey ** OL 6-1 302 5th/Sr. Culver, Ind. (Culver) 50 Damon Singleton LB 6-2 234 So./Fr. Wyandotte, Mich. (Roosevelt) 80 Aaron Hepp ** WR 6-1 189 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard) 95 Darnell Smith *** DT 5-11 275 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 21 Martez Hester ** S 6-3 207 Sr./Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. (North Cobb) 24 Ralph Smith III WR 5-8 173 Jr./So. Avon, Ohio (Avon) 1 Jordan Hogue * WR 6-1 180 So./So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven) 15 Terin Solomon S 5-11 179 Jr./Jr. Murreita, Calif. (Riverside CC) 33 Tyree Holder ** CB 6-1 170 Sr./Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic) 27 Stu Stanley ** LB 6-1 229 Jr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 91 Akeem Hutchinson DE 6-2 246 Fr./Fr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Stranahan) 41 Payton Stonefield LB 6-1 211 Jr./So. Sunman, Ind. (East Central)

94 Osazuwamen Igbinosun ** DE 6-2 255 Sr./Sr. Rahway, N.J. (Rahway) 7 Aaron Taylor ** LB 5-11 206 Sr./Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Central Gwinnett) 19 Ben Ingle *** LB 6-1 237 5th/Sr. West Harrison, Ind. (LaSalle) 97 Kevin Thurmon DT 6-1 282 Fr./Fr. South Holland, Ill. (Mount Carmel) 32 Jeremiah Jackson LB 5-11 219 So./Fr. Brooksville, Fla. (Hernando) 57 Brendon Towle LS 6-0 208 Sr./Jr. Greenfield, Ind. (Greenfield Central) 92 Julian Jackson * DL 6-1 298 Sr./Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Beverly Hills) 47 Nick Traub * LS 5-11 202 Sr./Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard) 46 AJ Jaffal LB 6-0 208 Fr./Fr. Dearborn, Mich. (Fordson) 17 Quinten Turner CB 5-9 176 So./Fr. Decatur, Ga. (Miller Grove) 70 Alex Joss OL 6-4 288 So./Fr. Novi, Mich. (Walled Lake Western) 51 Chris Vann LB 6-0 230 5th/Sr. South Bend, Ind. (Sienna Heights) 53 Malik King OL 6-3 303 So./Fr. Muskegon, Mich. (Muskegon) 72 Haris Vrabac OL 6-7 340 Jr./So. Warren, Mich. (Warren Mott) 99 Kenny Knight Jr. DT 5-11 250 Fr./Fr. East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis) 31 Romero Wade S 5-11 212 Fr./Fr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Lyman) 5 Corey Lacanaria * WR 5-8 165 So./So. Farmington Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) 23 Marc Walton CB 5-9 177 Fr./Fr. Mentor, Ohio (Mentor) 25 Kyle Lewis S 6-1 200 Jr./Jr. Belliflower, Calif. (West LA College) 36 Jacob White LB 6-1 232 Fr./Fr. Clarendon Hills, Ill (Hinsdale Central) 79 Jarrid Lloyd OL 6-5 279 Jr./So. Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) 55 John Whitman III DE 6-1 298 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio (Westerville Central) 38 Payton Lowe S 6-1 185 So./So. Gas City, Ind. (Mississinewa) 3 Sean Wiggins ** LB 6-3 233 Jr./Jr. Mint Hill, N.C. (Butler) 16 KeVonn Mabon ** WR 6-1 219 Sr./Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (DeSmet Jesuit) 8 Jordan Williams *** WR 6-3 228 Sr./Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central) 73 Pat Maloney OL 6-2 279 Jr./So. Niles, Ill. (Maine South) 63 Grant Williamson OL 6-3 277 Fr./Fr. Rolling Prairie, Ind. (New Prairie) 28 Armani McNulty CB 5-10 181 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) 6 Teddy Williamson ** RB 5-9 205 Jr./Jr. O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West) 45 Lamont McPhatter S 5-10 179 So./Fr. New Castle, Pa. (New Castle) 93 Kevin Willis * DT 6-2 305 So./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 14 Jack Milas * QB 6-1 210 Jr./So. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) 98 Anthony Winbush * DE 6-1 228 Jr./So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central) 78 Drake Miller ** OL 6-5 301 Sr./Jr. Sturgis, Mich. (Sturgis) 96 Carlutorbantu Zaramo * DT 6-4 290 Sr./Jr. Richmond Heights, Ohio (Brush)

– 11 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 11 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes OFFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHS SAM BRUNNER / TE / #17 • Rushing • Receiving 6-2, 240, Sr./Jr., Washington, Mich. Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Receptions: 1, 4 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15) 2014 12 12 48 0 9 4.0 2014 11 22 180 1 26 8.2 Receiving yards: 25, Kent State, 10/12/13 2015 3 45 334 4 47 7.4 2015 3 12 92 0 14 7.7 Long reception: 25, Kent State, 10/12/13 TOTAL 15 57 382 4 47 6.7 TOTAL 14 34 272 1 26 8.0 KR: 1, Twice (Last time at Akron, 10/26/13) • Receiving Long kick return: 11, Illinois State, 8/29/13 Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C KeVONN MABON / WR / #16 • Receiving 2014 12 8 112 0 29 14.0 6-1, 219, Sr./Jr., St. Louis, Mo. Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2015 3 9 88 1 35 9.8 Touchdowns: 1, 8 times 2013 11 2 44 0 25 22.0 TOTAL 15 17 200 1 35 11.8 Receptions: 11, Colgate, 8/30/14 2014 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 Receiving yards: 110, Colgate, 8/30/14 2015 3 1 15 0 15 15.0 MORGAN HAGEE / K / #22 Receiving TDs: 1, 7 times TOTAL 26 4 63 0 25 15.8 5-11, 158, Fr./Fr., Plainfield, Ind. Long reception: 62, Bowling Green, 11/28/14 Field goals made: 3, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 • Receiving DYLAN CURRY / TE / #40 Field goals attempted: 3, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C 6-5, 268, 5th/Sr., Frankfort, Ky. Long field goal: 43, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 2012 12 23 335 2 44 14.6 TDs: 1, 3 times (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14) • Kicking 2013 3 7 93 0 34 13.3 Receptions: 2, 5 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15) Year G FGs Lg Pct PATs Pts 2014 12 59 717 5 62 12.2 Receiving yards: 47, Indiana State, 9/13/14 2015 3 5-6 43 83.3 12-12 27 2015 3 18 141 0 22 7.8 Long reception: 38, Indiana State, 9/13/14 TOTAL 3 5-6 43 83.3 12-12 27 TOTAL 30 107 1286 7 62 12.0 • Receiving Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C AARON HEPP / WR / #80 JACK MILAS / QB / #14 2012 13 3 51 0 33 17.0 6-1, 189, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. 6-1, 210, Jr./So., Arlington Heights, Ill. 2013 11 4 39 0 17 9.8 Touchdowns: 1, Colgate, 8/30/14 Pass attempts: 52, VMI, 9/3/15 2014 12 9 108 3 38 12.0 Receptions: 5, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Pass completions: 34, VMI, 9/3/15 2015 3 2 15 0 8 7.5 Receiving yards: 38, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Pass yards: 338, VMI, 9/3/15 TOTAL 39 18 213 3 38 11.8 Long reception: 20, at Western Mich., 10/19/13 Pass TDs: 4, Western Michigan, 10/11/14 PR: 3, Twice (Last vs. Indiana State, 9/13/14) Long pass: 44, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 JAMES GILBERT / RB / #34 PR Yards: 15, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Rush attempts: 7, Akron, 10/25/14 Rush yards: 57, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 5-8, 191, Fr./Fr., Indianapolis, Ind. Long PR: 7, Twice, (Last Time vs. ISU, 9/13/14) Long rush: 54, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Touchdowns: 2, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) • Receiving Rush TDs: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14) Rush attempts: 15, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Rush yards: 70, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 2013 12 2 29 0 20 14.5 • Passing Long rush: 32, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 2014 11 6 57 1 19 9.5 Year G C- A Int Yds TD Lg Pct. Receptions: 0 2015 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 2014 6 115- 209 5 1302 9 44 55.0 Rec. yards: 0 TOTAL 26 8 86 1 20 10.8 2015 3 35- 65 2 343 1 36 53.8 Long reception: 0 TOTAL 9 150- 274 7 1645 10 44 54.7 • Rushing JORDAN HOGUE / WR / #1 • Rushing Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C 6-1, 180, So./So., Fort Wayne, Ind. Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2015 3 38 170 5 32 4.5 TD: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14) 2014 6 27 96 2 54 3.6 TOTAL 3 38 170 5 32 4.5 Receptions: 4, Indiana State, 9/13/14 2015 3 6 12 0 13 2.0 TOTAL 9 33 108 2 54 3.3 • Receiving Receiving yards: 59, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Long reception: 33, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 2015 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 • Receiving TOTAL 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2014 9 9 107 2 33 11.9 DARIAN GREEN / RB / #25 2015 3 3 27 0 16 9.0 5-8, 176, So./So., Lafayette, Ind. TOTAL 12 12 134 2 33 11.2 Touchdowns: 4, VMI, 9/3/15 Rush attempts: 25, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 COREY LACANARIA / WR / #5 Rush yards: 164, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 5-8, 165, So./So., Farmington Hills, Mich. Long rush: 47, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Touchdowns: 1, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15 Receptions: 6, VMI, 9/3/15 Rec. yards: 74, VMI, 9/3/15 Rec. yards: 55, VMI, 9/3/15 Long reception: 35, VMI, 9/3/15 Long reception: 26, W. Michigan, 10/11/14

