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American college football season

2018 Ball State Cardinals football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoey Lynch (5th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDavid Elson (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumScheumann Stadium
Seasons← 20172019 →
2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Buffalo x   7 – 1     10 – 4  
Miami (OH)   6 – 2     6 – 6  
Ohio   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Akron   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Bowling Green   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Kent State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
West Division
Northern Illinois x$   6 – 2     8 – 6  
Western Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Eastern Michigan   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Toledo   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Ball State   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Central Michigan   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2018 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy Andrew Poenitsch C JR
Maxwell Award James Gilbert RB JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award Justin Hall WR SO
John Mackey Award Nolan Givan TE SO
Paul Hornung Award Malik Dunner RB/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy Riley Neal QB SR

Preseason media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in last place in the West Division.

West Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Northern Illinois 133 (15)
2 Toledo 125 (7)
3 Western Michigan 87 (1)
4 Eastern Michigan 67
5 Central Michigan 58 (1)
6 Ball State 34

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*ESPN+W 42–69,801
September 83:30 p.m.at No. 8 Notre Dame*NBCL 16–2477,622
September 1512:00 p.m.at Indiana*BTNL 10–3840,240
September 223:00 p.m.Western Kentucky*
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN3L 20–2815,873
September 293:00 p.m.Kent State
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN+W 52–249,367
October 63:00 p.m.Northern IllinoisESPN3L 16–247,159
October 133:00 p.m.at Central MichiganESPN3W 24–2310,255
October 203:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN+L 20–4214,022
October 257:00 p.m.at OhioCBSSNL 14–5213,774
October 317:30 p.m.at ToledoESPN2L 13–4515,214
November 136:00 p.m.Western Michigan
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN2W 42–41 5,503
November 207:00 p.m.at Miami (OH)ESPNU/ESPN+L 21–4217,639
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2018 Ball State Cardinals football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 55 Chris Beech  So
OL 68 T. J. Beltavski  So
WR 37 RJ Benkelman Fr
OL 62 Curtis Blackwell So
QB 10 Elliot Charlebois  Fr
WR 1 Antwan Davis  Jr
TE 82 Keidren Davis  So
RB 4 Malik Dunner Jr
WR 83 Luke Endsley So
RB 30 Tye Evans Fr
WR 25 Jaylen Flemmons Fr
WR 80 Justin Gibbs  Fr
RB 34 James Gilbert  Jr
WR 13 Brennan Gillis  Jr
TE 88 Nolan Givan  So
TE 41 Bryson Haft  Fr
WR 12 Justin Hall So
WR 84 Trevor Hohlt  Fr
QB 15 Riley Neal  Jr
WR 14 Khalil Newton So
TE 43 Wes Obermeier Fr
QB 18 John Paddock Fr
OL 75 Danny Pinter  Jr
QB 9 Drew Plitt  So
OL 64 Andrew Poenitsch  Jr
RB 39 Rashaad Poindexter So
WR 19 Devin Reece  Sr
OL 71 Zac Ricketts  Jr
FB 8 Cody Rudy  So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
OLB 51 Christian Albright So
S 10 Lamar Anderson Jr
S 23 Brett Anderson II So
OLB 44 Brock Burns  Fr
DB 41 Vince Campbell Fr
OLB 98 Mitchell Carter Fr
CB 36 Hunter Causey Fr
S 5 Bryce Cosby So
DT 42 Chris Crumb Jr
OLB 27 Jimmy Daw  Fr
ILB 47 Sid Fox  Fr
CB 38 Nik Giles  Jr
ILB 50 Hank Grenda  Fr
DE 56 Shannon Hall Jr
DE 90 Sean Hammonds Jr.  Jr
S 20 Myles Hannah  Fr
OLB 54 Sam Helm  Fr
CB 15 Verenzo Holmes Jr. So
CB 16 Tyler Potts Fr
ILB 37 Shahid Reece  Fr
OLB 33 Michael Robinson Jr. So
DL 55 Tuni Ropati Jr
OLB 58 Davion Tyson Fr
ILB 57 Trey Uetrecht Fr
DL 96 Tre Underwood So
CB 25 Amechi Uzodinma II Fr
S 31 Romero Wade  Jr
CB 7 Marc Walton Sr
ILB 2 Jacob White  Jr
OLB 11 Ray Wilborn Jr
OLB 13 Jordan Williams  Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 45 Joseph Greenwood So
K 22 Morgan Hagee Sr
K 97 Ryan Rimmler Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Central Connecticut

