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[email protected] Ballstatesports.com Secondary Contacts: Paula Haughn & Tyson Mathews Game #11 Ball State football quick hits Ball State Cardinals (9-1; MAC 6-0) a Ball State improved to 9-1 overall and 6-0 in the Mid-American Conference with a 44-24 win Head Coach: Pete Lembo vs. Central Michigan . The Cardinals have now won seven straight games and 15 of their past Career Record: 103-47/13th year 16 regular season contests. At Ball State: 24-11/3rd year a The victory over Central Michigan was the Cardinals' 11th straight MAC win, which ties for vs. the second longest streak in school history . Ball State's longest MAC winning streak was 12 games in the 1977 and 1978 seasons, while the Cardinals won 11 straight MAC games in a Northern Illinois Huskies stretch during the 2007 and 2008 campaigns. (9-0; MAC 5-0) Head Coach: Rod Carey a Ball State is off to a 6-0 start in MAC games for the third time since joining the league in 1975 Career Record: 9-1/1st year * . The Cardinals posted an 8-0 conference mark in 1978 and an 8-0 MAC record in 2008. At NIU: 9-1/1st year (* coached NIU in 2012 bowl) a Ball State is 9-1, which marks only the fourth time in school history the Cardinals have won at least nine of their first 10 games .