– 12 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 12 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes OFFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHS RILEY NEAL / QB / #15 TEDDY WILLIAMSON / RB / #23 6-5, 217, Fr./Fr., Yorktown, Ind. 5-9, 205, Jr./Jr., O’Fallon, Mo. Pass attempts: 28, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Touchdowns: 1, Miami, 11/29/13 Pass completions: 24, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Rush attempts: 19, Miami University, 11/29/13 Pass yards: 194, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 Rush yards: 80, Miami U., 11/29/13 (19 carries) Pass TDs: 1, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 Long rush: 18, Army, 9/7/13 Long pass: 45, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Receptions: 2, Army, 9/7/13 Rush attempts: 11, at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15 Receiving yards: 4, Army, 9/7/13 (2 receptions) Rush yards: 86, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15 • Rushing Long rush: 41, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15 Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C Rush TDs: 1, at Eastern Michgian, 9/19/15 2013 12 68 224 1 18 3.3 • Passing 2014 12 24 56 0 16 2.3 Year G C- A Int Yds TD Lg Pct. 2015 3 23 90 0 12 3.9 2015 2 35- 47 0 310 1 45 74.5 TOTAL 27 115 370 1 18 3.2 TOTAL 2 35- 47 0 310 1 45 74.5 • Receiving • Rushing Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C Year G Att Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2013 12 2 4 0 3 2.0 2015 2 19 143 1 41 7.5 2014 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 2 19 143 1 41 7.5 2015 3 1 -4 0 0 -4.0 TOTAL 27 3 0 0 3 0.0 CHRIS SHILLINGS / WR / #10 6-1, 202, 5th/Sr., Columbus, Ind. Touchdowns: 1, Bowling Green, 11/28/14 Receptions: 5, Twice (Last at Toledo 9/20/14) Receiving yards: 52, Colgate, 8/30/14 Long reception: 37, Indiana State, 9/13/14 • Receiving Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2011 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 2012 11 4 51 0 23 12.8 2013 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 2014 12 28 293 1 37 10.5 2015 3 8 61 0 14 7.6 TOTAL 36 40 405 1 37 10.1

JORDAN WILLIAMS / WR / #8 6-3, 228, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. Receiving TDs: 2, 4 times Receptions: 12, Akron, 10/26/13 Receiving yards: 179, Western Mich., 10/11/14 Long reception: 75, Miami University, 11/29/13 • Receiving Year G Rec Yds TD Lg Yd/C 2012 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 2013 13 72 1050 10 75 14.6 2014 11 56 753 6 44 13.4 2015 3 15 214 1 45 14.3 TOTAL 35 143 2017 17 75 14.1

– 13 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 13 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes DEFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHS MICHAEL AYERS / DE / #9 • Defensive Stats BEN INGLE / LB / #19 6-1, 252, 5th/Sr., Elks Grove, Calif. Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 6-1, 237, 5th/Sr., West Harrison, Ind. Tackles: 14, Army, 10/4/14 2014 11 21 22 43 1.0-0 0 0 2 0.0-0 TDs: 1, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 (FR) 2015 3 12 8 20 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0 Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 11/22/14) TOTAL 14 33 30 63 2.5-7 0 0 2 0.0-0 Interceptions: 1, Twice (Last vs Akron 10/25/14) TFL: 2.0, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Long INT return: 26, Illinois State, 8/29/13 FR: 1, 2 times (Last at Army 10/4/14) Tackles: 14, Twice (Last at Toledo, 9/20/14) COREY HALL / CB / #29 Sacks: 0.5, Illinois State, 8/29/13 • Defensive Stats 5-9, 189, Jr./Jr., Stockbridge, Ga. Tackles for loss: 2.0, Illinois State, 8/29/13 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks Tackles: 7, VMI, 9/3/15 2012 12 4 3 7 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 FF: 1, at Eastern Michigan, 9/21/13 FF: 1, VMI, 9/3/15 2013 10 5 8 13 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. EMU, 1/22/14) 2014 12 29 36 65 6.0-15 0 2 0 2.0-7 • Defensive Stats PBU: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 2015 3 6 6 12 1.0-1 0 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks TOTAL 37 44 53 97 7.0-16 0 2 0 2.0-7 2015 1 6 1 7 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 • Defensive Stats TOTAL 1 6 1 7 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2012 12 4 8 12 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 AVERY BAILEY / LB / #26 2013 12 43 73 116 3.5-13 1 1 1 0.5-3 6-1, 208, 5th/Sr., Cleveland, Ohio MARTEZ HESTER / S / #21 2014 10 36 51 87 2.0-2 0 1 0 0.0-0 Interceptions: 1, Massachusetts, 11/12/14 6-3, 207, Sr./Jr., Kennesaw, Ga. 2015 3 4 13 17 1.0-5 0 0 0 0.0-0 Tackles: 6, Miami University, 11/29/13 Interceptions: 1, Twice (Last at MU, 11/29/13) TOTAL 37 87 145 232 6.5-20 1 2 1 0.5-3 Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Virginia, 10/5/13 Long INT return: 10, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13 • Defensive Stats Tackles: 15, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 DAVID MOORE / CB / #13 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks FF: 1, Twice (Last vs. Akron 10/25/14) 5-9, 171, Jr./So., Matthews, N.C. 2011 3 2 0 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 FR: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Tackles: 6, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) 2012 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 PBU: 1, 6 times FF: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/15/14 2013 11 9 10 19 1.0-2 0 0 0 0.0-0 • Defensive Stats PBU: 1, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) 2014 12 5 12 17 0.0-0 0 0 1 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks • Defensive Stats 2015 3 0 3 3 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 7 17 15 32 0.0-0 0 0 2 0.0-0 TOTAL 29 16 25 41 1.0-2 0 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2014 8 21 31 52 0.0-0 2 1 0 0.0-0 2014 12 5 9 14 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 2015 3 11 7 18 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2015 3 9 4 13 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 JULIAN BOYD / LB / #42 TOTAL 18 49 53 102 0.0-0 2 1 2 0.0-0 TOTAL 15 14 13 27 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 6-1, 230, 5th/Sr., Roswell, Ga. Tackles: 3, 4 times TYREE HOLDER / CB / #33 KEENAN NOEL / DT / #35 Sacks: 0.5, Ohio, 11/14/12 6-1, 170, Sr./Jr., Tampa, Fla. 6-1, 270, 5th/Sr., Columbus, Ind. TFL: 0.5, 2 times (Last at Virginia, 10/5/13 INT: 1, 3 times (Last vs. Akron 10/25/14) Tackles: 4, 7 times • Defensive Stats Tackles: 6, at Massachusetts, 11/12/14 Sacks: 1, Army, 10/4/14 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks Pass breakups: 2, Twice (Last at Mass. 11/12/14) Tackles for loss: 2.0 at Army, 10/4/14 2011 9 8 9 17 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 • Defensive Stats PBU: 1, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 2012 9 3 2 5 0.5-1 0 0 0 0.5-1 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks • Defensive Stats 2013 9 3 2 5 0.5-1 0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 13 7 1 8 0.0-0 0 0 1 0.0-0 2014 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2014 12 33 6 39 2.0-7 0 0 3 0.0-0 2012 13 2 4 6 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2015 2 0 2 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2015 1 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 TOTAL 29 14 15 29 1.0-2 0 0 0 0.5-1 2013 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 TOTAL 26 40 7 47 2.0-7 0 0 4 0.0-0 2014 11 14 20 34 3.5-13 0 0 0 1.0-7 2015 3 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 DARIUS CONAWAY / CB / #20 OSAZUWAMEN IGBINOSUN / DE / #94 TOTAL 27 16 25 41 3.5-13 0 0 0 1.0-7 6-1, 189, Jr./Jr., Kennesaw, Ga. 6-2, 255, Sr./Sr., Rahway, N.J. Tackles: 8, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles: 7, at Bowling Green, 11/28/14 JOSHUA POSLEY / DE / #57 TFL: 1.5 at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last at BGSU, 11/28/14) 6-1, 252, Sr./Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. Pass breakups: 3, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Massachusetts, 11/12/14 Tackles: 8, VMI, 9/3/15 • Defensive Stats FR: 1, VMI, 9/3/15 Sacks: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks • Defensive Stats Tackles for loss: 2.5, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 2013 13 6 3 9 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks FF: 1, VMI, 9/3/15 2014 10 19 8 27 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 1 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2015 2 4 3 7 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0 • Defensive Stats 2014 8 8 10 18 6.0-19 0 0 0 2.0-9 TOTAL 25 29 14 43 1.5-6 0 0 0 0.0-0 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2015 3 1 2 3 0.0-0 0 1 0 0.0-0 2012 (UC) 6 2 1 3 0.5-4 0 0 0 0.5-4 TOTAL 12 9 13 22 6.0-19 0 1 0 2.0-9 2013 (UC) 2 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 DEDRICK CROMARTIE / SS / #43 2015 3 5 9 14 4.5-16 1 0 0 1.5-10 5-10, 179, So./So., St. Louis, Mo. TOTAL 11 7 11 18 5.0-20 1 0 0 2.0-14 Interceptions: 1, Twice (at UMass, 11/12/14) Long INT return: 14, at UMass, 11/12/14 Tackles: 11, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Tackles for loss: 1.0, at Texas A&M, 9/12/15 Pass breakups: 1, 5 times

