Lucas Oil Stadium was a sea of cardinal and crimson as Ball State took on Indiana, eventually upsetting the Hoosiers 27-20.
Before the game, sophomore Connor Bailey said he wasn't sure how the game will turn out. For him, it seemed like anybody's guess.
"I just hope we put up a fight, even if we lose," he said. "But I hope we win."
Bailey said he hoped the Cardinal fans could out-cheer the Hoosiers, but he'd rather see a victory reflected on the score board.
"Hopefully we just win and let the score do the talking," he said.
Ball State was down 7-0 after the first quarter but regained the lead going into the fourth quarter, securing a win at 27-20.
On Wednesday, Ball State had sold 25,000 tickets, 4,000 of them to students. According to Indiana football sports information director Jeff Keag, Ball State allocated 6,500 tickets to Indiana to sell to its fans.
Lucas Oil Stadium can seat 63,000, and the final headcount at the end of the game was 40,224.
Ally Doerner, a senior elementary education major, said she came to Indianapolis Friday night with two of her friends, and she had high expectations for Ball State.
"I'm not an IU fan," she said. "I want to get IU pummeled. I think we can pull it off."
She got her wish Saturday night.
Blake Hall, a sophomore chemistry major at Anderson University and a Muncie native, said he was looking forward to another season of Ball State football.
"I can feel this place charged," he said before the game.
Sue Wessel, a Ball State alumna, said she came to Indy to watch the game with her three sons who live in the city.
"At first, I wasn't real excited because I like the home games at home," she said. "But it's fun. I didn't think it'd be this big."
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