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 6 6
Cardinals 7 14 14 7 42
See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

At Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 3 0 10 16
No. 8 Fighting Irish 7 7 10 0 24
See also: 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

At Indiana

See also: 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team Ball State Cardinals (1–1) vs Indiana Hoosiers (2–0) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 3 0 7010
Hoosiers 3 21 7738

at Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana

  • Date: September 15, 2018
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Sunny, 84 °F (29 °C)
  • Game attendance: 40,240
  • Referee: Ron Snodgrass
  • TV announcers (BTN): Chris Denari (play-by-play), Bobby Carpenter (analyst)
  • Sources:
Game information
First quarter
  • (11:01) BALL – Morgan Hagee 31-yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, 3:55; Ball State 3–0)
  • (7:47) IU – Logan Justus 21-yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards, 3:03; Tied 3–3)
Second quarter
  • (14:55) IU – Stevie Scott III 1-yard run, Logan Justus kick (Drive: 12 plays, 89 yards, 4:39; Indiana 10–3)
  • (12:26) IU – J-Shun Harris 86-yard punt return, Logan Justus kick (Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, 2:07; Indiana 17–3)
  • (0:22) IU – Peyton Ramsey 5-yard run, Logan Justus kick (Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 2:51; Indiana 24–3)
Third quarter
  • (8:52) IU – Ronnie Walker 18-yard run, Logan Justus kick (Drive: 11 plays, 68 yards, 3:42; Indiana 31–3)
  • (2:08) BALL – James Gilbert 27-yard run, Morgan Hagee kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 2:26; Indiana 31–10)
Fourth quarter
  • (10:11) IU – Stevie Scott III 11-yard run, Logan Justus kick (Drive: 3 plays, 38 yards, 1:39; Indiana 38–10)
Statistics BALL IU
First downs 18 26
Total yards 347 457
Rushes/yards 39–204 44–255
Passing yards 143 202
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 14–28–1 24–32–0
Time of possession 27:17 32:43
Team Category Player Statistics
Ball State Passing Riley Neal 12/24, 115 yards
Rushing James Gilbert 16 carries, 89 yards, TD
Receiving Corey Lacanaria 4 receptions, 40 yards
Indiana Passing Peyton Ramsey 20/27, 173 yards
Rushing Stevie Scott III 18 carries, 114 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Luke Timian 5 receptions, 56 yards

Western Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 7 7 14 28
Cardinals 7 3 3 7 20
See also: 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Kent State

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 10 7 0 24
Cardinals 21 14 7 10 52
See also: 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Northern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 7 7 3 24
Cardinals 0 6 3 7 16
See also: 2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team and Bronze Stalk Trophy

At Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 17 24
Chippewas 3 17 0 3 23
See also: 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 14 14 7 42
Cardinals 0 6 7 7 20
See also: 2018 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

At Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 0 0 7 14
Bobcats 0 31 21 0 52
See also: 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team

At Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 6 13
Rockets 21 7 3 14 45
See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

Western Michigan

1 2 3 4OT Total
Broncos 7 10 3 156 41
Cardinals 7 14 7 77 42
See also: 2018 Western Michigan Broncos football team

At Miami (OH)

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 14 7 0 0 21
RedHawks 7 14 14 7 42
See also: 2018 Miami RedHawks football team

References

  1. "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. "NIU & Ohio Picked as Divisional Winners in 2018 MAC Football Media Preseason Poll".
  8. 2018 Ball State Cardinals football schedule. ballstatesports.com. Accessed February 27, 2018.
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