– 14 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 14 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes DEFENSIVE PLAYER STATS WITH CAREER HIGHS ZACK RYAN / LB / #2 SEAN WIGGINS / LB / #3 5-11, 225, Sr./Jr., Westlake, Ohio 6-3, 233, Jr./Jr., Mint Hill, N.C. Interceptions: 1, Akron 10/25/14 Interceptions: 2, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 Long interception return: 27, Akron 10/25/14 Tackles: 13, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Tackles: 15, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 Sacks: 1.0, at Eastern Michigan, 9/19/15 Sacks: 1.5, at Eastern Mich., 9/21/13 Tackles for loss: 1, 5 times Tackles for loss: 2.5, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 FF: 1, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 FF: 2, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 FR: 2, at Central Michigan, 10/18/14 PBUs: 1, Twice (Last vs. WMU 10/11/14) PBU: 1, 3 times (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15) • Defensive Stats • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2013 13 42 50 92 8.0-24 2 1 0 2.5-13 2013 12 15 23 38 2.5-7 0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 12 35 56 91 6.0-18 2 1 1 1.0-9 2014 12 22 26 48 1.0-3 1 2 0 0.0-0 2015 3 7 9 16 1.5-2 0 0 0 0.0-0 2015 3 11 12 23 1.0-9 0 0 2 1.0-9 TOTAL 28 84 115 199 15.5-44 4 2 1 3.5-22 TOTAL 27 48 61 109 4.5-19 1 2 2 1.0-9

KYLE SCHMIDT / P / #12 ANTHONY WINBUSH / DE / #98 6-2, 215, Sr./Jr., Chesterton, Ind. 6-1, 228, Jr./So., Indianapolis, Ind. Punt attempts: 8, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Tackles: 4, Akron, 10/25/14 Punt yards: 320, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Sacks: 1.0, Twice (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) Longest punt: 70, Eastern Michigan, 11/22/14 TFL: 1.0, 3 times (Last at EMU, 9/19/15) • Punting FF: 1, Twice (Last at TAMU, 9/12/15) Year G No. Yds Lg Avg. • Defensive Stats 2013 13 45 1839 62 40.9 Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2014 12 52 2190 70 42.1 2014 10 4 5 9 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 2015 3 3 2 5 3.0-12 1 1 0 2.5-11 2015 3 12 486 54 40.5 TOTAL 13 7 7 14 3.0-12 2 1 0 2.5-11 TOTAL 28 109 4515 70 41.4 CARLUTORBANTO ZARAMO / DT / #96 DARNELL SMITH / DT / #95 6-4, 290, Sr./Jr., Richmond Heights, Ohio 5-11, 275, Sr./Sr., Indianapolis, Ind. Tackles: 5, VMI, 9/3/15 Tackles: 6, Twice (Last vs. Northern Ill., 11/5/14) Tackles for loss: 1.0, Army, 9/7/13 Sacks: 1.0, 6 times Sacks: 1.0, Army, 9/7/13 Tackles for loss: 1.5, Indiana State, 9/13/14 Pass breakups: 1, Central Michigan, 11/06/13 FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. NIU 11/5/14) • Defensive Stats • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2013 12 2 1 3 1.0-5 0 0 0 1.0-5 2012 11 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 2014 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 12 4 10 14 0.5-2 0 1 0 0.5-2 2015 2 1 5 6 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 12 14 23 37 5.5-33 2 1 0 4.0-28 TOTAL 14 3 6 9 1.0-5 0 0 0 1.0-5 2015 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 TOTAL 35 18 34 52 6.0-35 2 2 0 6.5-30

AARON TAYLOR / LB / #7 5-11, 206, Sr./Jr., Lawrenceville, Ga. Tackles: 13, Northern Illinois, 11/5/14 Tackles for loss: 1, 7 times Sacks: 1, Twice (Last vs. NIU, 11/5/14) FF: 1, Illinois State, 8/29/13 FR: 1, Twice (Last vs. Eastern Mich., 11/22/14) PBU: 1, Twice (Last at Eastern Mich., 9/19/15) • Defensive Stats Year G UA A Tot TFL FF FR Int Sacks 2013 12 13 19 32 0.0-0 1 0 0 0.0-0 2014 12 33 27 60 4.5-26 0 2 0 2.0-16 2015 3 2 6 8 2.0-8 0 0 0 0.0-0 TOTAL 27 48 52 100 6.5-34 1 2 0 2.0-16

– 15 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 15 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes OFFENSIVE PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS RUSHING (att.-yards-TDs) Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSU James Gilbert 12-61-0 11-71-1 15-39-0 Darian Green 9-73-3 11-99-2 25-166-2 Jack Milas 4-23-0 1-0-0 1-0-11 Riley Neal DNP 8-64-7 11-93-7 Teddy Williamson 16-74-0 7-18-2 0-0-0 RECEIVING (rec.-yards-TDs) Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSU Sam Brunner 0-0-0 1-15-0 0-0-0 Dylan Curry 0-0-0 2-15-0 0-0-0 James Gilbert 12-61-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Darian Green 6-74-1 0-0-0 3-14-0 Jordan Hogue 2-23-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 Corey Lacanaria 6-55-0 2-5-0 4-32-0 KeVonn Mabon 7-54-0 1-5-0 10-82-0 Chris Shillings 3-33-0 4-23-0 1-5-0 Jordan Williams 8-99-0 2-58-0 5-57-1 Teddy Williamson 1-(-4)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 KICK RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs) Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSU Darian Green 4-120-0 3-66-0 0-0-0 KeVonn Mabon 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-17-0 PUNT RETURNS (ret.-yards-TDs) Player VMI TAMU EMU NU TOL NIU GSU CMU MASS WMU OHIO BGSU Corey Lacanaria 3-28-0 0-0-0 2-17-0 PASSING FIELD GOALS • #14 Jack Milas Player FGM-A Pct 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Lg Blk Opponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-Yds Morgan Hagee 5-6 83.3 4-4 0-0 1-1 0-1 43 0 VMI 34 52 1 65.4 338 1 36 0-0 at Texas A&M 1 8 1 12.5 5 0 5 0-0 at Eastern Michigan 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 1-11 at Northwestern Toledo at Northern Illinois Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Michigan at Ohio Bowling Green Totals 35 65 2 53.8 343 1 36 1-11 • #15 Riley Neal Opponent Com Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Sk-Yds VMI – DNP – at Texas A&M 11 19 0 57.9 116 0 45 1-6 at Eastern Michigan 24 28 0 85.7 194 1 26 1-7 at Northwestern Toledo at Northern Illinois Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Michigan at Ohio Bowling Green Totals 35 47 0 74.5 310 1 45 2-13

