Ball State Football went 4-8 in 2018, marking the fifth straight season the Cardinals have finished the season with a losing record. Here are the most notable moments and facets from the Cardinals’ season.
QB Riley Neal and RB James Gilbert are not returning to the football team next season.
Two key players for Ball State Football are transferring.
After going into the half all knotted up at 21, Miami (Ohio) (6-6, 6-2 MAC) outscored Ball State (4-8, 3-5 MAC) 21-0 in the second half to win its third straight Red Bird Rivalry game.
Ball State Football (4-7, 3-4 MAC) may not be going to a bowl game, but it can finish .500 in Mid-American Conference play with a win over Miami of Ohio (5-6, 5-2 MAC) Tuesday.
On a cold Tuesday night, ineligible for the bowl game and playing in front of a crowd of only 5,503, Ball State Football played with its heart on its sleeve in a thrilling 42-41 overtime win over Western Michigan.
It took more than four quarters, but 83 points, four ties and two lead changes later, Ball State (4-7, 3-4 MAC) came away with a 42-41 win over Western Michigan (6-5, 4-3 MAC) on senior night.
It’s about that time of year when people are going to start debating over whether or not it’s appropriate to listen to Christmas music. Those arguments, while they can get heated, bring people together. Members of the Ball State Football team are coming together this week, but for a different reason.
In a pivotal midweek match up, which Ball State Football postseason fate would be dictated, Toledo came hot out of the gate to roll the Cardinals, 45-13. While the matchup had a similar finish to the Cardinals loss to Ohio last week, there were a few new aspects of the game that sought improvement from the team.
In a game with a total of seven interceptions and six fumbles, Toledo (5-4, 3-2 MAC) emerged victorious 45-13 at home over Ball State (3-7, 2-4 MAC).
From the Rose Bowl to the Glass Bowl, elementary school teacher and self-proclaimed “College Football Superhero” Andrew Bauhs has hit a little over half of the 130 college football stadiums in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision.
Ball State Football has to win. It’s that simple. If the Cardinals want to play in their first bowl game since 2013, they have to win.
The Eagles fall to the Giants 37-0 in the second round of the IHSAA 4A Sectional Playoffs.
In its first non-weekend game of the season since throttling Central Connecticut State in late August, Ball State Football broke down defensively as Ohio blew past the Cardinals, 52-14. What looked to be like a close game in the first quarter, as the Cardinals walked off the field with a 7-0 lead, proved otherwise.
Ohio (5-3, 3-1 MAC) outrushed Ball State (3-6, 2-3 MAC) 411-80 Saturday in a game that was never in question from the start of the second quarter.
One play, 12 seconds. That’s all Ball State redshirt freshman running back Will Jones needed.
In what head coach Mike Neu described as "a disappointing day", Ball State Football suffered its fifth loss of the season to a conference dark horse in Eastern Michigan, 42-20. Through 60 minutes of play, the Eagles capitalized on cracks in the foundation of the Cardinals play.
Eastern Michigan (4-4, 2-3 MAC) came into Scheumann Stadium and put an end to Ball State’s (3-5, 2-2 MAC) Homecoming celebration, defeating the Cardinals 42-20.
The Trojans' season comes to an end after a heartbreaking loss in double overtime to the Woodmen.
Scheumann Stadium seats 22,500 fans. Ball State has seen “The Scheu” fill up to just north of 70 percent (15,873) during Family Weekend. In the Cardinals’ other three home games this year, the average attendance comes out to less than 9,000.
