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Media Relations Office, HP 266, Muncie, Ind., 47306-0929 Media Contact: Joe Hernandez, Office: 765.285.8242 Ball State football Cell: 765.730.4614; [email protected] Ballstatesports.com Secondary Contacts: Paula Haughn & Tyson Mathews Game #4 Ball State football quick hits Ball State Cardinals (2-1; MAC 0-0) a Ball State is 2-0 in MAC openers under third-year head coach Pete Lembo . The Cardinals Head Coach: Pete Lembo are 5-2 in their last seven MAC openers. Career Record: 96-47/13th year At Ball State: 17-11/3rd year a The Cardinals have scored 118 points in their first three games this season -- 51 vs. Illinois State, 40 vs. Army and 27 at North Texas . The 118 points are the second most in school history vs. in the opening three games of a season. a Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-2; MAC 0-0) Ball State ranks No. 1 in the Mid-American Conference in scoring offense (39.3) and passing Head Coach: Ron English offense (332.7), while ranking No. 2 in the league in scoring defense (25.3) . The Cardinals are Career Record: 11-40/5th year 13th in the nation in passing offense. At Eastern Michigan: 11-40/5th year a Senior Keith Wenning is one of four Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks in the country GameDay Information with at least 300 passing yards in three games this year. Sat., Sept. 21, 2013 -- 1 p.m. (ET) a Ball State is one of three Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country that have scored Rynearson Stadium (Capacity: 30,200) touchdowns on their opening drives in each of the first three games . East Carolina and Ohio Field Turf -- Ypsilanti, Mich. State are the other two, while Baylor has scored on each of its opening drives in its two contests . Eleven other schools have scored either a TD or a field goal on their opening drives in each Radio game. Ball State Radio Network a Ball State fell to 2-1 on the season with a 34-27 road loss at North Texas . This marks the Flagship Station - WLBC FM 104.1 third straight campaign the Cardinals have started the year with two wins in its first three games. Joel Godett, play-by-play Mark O'Connell, color analyst a With the loss at North Texas, Ball State snapped its eight game regular season winning streak Luke Martin, sidelines Jeff Weller, host . The Cardinals also ended a streak of four straight wins in road contests . Ball State ended the 2012 regular season with wins in its final five Mid-American Conference games and its final WCRD-Radio (Ball State Student Station) four road games. 91.3 FM Tyler Bradfield, play-by-play a Ball State scored 37 unanswered points after trailing 7-0 to Army . It marked the second Sean Stewart, color analyst straight game the Cardinals made a run of unanswered points . Ball State scored 42 straight points vs. Illinois State after falling behind 21-9 late in the second quarter. Television/Internet a Ball State opened the season with a 51-28 home victory over Illinois State . With the win, ESPN3 Ball State head coach Pete Lembo improved his career coaching mark to 10-3 in season openers Dan Gutowsky, play-by-play as the head coach at Lehigh, Elon and with the Cardinals . It marked Ball State's third straight Forrest Conoly, color analyst win in a season opener, which marks the first time that has happened since 1976-78. Live Stats 2013 Ball State Football (2-1; MAC 0-0) www.ballstatesports.com Date Opponent Location Time/Results Media Thurs., Aug. 29 Illinois State Muncie, Ind. W, 51-28 BSRN/ESPN3 Tickets Sat., Sept. 7 Army Muncie, Ind. W, 40-14 BSRN/ESPN3 www.ballstatesports.com/tickets Sat., Sept. 14 North Texas Denton, Texas L, 34-27 BSRN/Fox Sports Net Listen to the Coach Sat., Sept. 21 Eastern Michigan* Ypsilanti, Mich. 1 p.m. BSRN/ESPN3 • Monday Night w/ the Red & White Radio Show at Applebee's 7-7:45 ** FAMILY WEEKEND ** • Next Cardinal Endzone TV Show Sat., Sept. 28 Toledo * Muncie, Ind. 3 p.m. BSRN/ESPN3 Featuring Head Coach Pete Lembo Sat., Oct. 5 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. TBA BSRN/ACC TV Network Thurs. -- 6 p.m. - WIPB-TV, Muncie • Next Football Insider Luncheon ** HOMECOMING ** Sept. 26 -- 11:30 a.m. at Ball State Sat., Oct. 12 Kent State * Muncie, Ind. 3 p.m. BSRN Alumni Center - $15 per person Championship Team Reunions: 1978, 1993 and 2008 Follow the Cardinals: Sat., Oct. 19 Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. 