– 16 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 16 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes DEFENSIVE PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS TACKLES Ayers #9 Conaway #20 Cromartie #43 Hall #29 Hester #21 Holder #33 Igbinosun #94 Ingle #19 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other VMI 3-3-6 (1 TFL) DNP 5-4-9 (1 PBU) 6-1-7 (1 FF) 3-4-7 (1 PBU) DNP 0-0-0 (1 FR) 0-5-5 (0.5 TFL) at Texas A&M 2-3-5 1-2-3 5-3-8 (1 TFL) DNP 4-3-7 DNP 1-2-3 1-6-7 at Eastern Mich. 1-0-1 3-1-4 (3 PBU) 2-1-3 (0.5 TFL) DNP 4-0-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 3-2-5 (2 PBU) at Northwestern Toledo at NIU Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Mich. at Ohio Bowling Green

Jackson #92 McNulty #28 McPhatter #45 Moore #13 Noel #35 Peyton #30 Posley #57 Ryan #2 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other VMI 0-1-1 (1 PBU) DNP 1-1-2 (1 PBU) 3-2-5 0-0-0 (1 PBU) 0-1-1 (1 FR) 2-6-8 (1.5 TFL) 2-1-3 (1 TFL) at Texas A&M 0-0-0 DNP 0-4-4 1-1-2 (1 PBU) 0-1-1 3-2-5 (1 FF) 3-2-5 (2.5 TFL) 3-7-10 (0.5 TFL) at Eastern Mich. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-6 (1 PBU) 0-0-0 (1 PBU) DNP 0-1-1 (0.5 TFL) 2-1-3 at Northwestern Toledo at NIU Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Mich. at Ohio Bowling Green

Singleton #50 Smith #95 Stanley #27 Taylor #7 Wiggins #3 Willis #93 Winbush #98 Zaramo #96 Opponent U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other U-A-Tot-Other VMI 1-0-1 DNP 0-0-0 1-0-1 (1 TFL) 5-5-10 1-2-3 (0.5 TFL) 0-2-2 (1 TFL) 1-4-5 at Texas A&M 2-2-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-2-2 4-5-9 (1 PBU) 2-3-5 (1 sack) 1-0-1 (1 sack) 0-1-1 at Eastern Mich. 2-1-3 DNP 0-0-0 1-4-5 (1 TFL) 2-2-4 (2 INT) 0-0-0 2-0-2 (1 sack) DNP at Northwestern Toledo at NIU Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Mich. at Ohio Bowling Green

TURNOVER CHART – Turnovers Gained – – Points Off TO Gained – – Turnovers Lost – – Points Off TO Lost – Opponent Fum Int Total TD FG Points Fum Int Total TD FG Points +/- VMI 2 0 2 2 0 14 0 1 1 0 1 3 +1 at Texas A&M 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 at Eastern Michigan 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 +1 at Northwestern Toledo at NIU Georgia State Central Michigan UMass at Western Michigan at Ohio Bowling Green Totals 3 2 5 2 1 17 1 2 3 1 2 13 +2

– 17 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 17 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes GAME ONE VS. VMI Green Ties TD Record as Ball State Downs VMI in Opener, 48-36 Game Day Statistics By Doug Zaleski VMI ...... 36 MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State football coach Pete at Ball State ...... 48 Lembo’s career has been marked by explosive Sept. 3, 2015 – Scheumann Stadium (10,473) offense that picks at an opponent’s defensive weaknesses bit by bit or with the suddenness Scoring VMI 0 10 7 19 – 36 of a bolt of lightning. at Ball State 3 17 14 14 – 48 Both of those characteristics were apparent Thursday night when the Cardinals opened the Scoring Summary BALL 3, VMI 0 – Morgan Hagee 24-yard field goal (8:16, 1st) 2015 season against Virginia Military Institute. BALL 10, VMI 0 – Darian Green 4-yard run, Hagee PAT Ball State and VMI combined to put on a (12:09, 2nd) prolific show of offensive football that ended BALL 13, VMI 0 – Hagee 27-yard field goal (8:35, 2nd) with the Cardinals claiming a 48-36 victory in BALL 13, VMI 7 – Dontae Mauch 80-yard pass from Al Cobb, Dillon Christopher PAT (7:54, 2nd) front of 10,473 fans in their season-opener in BALL 20, VMI 7 – Green 2-yard run, Hagee PAT (6:05, 2nd) Scheumann Stadium. The win was Ball State’s BALL 20, VMI 10 – Christopher 31-yard field goal (0:29, 2nd) sixth in a row in a home opener. BALL 27, VMI 10 – Green 35-yard pass from Jack Milas, Hagee PAT (10:34, 3rd) Anybody expecting to be entertained likely BALL 34, VMI 10 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT had no complaints as the teams combined (9:20, 3rd) to pile up 1,114 yards of offense, breaking BALL 34, VMI 17 – Brice Tucker 36-yard run, Christopher PAT the stadium record of 1,072 set in 2012 in the Darian Green (7:34, 3rd) BALL 34, VMI 24 – Aaron Sanders 6-yard pass from Cobb, Cardinals’ game vs. Northern Illinois. Christopher PAT (12:23, 4th) “These games are like three and a half hours BALL 41, VMI 24 – Gilbert 14-yard run, Hagee PAT (7:41, 4th) in purgatory if you’re in my position,” Lembo BALL 41, VMI 30 – Sam Patterson 15-yard pass from Cobb, said. “We were expecting a high scoring game a bone in a wrist late last season. He admitted Kick failed (4:55, 4th) to some nerves at the start of the game, but BALL 48, VMI 30 – Green 46-yard run, Hagee PAT (4:40, 4th) going in … we also anticipated we were going BALL 48, VMI 36 – Derrick Ziglar 1-yard run, 2-pt. attempt Lembo and offensive coordinator Joey Lynch to get the kitchen sink thrown at us, which we failed (2:48, 4th) certainly did. dialing up 34 pass attempts in the first half helped him settle down. Team Statistics VMI BALL “We saw a fake punt, a fake field goal, two First Downs 22 33 onside kicks and certainly some chances they “Just being out there again, getting the feel of a game, was great,” said Milas, whose 52 Rushing Yardage 103 229 took going for it on fourth down.” Passing Yardage 444 338 While the Ball State defense wobbled after pass attempts were second most in school his- Passes 35-49-0 34-53-1 a strong early start, the offense functioned at a tory. “I think I’ve improved, as an offense we’ve Total Offensive Yards 547 567 high level considering sophomore quarterback improved, and as a team we’ve improved Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Jack Milas was making only his seventh col- tremendously. Penalties-Yards 8-47 6-55 legiate start, the backfield was relatively inex- “From last year to this year, it’s a completely Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-44.0 4-42.2 different story.” Time of Possession 27:33 32:27 perienced and the offensive line included two 3rd Dn. Conv. 8-19 10-17 players who made starts for injured players. Ball State’s defense shut down VMI early, holding the Keydets to 46 yards and forcing 4th Dn. Conv. 3-4 1-1 Despite those potential obstacles, the Red Zone Scores 4-5 6-6 Cardinals’ performance on offense was notable them to punt after each of their first five pos- Sacks By-Yards Lost 0-0 1-6 in several areas. sessions. But VMI eventually found some momentum Individual Statistics Their 567 yards was the ninth-best offensive RUSHING: VMI: Tucker 15-87-1; Ziglar 5-8-1; Cobb output in school history, and gave them 1,152 and capitalized on some spotty play by the Cardinals’ defense to finish with 547 yards (303 6-7-0; Forlines 2-4-0; Mauck 1-(-3)-0. BALL: William- in their past two games going back to the 2014 son 16-74-0; Green 9-73-3; Gilbert 12-61-2; Milas finale. They ran 95 plays, tying for fifth most in after halftime). VMI scored 26 of its points in 4-23-0. school history. the second half. PASSING: VMI: Cobb 33-47-399, 3 TD, 0 INT, Forlines Sophomore tailback Darian Green tied Lembo said there were mistakes to correct, for sure, but he didn’t want his players to lose 1-1-21, Alford 1-1-24. BALL: Milas 34-52-338, 1 TD, a school record for a single game with four 1 INT. touchdowns – rushing for three and catching a sight of the winning feeling they experienced. pass for one. He also returned four kickoffs for “I told them afterward that I never want to RECEIVING: VMI: Sanders 13-118-1; Forlines 6-69-0; 120 yards, with a long of 48 yards. not be happy with a win because they’re too Patterson 4-44-1; Nicholson 3-39-0; Tucker 3-21-0; hard to come by,” he said. Mauck 2-131-1; Johnson 2-19-0; Shirley 1-3-0; Ziglar Milas set personal bests with 34 comple- 1-0-0. BALL: Williams 8-99-0; Mabon 7-54-0; Green tions, 52 attempts and 338 yards. He wasn’t Linebacker Sean Wiggins led the Cardinals with 10 tackles. Defensive end Joshua Posley 6-74-1; Lacanaria 6-55-0; Shillings 3-33-0; Hogue sacked all game despite numerous blitzes 2-23-0; Hagee 1-4-0; Williamson 1-(-4)-0. attempted by VMI. forced a fumble that Osa Igbinosun recovered, Eight players caught at least one pass, with setting up a fourth-quarter Ball State touch- TACKLES: VMI: Cratsenberg 6-9-15; Francis 5-7-12; Sanders 5-6-11; Copeland 2-6-8; Nelson 1-7-8. BALL: Jordan Williams snagging eight for 99 yards down. Ball State returns to action Sept. 12 at Texas Wiggins 5-5-10; Cromartie 5-4-9; Posley 2-6-8; Hall and KeVonn Mabon seven for 54. 6-1-7; Hester 3-4-7. “We operated pretty well offensively other A&M. than settling for some field goals in the first half,” Lembo said. “It was a good, solid win.” Milas played his first game since cracking

