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BALL STATE CARDINALS Geoffrey Mearns President Ball State wide receiver Riley Miller BALL STATE UNIVERSITY Location: ............................................................................................................... Muncie, Ind. President: .......................................................................................................Geoffrey Mearns Director of Athletics: .............................................................................................Beth Goetz Head Coach: ..................................................................................Mike Neu (Ball State, 94) Faculty Representative: ........................................................................... Dr. Lindsey Blom Beth Goetz Director of Athletics Enrollment: ...................................................................................................................... 21,884 Founded: ..............................................................................................................................1918 Nickname: ................................................................................................................... Cardinals Colors: ....................................................................................... Cardinal (PMS 200) & White Stadium: (Capacity): .........................................................Scheumann Stadium (22,500) Website: .......................................................................................www.ballstatesports.com TEAM FACTS Offense: .........................................................................................................................Pro-Style Defense: ................................................................................................................................... 3-4 2018 Record:........................................................................................................................... 4-8 2018 Conference Record/Finish: ................................................................3-5 / 5th West Last Bowl Appearance: ..................................................................GoDaddy Bowl (2014) Mike Neu Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.................................................................................... 55/16 Head Coach Starters Returning/Lost: ...................................................................................................20/6 All-Time Record: ....................................................................................................449-426-32 All-Time MAC Record:............................................................................................ 179-164-3 MAC Championships/Last: .........................................................................................5/1996 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Football Contact: ....................................................................................................Mike Clark Office Phone: ......................................................................................................765.285.8904 Cell Phone: ..........................................................................................................765.760.6050 E-Mail: ........................................................................................................maclark4@bsu.edu Scheumann Stadium Press Box: ..................................................765.285.5381 or 5382 2019 MAC MikeFootball Clark Record Book 18 Athletic Communications BALL STATE CARDINALS TEAM INFORMATION 2019 Schedule Date Opponent Time Television Series Sat, Aug. 31 Indiana (at Lucas Oil Stadium) Noon ET CBS Sports Network Indiana leads 6-3 Sat., Sept. 7 Fordham 2:00 pm ET ESPN3 First Meeting Sat., Sept. 14 Florida Atlantic 2:00 pm ET ESPN+ BSU leads 1-0 Sat., Sept. 21 at North Carolina State TBA TBA First Meeting Sat., Oct. 5 *at Northern Illinois TBA TBA NIU leads 24-20-2 Sat., Oct. 12 *at Eastern Michigan 2:00 pm ET TBA BSU leads 34-24-1 Sat., Oct. 19 *Toledo 2:00 pm ET TBA Toledo leads 24-19-1 Sat., Oct. 26 *Ohio TBA TBA BSU leads 15-10 Tue., Nov. 5 *at Western Michigan 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET ESPN2/ESPNU/CBS SN WMU leads 25-20 Sat., Nov. 16 *Central Michigan TBA CBS Sports Network Series tied 25-25-1 Sat., Nov. 23 *at Kent State TBA TBA BSU leads 21-7 Fri., Nov. 29 *Miami TBA TBA Miami leads 19-12-1 *Mid-American Conference game Primary Media Outlets 2019 Squad Breakdown Starters Returning (20) BSU Athletic Communications Offense (8) Pos. 2018 Statistics Football Contact: Michael Clark HP 260 Curtis Blackwell OL Played in all 12 games with 11 starts at right guard Muncie, Ind. 47306-0929 Justin Hall WR Played in all 12 games, 69 rec., 622 yds. (9.0 