Ball State Cardinals

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	157	3,261	796	4.1	1,547	499	3.1	1,714	297	5.8
Team Rank		112th	97th	53rd	106th	88th	72nd	98th	62nd	52nd	110th
Opponent	11	218	3,015		3.9	1,631	531	3.1	1,384	244	5.7
Opponent Rank		74th	26th		18th	57th	88th	41st	17th	38th	23rd
Net		-61	+246	+796	+0.2	-84	-32	+0.0	+330	+53	+0.1
Net Rank		98th	62nd	53rd	62nd	75th	87th	67th	34th	40th	72nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Doug Freed D. Freed	11	137	256	53.5	23.3	1,517	5.9	137.9	6	15	99.3	2.3	5.9
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	8	20	40.0	1.8	68	3.4	6.2	0	2	48.6	0.0	10.0
Bob Ferm B. Ferm	11	7	13	53.8	1.2	102	7.8	9.3	1	5	68.2	7.7	38.5
Jerry Eakle J. Eakle	11	2	6	33.3	0.5	5	0.8	0.5	0	0	40.3	0.0	0.0
Mark Warlaumont M. Warlaumont	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	22	22.0	2.0	1	0	614.8	100.0	0.0
Stevie Nelson S. Nelson	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	130	11.8	633	4.9	57.5	3	148	773
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	84	7.6	324	3.9	29.5	0	99	429
Doug Freed D. Freed	11	80	7.3	49	0.6	4.5	3	81	71
Mark Warlaumont M. Warlaumont	11	50	4.5	159	3.2	14.5	0	78	366
Mark Bornholdt M. Bornholdt	11	45	4.1	131	2.9	11.9	2	51	183
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	24	2.2	122	5.1	11.1	0	30	149
Tim Petty T. Petty	11	23	2.1	43	1.9	3.9	1	25	60
Dion Newton D. Newton	11	21	1.9	47	2.2	4.3	0	22	99
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	20	1.8	72	3.6	6.5	1	22	79
Neil Britt N. Britt	11	11	1.0	-12	-1.1	-1.1	0
Bob Ferm B. Ferm	11	5	0.5	-25	-5.0	-2.3	0
Bob Brinson B. Brinson	11	3	0.3	8	2.7	0.7	0
Jeff Flowers J. Flowers	11	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	8	80
Stevie Nelson S. Nelson	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	38	631

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Stevie Nelson S. Nelson	11	37	3.4	635	17.2	57.7	1	38	631
Mark Warlaumont M. Warlaumont	11	28	2.5	207	7.4	18.8	0	78	366
Dave LaCosse D. LaCosse	11	19	1.7	205	10.8	18.6	2
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	18	1.6	140	7.8	12.7	0	148	773
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	15	1.4	105	7.0	9.5	0	99	429
Frank Kurth F. Kurth	11	9	0.8	115	12.8	10.5	1
Jeff Flowers J. Flowers	11	6	0.5	80	13.3	7.3	0	8	80
Mark Bornholdt M. Bornholdt	11	6	0.5	52	8.7	4.7	0	51	183
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	6	0.5	27	4.5	2.5	0	30	149
Dave Naumcheff D. Naumcheff	11	2	0.2	32	16.0	2.9	0
Tim Petty T. Petty	11	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.5	1	25	60
Bob Bell B. Bell	11	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.2	0
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.6	0	22	79
Dion Newton D. Newton	11	1	0.1	52	52.0	4.7	1	22	99
Doug Freed D. Freed	11	1	0.1	22	22.0	2.0	1	81	71
Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Sel Drain S. Drain	11	3	57	19	1
Craig Adams C. Adams	11	3	-2	-0.7	0
Reid Willen R. Willen	11	2	45	22.5	0
Bill Walton B. Walton	11	2	39	19.5	0
Jim Smith J. Smith	11	1	3	3	0
Bruce Humes B. Humes	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Doug Freed D. Freed	11	3	1	10			60
Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11		1	1	8	19	49
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	3	0	3			18
Mark Bornholdt M. Bornholdt	11	2	0	2			12
Dave LaCosse D. LaCosse	11		2	2			12
Tim Petty T. Petty	11	1	1	2			12
Sel Drain S. Drain	11			1			6
Bob Ferm B. Ferm	11	0		1			6
Frank Kurth F. Kurth	11		1	1			6
Stevie Nelson S. Nelson	11	0	1	1			6
Dion Newton D. Newton	11	0	1	1			6
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	1	0	1			6
Mark Warlaumont M. Warlaumont	11	0	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Stevie Nelson S. Nelson	11	19	376	19.8	0	24	171	7.1	0
Sel Drain S. Drain	11					7	49	7.0	0
Terrell Smith T. Smith	11	5	45	9.0	0
Tony Bonanno T. Bonanno	11	3	46	15.3	0
Jeff Earle J. Earle	11	2	17	8.5	0
Terry Lymon T. Lymon	11	1	64	64.0	0
Steve Strausbaugh S. Strausbaugh	11	1	12	12.0	0
Scott Jordan S. Jordan	11	1	11	11.0	0
Bob Brinson B. Brinson	11	1	10	10.0	0
Bob Bell B. Bell	11	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11	8	13	61.5						19	19	100.0	43

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Mike Schafer M. Schafer	11	73	2,678	36.7
	Dave Naumcheff D. Naumcheff	11	6	214	35.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375