– 18 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 18 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes GAME TWO AT #16/19 TEXAS A&M Football Suffers 56-23 Setback at No. 16 Texas A&M Game Day Statistics COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Ball State Ball State ...... 23 University football team suffered a 56-23 loss at #16/19 Texas A&M . . . . . 56 at No. 16 Texas A&M Saturday night at Kyle Sept. 12, 2015 – Kyle Field (104,213) Field. This was the first-ever meeting between the two programs and Ball State’s first game Scoring Ball State 3 0 10 10 – 23 against an SEC opponent since 2009. at Texas A&M 28 21 0 7 – 56 “It was a disappointing loss,” Ball State head coach Pete Lembo said. “The numbers don’t Scoring Summary TAMU 7, BALL 0 – Tra Carson 1-yard run, Taylor Bertolet PAT lie. We didn’t get off to a great start, but I do (12:14, 1st) think we settled down a little at halftime and TAMU 7, BALL 3 – Morgan Hagee 21-yard field goal (9:59, 1st) was pleased with how the guys came out and TAMU 14, BALL 3 – Josh Reynolds 3-yard pass from played in the second half.” Kyle Allen, Bertolet PAT (7:06, 1st) TAMU 21, BALL 3 – Brice Dolezal 33-yard run, Bertolet PAT Texas A&M (2-0) started the scoring early (5:06, 1st) and took a 7-0 lead with just 2:36 shaved off TAMU 28, BALL 3 – De’Vante Harris 40-yard interception the clock, but the Cardinals responded with a return, Bertolet PAT (3:45, 1st) TAMU 35, BALL 3 – Jordan Davis 3-yard pass from Allen, 21-yard field goal from Morgan Hagee to make Bertolet PAT (13:16, 2nd) it a 7-3 ball game. Sophomore Darian Green TAMU 42, BALL 3 – Jeremy Tabuyo 20-yard pass from Allen, highlighted the Cardinals’ opening drive with Daniel LaCamera PAT (9:13, 2nd) back-to-back runs that totaled 74 yards to put TAMU 49, BALL 3 – Christian Kirk 10-yard pass from Morgan Hagee Kyler Murray, LaCamera PAT (1:39, 2nd) Ball State in scoring position. TAMU 49, BALL 10 – Darian Green 6-yard run, Hagee PAT After that, the Aggies would add six more (11:38, 3rd) touchdowns to take a 49-3 advantage over the TAMU 49, BALL 13 – Hagee 43-yard field goal (7:39, 3rd) TAMU 49, BALL 16 – Hagee 20-yard field goal (12:42, 4th) Cardinals at the half. TAMU 56, BALL 16 – Koda Martin 0-yard fumble recovery, Former Yorktown High School quarterback, LaCamera PAT (10:28, 4th) Riley Neal made his first collegiate appearance TAMU 56, BALL 23 – James Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT late in the second quarter. Neal remained in (7:34, 4th) the game for the remainder of the contest. The Team Statistics BALL TAMU true freshman finished 11-of-19 passing for First Downs 19 25 116 yards along with 57 yards rushing on eight Rushing Yardage 240 270 carries. Passing Yardage 121 233 Ball State (1-1) was the first to score in the Passes 12-27-1 21-29-0 second half when Green ran in a six-yard Total Offensive Yards 361 503 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 touchdown with 11:38 remaining in the third Penalties-Yards 3-15 7-79 quarter. Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-39.8 2-44.0 On the Aggies’ ensuing possession, sopho- Time of Possession 28:41 31:19 more defensive end Anthony Winbush forced 3rd Dn. Conv. 2-13 9-14 a fumble and recovered the ball after sacking 4th Dn. Conv. 1-1 1-2 Texas A&M quarterback Kyler Murray. The Red Zone Scores 5-6 6-7 Cardinals got the ball back on the Aggies’ 22- Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-25 1-6 yard line and would score off of a season best Individual Statistics 43-yard field goal from Hagee with 7:39 on the RUSHING: BALL: Green 11-97-1; Gilbert 11-70-1; clock. Neal 8-57-0; Williamson 7-16-0; Milas 1-0-0. TAMU: In the fourth quarter, Ball State added its Etwi 12-116-0; Dolezal 17-83-1; Carson 10-59-1; second touchdown behind a one-yard run Allen 5-8-0; Jeffery 1-4-0; Hubenak 1-4-0; Murray from freshman James Gilbert. 3-(-4)-0; Martin 0-0-1. Green and Gilbert combined for 167 yards PASSING: BALL: Neal 11-19-116, 0 TD, 0 INT; Milas on the ground and two scores. 1-8-5, 0 TD, 1 INT. TAMU: Murray 9-14-65, 1 TD, 0 On defense, junior Joshua Posley stood out INT; Allen 10-13-126, 3 TD, 0 INT; Hubenak 1-1-14, 0 for a second straight game with a sack and 2.5 TD, 0 INT; Carson 1-1-28, 0 TD, 0 INT. tackles for loss. RECEIVING: BALL: Shillings 4-23-0; Williams 2-58-0; “The biggest thing is we learned more about Curry 2-15-0; Lacanaria 2-5-0; Brunner 1-15-0; our football team … hopefully we can put it Mabon 1-5-0. TAMU: Kirk 4-43-1; Seals-Jones 3-54-0; all together next week as we open conference Noil 3-38-0; Tabuyo 2-27-1; Pope 2-19-0; Jeffery play,” Lembo said. 2-(-1)-0; Allen 1-28-0; Ratley 1-13-0; Holmes 1-6-0; Ball State continues its three-game road Reynolds 1-3-1; Davis 1-3-1. swing next Saturday with its Mid-American TACKLES: BALL: Ryan 3-7-10; Wiggins 4-5-9; Conference opener at Eastern Michigan. Game Cromartie 5-3-8; Hester 4-3-7; Ingle 1-6-7. TAMU: time is set for 3 p.m. Dunning 5-4-9; Washington 2-5-7; Ellis 1-4-5; Walker 1-4-5; Wilson 2-2-4.