2 p.m. BSRN Sat., Oct. 26 Akron * Akron, Ohio Noon BSRN/ESPN3/ESPN Regional Twitter: @bsuathletics Wed., Nov. 6 Central Michigan * Muncie, Ind. 8 p.m. BSRN/ESPN2 Twitter: @BSUCardsFB Wed., Nov. 13 Northern Illinois * DeKalb, Ill. 8 p.m. BSRN/ESPN2 or ESPNU Twitter: @Pete_Lembo Fri., Nov. 29 Miami University * Muncie, Ind. TBA BSRN/ESPNU or ESPN3 Facebook: BallStateFootball ALL TIMES ARE (ET); * Mid-American Conference Games; BSRN - Ball State Radio Network - Flagship WLBC FM 104.1 ballball statestate footballfootball byby thethe numbersnumbers senior quarterback Keith Wenning has accounted for nine touchdowns for the Cardinals this season with seven touchdown passes and two touchdown runs. senior wide receiver/kick returner He leads the MAC and is tied for 10th in the country Jamill Smith ranks No. 1 in the in points responsible for. 9 nation with an average of 39.6 1 yards per kickoff return. He has five kickoff returns for 198 yards Horactio Banks tallied a 77-yard touchdown run in 2013. at North Texas, which was the longest rush of his career and his fourth TD in three games in 2013. The 77-yard rush ranks as the seventh longest rush of the season in the Football Bowl 77 Subdivision. points scored by Ball State in its first three games of the 2013 season. The 118 points are the second most in school 4 history in the opening three games of a season. The 2008 team scored 124 in number of true its first three games. freshmen who have played for the 118 Cardinals this season -- Darius Conaway, Blake Dueitt, Sean Wiggins, unanswered points scored Teddy Williamson against Illinois State in the season opener after the Cardinals trailed 21-9 6 late in the second quarter. senior quarterback Keith Wenning and junior The 42 unanswered was wide receiver Willie Snead have connected the most since the 1996 for six touchdowns in the last four games, season in a 43-0 win vs. dating back to last season. 42 Kent State. with 77 receiving yards at North number of consecutive passes Texas, junior wide receiver Willie Keith Wenning threw without Snead moved into eighth place on an interception before a Ball State's career receiving yardage North Texas interception in list with 1,780 yards. Snead also 150 the second quarter. Prior 77 ranks in the top 10 at Ball State in to that pass, Wenning's last careeer receptions (136, 7th tie) and interception was Nov. 6, 2012. touchdown catches (13, 7th). Ball State football 2013 News & Notes MEDIA information Anything, Anytime, Anywhere • Monday: Ball State head coach Pete Lembo on the Mid-American Conference Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan Coaches Call . Call begins at 9:30 a.m. • Ball State Injury Update: OUT: KeVonn Mabon (collar bone); QUESTIONABLE: Dylan Curry and Coach Lembo is on at 10:10 . Call (concussion like symptoms); Jalen Schlachter (ankle); Connor Ryan (thumb); PROBABLE: Jahwan the MAC Office for the call-in number. Edwards (concussion like symptoms); Kenneth Lee (knee) • Tuesday: Ball State head coach Pete • Scouting Eastern Michigan: The Eagles fell to 1-2 overall after suffering a 28-10 loss at Rutgers Lembo weekly press conference at Noon Saturday . EMU defeated Howard (34-24) at home in the season opener and lost at Penn State at the Ball State Alumni Center . Airs (45-7) in the second game of the season. live on www.ballstatesports.com and archived on the site after the press • Familiar Faces: Eastern Michigan offensive coordinator Stan Parrish was Ball State's head coach conference. in 2009 and 2010 after serving as the team's offensive coordinator from 2005-08 . Brad Wilson and Michael Switzer, former football letterwinners at Ball State, are also on the EMU staff. • Tuesday: Ball State football practices open to the media . Coaches and • Series vs. Eastern Michigan: Ball State and Eastern Michigan have met 54 times with the Car- player interviews after practice . dinals holding a 31-21-2 all-time advantage . Ball State has won seven of the last eight meetings, including a 37-26 win last season in Muncie, Ind. In games played at EMU, Ball State leads the Practice typically runs from 3:45-5:40. series by a 16-11 margin. • Wednesday: Ball State football practices Ball State Players on Watch Lists open to the media . Coaches and player interviews after practice . Ball State is one of only seven schools in the nation to have a student-athlete on the watch lists for Practice typically runs from 3:45-5:40. the Biletnikoff, Mackey, Maxwell, O’Brien and Walker awards. The other six schools are No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Oregon, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 7 Louisville, No. 9 Georgia and No. 16 Miami (Fla.). • Thursday: Ball State head coach Pete Lembo available for one-on-one Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award interviews by appointment from 9:30 to Keith Wenning Davey O'Brien Award • Maxwell Award 10:30 a.m. Please arrange through associate athletics director Joe Jahwan Edwards Doak Walker Award Hernandez at [email protected].