avg.), led team with 69 rec. Phone: 765.285.8904 Riley Miller WR Started in all 12 games, 61 rec., 878 yds. (14.4 avg.), 7 TDs [email protected] Danny Pinter OL Started all 12 games at right tackle last season, after switching from tight end Newspaper Andrew Poenitsch OL Started 11 games on the offensive line between center and left tackle Muncie Star Press Zac Ricketts OL Spent the majority of the 2018 season at left guard Beat Writer: Jordan Guskey Kyle Schrank TE Played in all 12 games with 7 starts, 13 rec., 124 yds. (9.5 avg.), 2 TDs P.O. Box 2408 Kaleb Slaven OL Played in first three games at left tackle, missed the rest of the year due to injury Muncie, IN 47307-0408 Phone: 800.783.3932 [email protected] Defense (9) Pos. 2018 Statistics Christian Albright OLB Started in all 12 games, 67 total tackles, 34 solo, 8.0 tfl, 5.5 sacks, 1 INT, 4 ff Daily News Brett Anderson II S Saw action in all 12 games with 7 starts, 62 total tackles, 35 solo, 1.0 tfl, 1 ff, 1 pbu Sports Editor Bryce Cosby S Played in all 12 games with 11 starts, 93 total tackles, 42 solo, 1.5 tfl, 2 INT, 3 pbu Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 Chris Crumb DT Made 11 starts at nose tackle, 31 total tackles, 11 solo, 5.0 tfl, 1.0 sack Phone: 765.285.8255 Shannon Hall DE Played in all 12 games, 40 total tackles, 19 solo, 5.0 tfl, 1.5 sacks, 1 ff, 4 pbu [email protected] Antonio Phillips DB Played in 10 games with 7 starts, 43 total tackles, 20 solo, 0.5 tfl, 2 INT, 5 pbu Radio Jaylin Thomas ILB Played in all 12 games, 76 total tackles, 43 solo, 5.0 tfl, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 ff, 2 pbu Ball State Radio Network Jacob White ILB Played in 11 games with 9 starts, 66 total tackles, 32 solo, 4.5 tfl, 1.0 sack, 3 pbu Play-by-Play: Joel Godett Ray Wilborn OLB Started in all 12 games, 83 total tackles, 47 solo, 10.5 tfl, 3.0 sacks, 2 INT, 2 ff WLBC/WXFN-Radio 800 E. 29th Street Specialists (3) Pos. 2018 Statistics Phone: 765.288.4403 Joseph Greenwood LS Handled long snapper duties on special teams [email protected] Patrick LeCorre P 39 punts, 1,549 yards (39.7 avg.), long of 60 yards, 10 In20 Television Ryan Rimmler K Handled kickoff duties on special teams WISH-TV (Indianapolis) Sports Producer: Anthony Calhoun Starters Lost (6) [email protected] Offense (3) Pos. 2018 Statistics WRTV-6 (ABC Indianapolis) James Gilbert RB Played in 11 games with 10 starts, 152 att., 659 yards (4.3 avg.), 7 TDs Sports Producer: Dave Furst Corey Lacanaria WR Started in all 12 games, 49 rec., 524 yds. (10.7 avg.), 3 TDs [email protected] Riley Neal QB Started the first 9 games, 194-335 passing (57.9%), 1,917 yards, 11 TDs FOX 59/ CBS 4 (Indianapolis) Sports Producer: Chris Hagan (FOX 59) Defense (2) Pos. 2018 Statistics [email protected] Josh Miller CB Played in all 12 games with 9 starts, 46 total tackles, 40 solo, 2 INT, 4 pbu Sports Producer: Chris Widlic (CBS 4) Fred Schroeder DE Started in all 12 games, 37 total tackles, 16 solo, 3.0 tfl, 2.0 sacks [email protected] Specialists (1) Pos. 2018 Statistics WTHR-13 (NBC Indianapolis) Sports Producer: Dave Calabro Morgan Hagee K 11-16 FGs; 35-35 PATs; 68 total points [email protected] 2018 Results (4-8, 3-5 MAC) WPTA-21 (ABC)/WISE-33 (NBC) (Ft. Wayne) Date Opponent Score Total Off. Total Def. Att. Sports Producer: Dean Pantazi August 30 Central Connecticut W, 42-6 652 291 9,801 [email protected] September 8 at Notre Dame L, 16-24 349 414 77,622 September 15 at Indiana L, 10-38 347 457 40,240 WANE-15 (Fort Wayne) September 22 Western Kentucky L, 20-28 405 446 15,873 Sports Producer: Glenn Marini September 29 *Kent State W, 52-24 606 461 9,367 [email protected] October 6 *Northern Illinois L, 16-24 391 370 7,159 October 13 *at Central Michigan W, 24-23 359 388 10,255 October 20 *Eastern Michigan L, 20-42 384 420 14,022 WFFT-55 (FOX) (Fort Wayne) October 25 *at Ohio L, 14-52 242 554 13,774 Sports Producer: Justin Prince October 31 *at Toledo L, 13-45 437 531 15,214 [email protected] November 13 *Western Michigan W, 42-41 (OT) 349 548 5,503 November 20 *at Miami L, 21-42 382 523 17,639 *Mid-American Conference game www.GetSomeMACtion.com 19 BALL STATE CARDINALS ROSTER INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown 51 Christian Albright OLB 6-2/233 Jr. Kennesaw, Ga. 64 Andrew Poenitsch OL 6-3/280 R-Sr. Waukesha, Wis. 23 Brett Anderson II S 6-0/187 Jr. Grand Blanc, Mich. 39 Rashaad Poindexter RB 5-10/200 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 55 Chris Beech OL 6-1/293 R-Jr. Miamisburg, Ohio 16 Tyler ‘Red’ Potts CB 5-10/170 R-Fr. Columbus, Ohio 68 T.J. Beltavski OL 6-0/297 R-Jr. Strongsville, Ohio 71 Zac Ricketts OL 6-4/294 R-Sr. Bremen, Ind. 62 Curtis Blackwell OL 6-5/304 Jr. Uniondale, Ind. 97 Ryan Rimmler K 5-10/208 Sr. Heidelberg, Germany 79 Joseph Boggs OL 6-3/286 R-Fr. Reynoldsburg, Ohio 33 Michael Robinson Jr. OLB 6-1/200