– 19 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 19 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes GAME THREE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN Ball State Storms Back for 28-17 Win at Eastern Michigan Game Day Statistics YPSILANTI, Mich. – In the Mid-American Ball State ...... 28 Conference opener, the Ball State football team at Eastern Michigan . . . . . 17 pulled off a 28-17 victory over host Eastern Sept. 19, 2015 – Rynearson Stadium (4,463) Michigan. The Cardinals trailed 17-0 midway through the second quarter before rolling off Scoring Ball State 0 14 0 14 – 28 28 straight points. at Eastern Michigan 3 14 0 0 – 17 With the win, Ball State improves to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the MAC while Eastern Michi- Scoring Summary EMU 3, BALL 0 – Dylan Mulder 36-yard field goal (0:39, 1st) gan falls to 1-2 and 0-1. EMU 10, BALL 0 – Darius Jackson 19-yard run, Mulder PAT “It wasn’t an easy win. This is a much-im- (12:51, 2nd) proved team. But to come on the road and get EMU 17, BALL 0 – Jackson 63-yard run, Mulder PAT a win here is a nice start,” Ball State head coach (7:23, 2nd) EMU 17, BALL 7 – Riley Neal 41-yard run, Morgan Hagee Pete Lembo said. “We’re still learning a lot PAT (4:22, 2nd) about our football team and we still have a lot EMU 17, BALL 14 – Jordan Williams 26-yard pass from Neal, to fix, but we’re certainly going to take it and Hagee PAT (0:38, 2nd) BALL 21, EMU 17 – James Gilbert 5-yard run, Hagee PAT be happy with the result.” (12:55, 4th) Freshman quarterback Riley Neal led the BALL 28, EMU 17 – Gilbert 1-yard run, Hagee PAT (8:14, 4th) Cardinals on two long scoring drives late in the second quarter and then two more on Team Statistics BALL EMU First Downs 26 12 back-to-back possessions midway through the Rushing Yardage 278 123 second half. Passing Yardage 194 196 Ball State’s first scoring drive was an early Passes 24-33-0 19-39-2 turning point in the game. Trailing 17-0 in the Total Offensive Yards 472 319 second quarter and facing 4th-and-1 at its 34- Sean Wiggins Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 yard line, Ball State decided to go for the first Penalties-Yards 3-30 4-45 down. Freshman running back James Gilbert Punting (No.-Avg.) 5-34.0 5-45.2 extended the drive with a 10-yard run. Three Time of Possession 37:21 22:39 scrambles. Our guys did a nice job whether it 3rd Dn. Conv. 8-19 6-16 plays later, Neal scored on a broken play 41- was man or zone and not allowing explosive 4th Dn. Conv. 3-4 0-1 yard highlight run down the right sideline to plays off scrambles.” Red Zone Scores 2-3 2-3 get the Cardinals on the board. Green led the rushing attack with 164 yards Sacks By-Yards Lost 2-10 2-18 The Cardinal offense marched 94 yards on on 25 carries. Gilbert added 39 yards and two seven plays right before halftime to cut the Individual Statistics scores while Neal carried 11 times for 86 yards RUSHING: BALL: Green 25-164-0; Neal 11-86-1; Gil- deficit to 17-14. Neal capped the drive with a and a touchdown. Neal was also proficient bert 15-39-2; Milas 1-(-11)-0. EMU: Jackson 7-97-2; 26-yard touchdown strike over the middle to through the air, completing 24-of-28 passes Vann 6-25-0; Roback 6-6-0; Daugherty 2-(-3)-0. senior wide receiver Jordan Williams with 38 (85.7 percent) for 194 yards and a touchdown. seconds left on the clock. On defense, the Cardinals held Eastern PASSING: BALL: Neal 24-28-194, 1 TD, 0 INT; Milas Ball State took the lead for good with a me- 0-5-0, 0 TD, 0 INT. EMU: Roback 19-39-196, 0 TD, Michigan to just 106 yards on its final six pos- 2 INT. thodical 20-play, 85-yard drive that took 9:49 sessions. Sophomore defensive back David off clock in the third and early fourth quarters. Moore led the squad with six tackles. Fellow RECEIVING: BALL: Mabon 10-82-0; Williams 5-57-1; The Cardinals converted three third downs and back Darius Conaway added four stops and Lacanaria 4-32-0; Green 3-14-0; Shillings 1-5-0; two fourth downs on the crucial drive. Gilbert three pass break-ups. Hogue 1-4-0. EMU: Creel 5-51-0; Strange 4-43-0; gave Ball State the lead with a 5-yard scoring Daugherty 4-31-0; Jackson 2-39-0; Tuttle 1-14-0; Ball State returns to non-conference action Vann 1-8-0; Davis 1-6-0; Robinson 1-4-0. run with 12:55 remaining. next Saturday, Sept. 26 in its first ever meeting After a quick three-and-out by Eastern against Northwestern. TACKLES: BALL: Moore 5-1-6; Ingle 3-2-5; Taylor Michigan, Ball State went on the march again. 1-4-5; Hester 4-0-4; Conaway 3-1-4. EMU: Calderon Sophomore running back Darian Green put 10-7-17; Ibe 4-7-11; Zappone 4-6-10; Brown 7-2-9; the Cardinals in scoring position with a 30-yard Maclean 3-6-9. burst. A few minutes later, Gilbert slipped into the end zone again on a 1-yard run to extend the lead to 28-17. From there, the Ball State defense made sure the lead would hold. Senior linebacker Sean Wiggins, who recorded his first collegiate sack earlier in the contest, came away with interceptions on Eastern Michigan’s final two possessions. “We did a nice job fitting things in the second half and we didn’t have many missed tackles,” Lembo said. “One of the best things we did was stay in coverage down the field on

– 20 – BallStateSports.com • @BallStateSports • #ChirpChirp • 2015 Cardinal Football • @BallStateFB • @Pete_Lembo – 20 – 2015 Ball State Football Game Notes THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED … Scored over 50 points: Had a PAT blocked: BSU: 11-29-13 -- Ball State 55, Miami University 14 BSU: 10-18-14 -- at Central Michigan OPP: 9-12-15 -- Texas A&M 56, Ball State 23 OPP: 9-21-13 -- Eastern Michigan (Joel Cox) Scored over 50 points in a game twice in the same season: Returned an interception for a TD: BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29) and BSU: 9-11-10 -- Charlie Todd (36 yards) vs. Liberty Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21) OPP: 9-12-15 -- De’Vante Harris, Texas A&M (40 yards) Scored over 50 points in a game three times in the same season: Returned a punt for a TD: BSU: 2013 -- Ball State 51, Illinois State 28 (8/29); BSU: 11-24-09 -- Charlie Todd vs. Western Michigan (87 yards) Ball State 51, Eastern Michigan 20 (9/21); OPP: 11-20-10 -- Northern Illinois Ball State 55, Miami University 14 (11/29) Returned a kickoff for a TD: Scored at least 27 points in a quarter: BSU: 10-16-10 -- Eric Williams vs. Eastern Michigan (92 yards) BSU: 9-21-13 -- Ball State (27) at Eastern Michigan OPP: 9-29-12 -- Dri Archer, Kent State (99 yards) OPP: 9-12-15 – Texas A&M (28) vs. Ball State Returned a Fumble for a TD: Held Scoreless in a game: BSU: 11-22-14 -- Ben Ingle vs. Eastern Michigan (5 yards) BSU: 10-8-11 -- Temple 42, Ball State 0 OPP: 10-19-13 -- Ronald Zamort, Western Michigan (26 yards) OPP: 10-4-08 -- Ball State 31, Toledo 0 Game with Back-to-Back Kicks Returned for Touchdowns: Held under 100 yards rushing in a game: 10-22-05 -- Ball State at Ohio (BSU’s Dante Love/OU’s Scott Mayle) BSU: 11-12-15 -- Ball State (69) vs. Massachusetts Returned a punt for a TD and a kickoff for a TD in the same season: OPP: 11-22-14 -- Eastern Michigan (94) BSU: 2005, Dante Love, 94 yard KOR vs. Ohio, 10-22-05, Held under 100 yards passing in a game: and B.J. Hill, 54 yard PR vs. Akron, 11-5-05 BSU: 10-1-11 -- at Oklahoma (95) Recorded a safety: OPP: 10-4-14 -- Army (48) BSU: 10-24-09 -- Team at Eastern Michigan Held under 200 yards total offense: OPP: 10-27-12 -- Army BSU: 9-25-10 -- at Iowa (112) Defensive Extra Point: OPP: 11-12-10 -- Buffalo (144) OPP: 10-8-05 -- Western Michigan A player rushed for 200 yards or more in a game: BSU: 8-30-12 -- Jahwan Edwards vs. Eastern Michigan (200) OPP: 11-6-12 -- David Fluellen, Toledo (200) The last time Ball State played a top-25 team: Two players rushed for over 100 yards in a game: 9-12-15 -- Texas A&M 56, Ball State 23 BSU: 8-30-14 -- Jahwan Edwards (109) and Horactio Banks (134) vs. Colgate Texas A&M entered the game ranked #16 (AP)/#19 (Coaches) OPP: 10-27-12 -- Army (Trent Steelman, 101, Hayden Tippett 100) The last time Ball State defeated a top-25 team: Two players rushed for over 200 yards in a game: 11-6-12 -- Ball State 34, Toledo 27 at Toledo BSU: 10-24-09 -- MiQuale Lewis (301) and Cory Sykes (203) at Eastern Mich. Toledo entered the game ranked #23 by The Associated Press and #25 by ESPN/USA Today A QB rushed for over 100 yards in a game: BSU: 10-28-00 -- Talmadge Hill vs. Central Michigan (101) The last time Ball State hosted a top-25 team: OPP: 11-13-13 -- Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois (123) 11-22-03 -- vs. Bowling Green (BG 41-14) Bowling Green entered the game ranked #22 by AP An individual passed for over 400 yards: and #25 by ESPN/USA Today BSU: 11-29-13 -- Keith Wenning vs. Miami University (445) OPP: 11-22-14 -- Reginald Bell, Eastern Michigan (409) The last time Ball State played a top-25 team on the road: 9-12-15 -- Texas A&M 56, Ball State 23 An individual passed for over 300 yards: Texas A&M entered the game ranked #16 (AP)/#19 (Coaches) BSU: 9-3-15 -- Jack Milas vs. VMI (338) OPP: 9-3-15 -- Al Cobb, VMI (399) The highest ranked teams Ball State has ever played: 10-1-11 -- at Oklahoma (OU 62-6) An individual scored four or more TDs in a game: Oklahoma entered the game ranked #1 by ESPN/USA Today and #2 by AP BSU: 9-3-15 -- Darian Green vs. VMI (4) OPP: 10-8-05 -- Greg Jennings, Western Michigan (4) 11-4-06 -- at Michigan (UM 34-26) Entered Game ranked #2 by AP and #2 by USA Today Had a field goal blocked: BSU: 1-5-14 -- vs. Arkansas State The last time Ball State was ranked: OPP: 11-5-11 -- at Eastern Michigan (Joshua Howard) 12-7-08 -- Ranked 22nd in BCS Standings, #22 (USA Today), #23 (AP) Had a punt blocked: Highest Ball State has ever been ranked: BSU: 10-22-11 -- vs. Central Michigan 11-3-08 -- Ranked 12th in BCS Standings and by AP, and 13th by USA Today OPP: 10-25-14 -- vs. Akron (Teddy Williamson) Most consecutive weeks Ball State has ever been ranked: 10-5-08 to 12-7-08 -- Ball State ranked nine straight weeks

