Ball State Football TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN Game #3 Ball State football quick facts Ball State Cardinals a (1-1; MAC 0-0) Ball State suffered a 17-13 loss at Iowa Saturday to even its season record at 1-1 Head Coach: Pete Lembo on the year . The Cardinals fell just short in their bid for a third consecutive win over Career Record: 105-50/14th year a team from the Big Ten Conference and a victory over a power conference team for At Ball State: 26-14/4th year a fourth straight year . Ball State is now 2-1 against the Big Ten under head coach Pete Lembo -- having defeated Indiana in both 2011 and 2012. vs. a Ball State has allowed only 27 points in its first two games, which marks the fewest points allowed by a Ball State team since allowing 22 points in the first two games of Indiana State Sycamores the 1995 season . The Cardinals are one of only 26 teams from the Football Bowl (1-1; MVFC 0-0) Subdivision to allow three touchdowns or fewer in the first two games of the season. Head Coach: Mike Sanford Career Record: 18-47/7th year a Ball State is 17-3 in its last 20 regular season games . The Cardinals finished At Indiana State: 2-12/2nd year 2013 with a 10-3 record and a 7-1 mark in the Mid-American Conference. GameDay Information a Ball State allowed Colgate to score only 10 points in the season opener, which Sat., Sept. 13, 2014 -- 3 p.m. ET marked the fewest points scored by a Ball State opponent in the Pete Lembo era and Scheumann Stadium (Capacity: 22,500) the fewest since the Cardinals held Buffalo to three points in 2010. Field Turf -- Muncie, Ind. a In their first two games, the Cardinals are holding opponents to an average of 13.5 Radio points per game . That average ranks in a tie for 23rd for scoring defense in the latest Ball State Radio Network NCAA statistics. Flagship Station - WLBC FM 104.1 Joel Godett, play-by-play a Ball State's defense has recovered three fumbles this season, including a fumble Rich Spisak, analyst returned for a touchdown by Blake Dueitt at Iowa . The three fumbles recovered Luke Martin, sidelines ranks 22nd in the nation. WCRD-Radio (Ball State Student Station) a Ball State limited Iowa to only three scores in the Hawkeyes' six trips inside the red 91.3 FM zone Saturday . The Cardinals rank 25th in the nation in red zone defense. Tyler Bradfield, play-by-play Connor Onion, analyst a Matt Organ, sidelines The Cardinals competed in the GoDaddy Bowl after the 2013 season to mark back-to-back bowl appearances for only the second time in the school's 90-year history of football . The only other time Ball State has played in back-to-back bowls was after Television/Internet the 2007 and 2008 seasons. ESPN3 Jim Barbar, play-by-play a Ball State posted 10 victories in 2013, which marks only the third time in the John Gregory, analyst school's football history the Cardinals have won at least 10 games in a season . The Live Stats Cardinals were 10-1 overall in 1978 . Ball State was 12-2 overall in 2008. www.ballstatesports.com a Ball State's seven MAC wins last season marks only the fifth time since joining the league in 1975 the Cardinals have tallied at least seven wins in the MAC . The Tickets Cardinals were 8-0 in 1978 and 2008, 7-0-1 in 1993 and 7-1 in 1996. www.ballstatesports.com/tickets a Ball State finished second in the MAC's West Division in 2013, which was the best Media Relations finish for the program since winning the West in 2008. Media Contact: Joe Hernandez Cell: 765.730.4614; [email protected] a Ball State reached bowl eligibility for a third straight season in 2013 . The last Secondary Contacts: Paula Haughn & Tyson Mathews time the Cardinals won at least six games in three straight seasons came when the Office: 765.285.8242 team reached the mark in four straight campaigns from 1988-91 . Ball State won six games in 2011, nine games in 2012 and 10 in 2013. ONE TEAM, ONE MISSION BALLSTATESPORTS.COM @BALLSTATESPORTS @BALLSTATEFB @PETE_LEMBO Ball State Football 2014 News & Notes General Information Location: Muncie, Ind. 47306 Ball State News and Notes Enrollment: 17,851 2014 Team Captains: Jahwan Edwards, Ben Ingle, Brian Jones, Nick Miles and Jacob Founded: 1918 Richard will serve as the Ball State team captains this season. President: Dr. Paul W. Ferguson Alma Mater: Whittier College Always Improving: According to footballscoop.com, Ball State is the only Football Bowl Colors: Cardinal and White Subdivision school in the country to have upped its season win totals every year from 2010 Nickname: Cardinals to 2013 . After tallying a 2-10 record in 2009, the Cardinals improved to four wins in 2010, Home Facility: Scheumann Stadium (Field Turf) six victories