Largest Comebacks in School History 27 pts. BSU 31, Toledo 30 Oct. 9, 1993 at BSU -- BSU was behind 30-3 In Ball State’s 1993 Homecoming game vs. Toledo, the Cardinals fell behind 16-3 at the half, and Toledo scored two third-quarter touchdowns to take a 30-3 lead with 4:10 remaining in the third stanza. Ball State’s rally began with 2:24 left in the third quarter on a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mike Neu to receiver Brian Oliver. A Tony Nibbs’ two-point conversion run made the score 30-11 and that was all the scoring in the third stanza. BSU started its fourth-quarter scoring with a Neu to Oliver 98-yard TD pass with 11:02 left in the game. The Matt Swart extra point kick was good and closed the gap to 30-18. With 2:40 left in the contest, Neu completed a 15-yard scoring strike to receiver Kyle Robinson. Followed by Swart’s extra point kick, the Cardinals were down 30-24. Ball State’s final score came on a Neu to Erin McCray 6-yard pass as time expired in the game. Swart’s extra point kick with no time left on the clock gave the Cardinals a 31-30 win. 22 pts. BSU 26, Eastern Michigan 25 Nov. 12, 2005 at EMU -- BSU was behind 22-0 20 pts. BSU 24, Central Michigan 23 Oct. 24, 1992 at BSU -- BSU was behind 20-0 17 pts. BSU 28, Eastern Michigan 17 Sept. 19, 2015 at EMU -- BSU was behind 17-0 17 pts. BSU 31, Central Michigan 27 Oct. 22, 2011 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-0 17 pts. BSU 37, Central Michigan 34 Oct. 18, 1997 at BSU -- BSU was behind 34-17 17 pts. BSU 30, Ohio 27 (OT) Oct. 12, 1996 at BSU -- BSU was behind 17-0 16 pts. BSU 30, DePauw 24 Oct. 17, 1959 at Ball State 15 pts. BSU 35, Akron 21 Oct. 25, 2014 at Ball State 15 pts. BSU 26, Indiana State 24 Oct. 28, 1967 at Indiana State 15 pts. BSU 42, St. Joseph’s 19 Nov. 6, 1965 at Ball State

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2015 Ball State Football Ball State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2015) All games

Team Statistics BALL OPP SCORING 99 109 Points Per Game 33.0 36.3 Points Off Turnovers 17 13 FIRST DOWNS 78 59 R u s h in g 36 20 P a s s in g 36 38 P e n a lt y 61 RUSHING YARDAGE 747 496 Yards gained rushing 781 572 Yards lost rushing 34 76 Rushing Attempts 132 100 Average Per Rush 5.7 5.0 Average Per Game 249.0 165.3 TDs Rushing 10 7 PASSING YARDAGE 653 873 C o m p - A t t - I n t 70-113-2 75-117-2 Average Per Pass 5.8 7.5 Average Per Catch 9.3 11.6 Average Per Game 217.7 291.0 TDs Passing 2 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 1400 1369 Total Plays 245 217 Average Per Play 5.7 6.3 Average Per Game 466.7 456.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-228 13-263 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-45 4-87 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-0 2-68 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 25.3 20.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.0 21.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 34.0 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 6-3 PENALTIES-Yards 12-100 19-171 Average Per Game 33.3 57.0 PUNTS-Yards 14-538 12-534 Average Per Punt 38.4 44.5 Net punt average 32.2 39.1 KICKOFFS-Yards 19-1120 18-1121 Average Per Kick 58.9 62.3 Net kick average 39.8 38.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 5 0 2 7 : 1 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 20/49 23/49 3rd-Down Pct 41% 47% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/6 4/7 4th-Down Pct 83% 57% SACKS BY-Yards 7-41 3-24 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 12 15 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-6 2-3 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-2 RED-ZONE SCORES (13-15) 87% (12-15) 80% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-15) 53% (10-15) 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-12) 100% (13-14) 93% ATTENDANCE 10473 108676 Games/Avg Per Game 1/10473 2/54338 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Ball State 6 31 24 38 0 99 Opponents 31 45 7 26 0 109

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2015 Ball State Football Ball State Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 20, 2015) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 03 VMI 42 229 5 46 34 338 1 36 34-53-1 338 1 36 5 145 0 48 3 28 0 10 567 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 38 240 2 47 12 121 0 45 12-27-1 121 0 45 3 66 0 24 0 0 0 0 361 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 52 278 3 42 24 194 1 26 24-33-0 194 1 26 1 17 0 17 2 17 0 11 472 Ball State 132 747 10 47 70 653 2 45 70-113-2 653 2 45 9 228 0 48 5 45 0 11 1400 Opponents 100 496 7 63 75 873 7 80 75-117-2 873 7 80 13 263 0 32 4 87 0 56 1369

Games: 3 • Avg/rush: 5.7 • Avg/catch: 9.3 • Pass effic: 112.79 • KR avg: 25.3 • PR avg: 9.0 • All purpose avg/game: 557.7 • Total offense avg/gm: 466.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 03 VMI 40 52 92 7.0-18 1.0-6 3 2-0 0-0 5 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 14 48 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 36 54 90 6.0-28 4.0-20 2 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 23 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 31 16 47 6.0-29 2.0-10 0 0-0 2-0 7 8 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 Ball State 107 122 229 19.0-75 6.0-36 5 3-0 2-0 13 15 0 12-12 0 0 0 17 99 Opponents 124 152 276 12.0-44 3.0-24 1 1-1 2-68 10 13 0 13-14 0 0 0 13 109

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 VMI 4 169 42.2 49 0 0 0 0 4 2-2 27 0 9 565 62.8 2 0 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 5 199 39.8 51 0 0 0 1 1 3-3 43 0 5 268 53.6 0 0 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 5 170 34.02015 54 Ball0 State 0 0Football 1 2 0-1 0 0 5 287 57.4 2 1 Ball State 14 538Ball State38.4 Opponent54 Game-by-Game0 0 0 (as2 of Sep7 20, 5-62015) 43 0 19 1120 58.9 4 1 Opponents 12 534 44.5 54 All0 games 1 1 1 4 2-3 36 0 18 1121 62.3 8 1

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 03 VMI 29 103 2 36 35 444 3 80 35-49-0 444 3 80 7 141 0 24 1 11 0 11 547 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 49 270 3 42 21 233 4 28 21-29-0 233 4 28 4 97 0 32 2 67 0 56 503 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 22 123 2 63 19 196 0 27 19-39-2 196 0 27 2 25 0 18 1 9 0 9 319 Opponents 100 496 7 63 75 873 7 80 75-117-2 873 7 80 13 263 0 32 4 87 0 56 1369 Ball State 132 747 10 47 70 653 2 45 70-113-2 653 2 45 9 228 0 48 5 45 0 11 1400

Games: 3 • Avg/rush: 5.0 • Avg/catch: 11.6 • Pass effic: 143.10 • KR avg: 20.2 • PR avg: 21.8 • All purpose avg/game: 595.7 • Total offense avg/gm: 456.3

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 03 VMI 44 64 108 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-28 2 6 0 3-4 0 0 0 3 36 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 29 44 73 6.0-12 1.0-6 0 0-0 1-40 2 7 0 8-8 0 0 0 7 56 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 51 44 95 5.0-28 2.0-18 1 1-1 0-0 6 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17 Opponents 124 152 276 12.0-44 3.0-24 1 1-1 2-68 10 13 0 13-14 0 0 0 13 109 Ball State 107 122 229 19.0-75 6.0-36 5 3-0 2-0 13 15 0 12-12 0 0 0 17 99

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 VMI 5 220 44.0 47 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 31 0 5 297 59.4 0 0 Sep 12 at Texas A&M 2 88 44.0 46 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 9 567 63.0 5 1 Sep 19 at Eastern Michigan 5 226 45.2 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-2 36 0 4 257 64.2 3 0 Opponents 12 534 44.5 54 0 1 1 1 4 2-3 36 0 18 1121 62.3 8 1 Ball State 14 538 38.4 54 0 0 0 2 7 5-6 43 0 19 1120 58.9 4 1

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2015 Ball State Football Ball State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2015) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg GREEN, Darian 3 45 338 4 334 7.4 4 47 111.3 LACANARIA, C. 5 45 9.0 0 11 GILBERT, James 3 38 171 1 170 4.5 5 32 56.7 Total 5 45 9.0 0 11 NEAL, Riley 2 19 157 14 143 7.5 1 41 71.5 Opponents 4 87 21.8 0 56 WILLIAMSON, T. 3 23 92 2 90 3.9 0 12 30.0 MILAS, Jack 3 6 23 11 12 2.0 0 13 4.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg TEAM 1 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -2.0 WIGGINS, Sean 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total 3 132 781 34 747 5.7 10 47 249.0 Total 2 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 3 100 572 76 496 5.0 7 63 165.3 Opponents 2 68 34.0 1 40

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg MILAS, Jack 3 97.10 35-65-2 53.8 343 1 36 114.3 GREEN, Darian 7 186 26.6 0 48 NEAL, Riley 2 136.89 35-47-0 74.5 310 1 45 155.0 NOEL, Keenan 1 25 25.0 0 25 TEAM 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 MABON, KeVonn 1 17 17.0 0 17 Total 3 112.79 70-113-2 61.9 653 2 45 217.7 Total 9 228 25.3 0 48 Opponents 3 143.10 75-117-2 64.1 873 7 80 291.0 Opponents 13 263 20.2 0 32

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg MABON, KeVonn 3 18 141 7.8 0 22 47.0 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 WILLIAMS, Jord. 3 15 214 14.3 1 45 71.3 Opponents 1 1 1.0 0 1 LACANARIA, C. 3 12 92 7.7 0 14 30.7 GREEN, Darian 3 9 88 9.8 1 35 29.3 SHILLINGS, C. 3 8 61 7.6 0 14 20.3 HOGUE, Jordan 3 3 27 9.0 0 16 9.0 CURRY, Dylan 3 2 15 7.5 0 8 5.0 BRUNNER, Sam 3 1 15 15.0 0 15 5.0 HAGEE, Morgan 3 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.3 WILLIAMSON, T. 3 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 -1.3 Total 3 70 653 9.3 2 45 217.7 Opponents 3 75 873 11.6 7 80 291.0

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2015 Ball State Football Ball State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2015) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g GILBERT, James 5 ------30 NEAL, Riley 2 66 143 310 453 226.5 GREEN, Darian 5 ------30 MILAS, Jack 3 71 12 343 355 118.3 HAGEE, Morgan - 5-6 12-12 - - - - - 27 GREEN, Darian 3 45 334 0 334 111.3 WILLIAMS, Jord. 1 ------6 GILBERT, James 3 38 170 0 170 56.7 NEAL, Riley 1 ------6 WILLIAMSON, T. 3 23 90 0 90 30.0 Total 12 5-6 12-12 - - - - - 99 TEAM 1 2 -2 0 -2 -2.0 Opponents 15 2-3 13-14 - - 0-1 - - 109 Total 3 245 747 653 1400 466.7 Opponents 3 217 496 873 1369 456.3

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk HAGEE, Morgan 5-6 83.3 0-0 4-4 0-0 1-1 0-1 43 0 SCHMIDT, Kyle 12 486 40.5 54 0 0 7 2 0 EGAN, Alex 2 52 26.0 29 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Ball State Opponents Total 14 538 38.4 54 0 0 7 2 0 VMI (24),(27) (31) Opponents 12 534 44.5 54 1 1 4 1 0 Texas A&M (21),(43),(20) - Eastern Michigan 52 (36),34 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln SCHMIDT, Kyle 11 645 58.6 4 1 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. DRIDA, Steve 4 241 60.2 0 0 HAGEE, Morgan 4 234 58.5 0 0 2015 Ball State FootballTotal 19 1120 58.9 4 1 20.2 39.8 25 Ball State Overall Individual StatisticsOpponents (as of Sep 20, 2015) 18 1121 62.3 8 1 25.3 38.5 26 All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g GREEN, Darian 3 334 88 0 186 0 608 202.7 WILLIAMS, Jord 3 0 214 0 0 0 214 71.3 GILBERT, Jame 3 170 0 0 0 0 170 56.7 MABON, KeVon 3 0 141 0 17 0 158 52.7 NEAL, Riley 2 143 0 0 0 0 143 71.5 LACANARIA, C. 3 0 92 45 0 0 137 45.7 WILLIAMSON, T 3 90 -4 0 0 0 86 28.7 SHILLINGS, C. 3 0 61 0 0 0 61 20.3 HOGUE, Jordan 3 0 27 0 0 0 27 9.0 NOEL, Keenan 3 0 0 0 25 0 25 8.3 BRUNNER, Sa 3 0 15 0 0 0 15 5.0 CURRY, Dylan 3 0 15 0 0 0 15 5.0 MILAS, Jack 3 12 0 0 0 0 12 4.0 HAGEE, Morgan 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 1.3 TEAM 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0 Total 3 747 653 45 228 0 1673 557.7 Opponents 3 496 873 87 263 68 1787 595.7

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2015 Ball State Football Ball State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 20, 2015) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 3 WIGGINS, Sean 3 11 12 23 1.0-9 1.0-9 2-0 1 . . . . . 43 CROMARTIE, D. 3 12 8 20 1.5-6 . . 1 . . . . . 21 HESTER, Martez 3 11 7 18 . . . 1 . . . . . 19 INGLE, Ben 3 4 13 17 1.0-5 . . 2 1 . . . . 2 RYAN, Zack 3 7 9 16 1.5-2 . . . 2 . . . . 57 POSLEY, Joshua 3 5 9 14 4.5-16 1.5-10 . . 4 . 1 . . 13 MOORE, David 3 9 4 13 . . . 2 . . . . . 9 AYERS, Michael 3 6 6 12 1.0-1 . . . 1 . . . . 7 TAYLOR, Aaron 3 2 6 8 2.0-8 . . 1 . . . . . 50 SINGLETON, D. 3 5 3 8 ...... 93 WILLIS, Kevin 3 3 5 8 1.5-8 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . . 29 HALL, Corey 1 6 1 7 ...... 1 . . 20 CONAWAY, Darius 2 4 3 7 1.5-6 . . 3 . . . . . 45 McPHATTER, Jake 3 1 5 6 . . . 1 . . . . . 96 ZARAMO, C. 2156 ...... 30 PEYTON, Rontrel 2 3 3 6 . . . . . 1-0 1 . . 98 WINBUSH, A. 3 3 2 5 3.0-12 2.5-11 . . 1 1-0 1 . . 5 LACANARIA, C. 3 2 2 4 ...... 32 JACKSON, Jeremi 3 2 2 4 ...... 26 BAILEY, Avery 3 . 3 3 ...... 94 IGBINOSUN, Osa. 3 1 2 3 . . . . 3 1-0 . . . 37 GILBERT, Spence 3 2 1 3 ...... 55 WHITMAN III, J. 3 . 3 3 0.5-2 ...... 1 HOGUE, Jordan 3 1 1 2 ...... 42 BOYD, Julian 2.22 ...... 80 HEPP, Aaron 3 2 . 2 ...... 1 . . 22 HAGEE, Morgan 3 1 . 1 ...... 92 JACKSON, Julian 3 . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 47 TRAUB, Nick 3.11 ...... 8 WILLIAMS, Jord. 3 1 . 1 ...... 33 HOLDER, Tyree 1 1 . 1 ...... 12 SCHMIDT, Kyle 3 . 1 1 ...... 1C SOLOMON, Terin 1 1 . 1 ...... 35 NOEL, Keenan 3 . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . . . 85 BROWN, C. 1.11 ...... Total 3 107 122 229 19-75 7-41 2-0 15 13 3-0 5 . . Opponents 3 124 152 276 12-44 3-24 2-68 13 10 1-1 1 . .

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