in 2011, nine wins in 2012 and 10 in 2013. Football History: 2015 is the 91st team First Season in Stadium: 1967 Rushing Attack: In the season opener vs. Colgate, Ball State had two rushers gain over Capacity: 22,500 100 yards apiece . Horactio Banks, who missed the final three games of 2013 with a Conference: Mid-American (West Division) knee injury, led the Cardinals with 134 yards . It was the fifth career game for Banks to register 100 or more yards . Jahwan Edwards, who ranks fourth all-time at Ball State with Football Team Information 3,415 career rushing yards, managed 109 rushing yards vs. Colgate . It marked the 20th 2013 Overall Record: 10-3 time in school history the Cardinals had multiple 100-yard rushers in the same game and the 2013 MAC Record: 7-1 first time since 2012 against Ohio. Basic Offense: Multiple No Huddle Basic Defense: 4-3 Touchdown Machine: Jahwan Edwards, who ranked 19th in the nation in rushing touch- downs in 2013, set the Ball State record for total touchdowns in a career with 39, despite Starters Returning/Lost: 11/11 being only a junior last season . He scored the 40th TD of his career in the season opener vs. Colgate . Edwards has scored all 40 of his record-setting TDs on the ground and also Athletics (765.285.5131) holds the school record for rushing touchdowns in a career . His 100-yard rushing game Athletics Director: Bill Scholl vs. Colgate marked the 13th of his career, which ranks fourth on Ball State's all-time list . Alma Mater: Notre Dame ‘79 Edwards ranked 39th in the nation with 1,110 rushing yards in 2013 and 28th in the country Deputy Athletics Director: Brian Hardin with 100.9 rushing yards per game. Deputy Athletics Director.: Pat Quinn Senior Associate A.D./SWA: Karin Lee Edwards Climbing the Records Chart: Jahwan Edwards moved into third place on Ball Associate A.D.: Joe Hernandez State's career rushing chart last week at Iowa and now has 3,496 rushing yards in his career Director of Business Services: Stephanie Martin . He moved past Bernie Parmalee, who rushed for 3,483 yards from 1987-90 for the Car- Dir. of Marketing & Promotions: Shawn Sullivan dinals . Edwards trails only Marcus Merriweather (4,002 from 1999-2002) and MiQuale Director of Corporate Sales: Chris Ulm Lewis (3,748 from 2006-10). Director of Compliance: Megan Coyne Director of Compliance: Brock Hagerman The Oz Debuts at QB: Ozzie Mann, a redshirt sophomore quarterback for the Cardinals, Director of Game Operations: Josh Pawlus made the first start of his career in the season opener vs. Colgate . Mann, a graduate of Director of Facilities: Dan Byrnes Delta High School in Muncie, Ind., threw his first career touchdown pass in the first quarter Director of Development: Gina Bradburn to KeVonn Mabon . Mann, who graduated from the same high school as offensive coor- Exec. Dir., Cardinal Varsity Club: Brad Edmondson dinator/quarterbacks coach and former Ball State QB Joey Lynch, has completed 35-of-62 Faculty Representative: Dr. Charlene Alexander passes for 332 yards with two touchdowns and only one interception in his two games. , who received a medical redshirt after being side- Athletics Media and Alumni Relations The Receiving Corps: KeVonn Mabon lined with an injury after three games in 2013, had a career-high 11 catches for a career-high (765.285.8242; FAX 765.285.8929) 110 yards and recorded the third touchdown catch of his career against Colgate . He led Associate A.D.: Joe Hernandez the Cardinals for a second straight game at Iowa with three catches for 44 yards . Chris Assistant Director: Brad Caudill Shillings recorded career highs with five catches for 52 yards vs. Colgate and has seven Assistant Director: Paula Haughn catches for 76 yards on the season . Aaron Hepp, a former walk-on for the Cardinals, Assistant Director: Tyson Mathews hauled in his first career TD catch late in the first half vs. Colgate . True freshmenJordan Asst. Director/Graphics Design: Allison Rodebeck Hogue and Corey Lacanaria logged their first career receptions in the third quarter vs. Asst. Director/Multimedia: Joel Godett Colgate . Jordan Williams, who had four 100-yard receiving games in 2013, has three Graduate Assistant: Jenna Jorgensen catches for 24 yards this season. • Football Contact: Joe Hernandez KeVonn in the National Rankings: KeVonn Mabon ranks 26th in the nation with 7.0 Cell Phone: 765.730.4614 receptions per game. E-Mail: [email protected] Defensive Day: Blake Dueitt registered a 35-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the Secondary Contacts: second quarter at Iowa, which was the first career touchdown and first career fumble re- • Paula Haughn...Cell Phone: 765.716.1837 covery for Dueitt .