Ball State 15-51 Liberty (Sep 19, 2026)

Scoring Plays All Drives

BALL

LIB

1

7

13

2

0

10

3

8

14

4

0

14

15

51

1Q 10:26

0 - 6

M. Jackson 12-yard TD catch from D. Purdie.

Touchdown

Missed XP

1st & 10

1Q 05:49

7 - 6

TJ Horton 2-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

1Q 03:52

7 - 13

J. Person 16-yard TD catch from D. Purdie.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

2Q 08:53

7 - 16

C. Reeves 46-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 3

2Q 00:17

7 - 23

J. Person 7-yard TD catch from D. Purdie.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

3Q 11:24

7 - 30

E. Vasko 4-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & Goal

3Q 07:05

7 - 37

K. Davis 14-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 7

3Q 02:47

15 - 37

TJ Horton 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

2PT Conversion

2nd & Goal

4Q 07:37

15 - 44

T. Kellman 21-yard TD catch from J. Henderson.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 10

4Q 05:09

15 - 51

J. Belford 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & Goal

Top Performers

Pass Yds

211

Purdie

LIB

Rush Yds

79

Horton

BALL

Rec Yds

88

Jackson

LIB

Scrim TD

2

Horton

BALL

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Keldric Luster

BALL QB #6

Deshawn Purdie

LIB QB #5

93

Pass Yds

211

0

Pass TD

3

0

Int

0

BALL

Team Stats

LIB

246

Total Yds

458

28:01

Possession

31:59

17

1st Downs

23

1/9

3rd Down

10/13

1

Turnovers

1

2026 Mid-American

BALLLIB

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	2	.333
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	2	.333
3	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
6	Missouri State	1	2	.333
7	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

Game Summary

The Liberty Flames dominated the Ball State Cardinals, 51 to 15, yesterday.

Game Info

September 19, 2026

ESPN+

Williams Stadium (VA)

Lynchburg, Virginia

79°

4 mph ESE

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	10/21	93	4.4	0	0	2-1	84.8

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie #5	13/20	211	10.6	3	0	1-2	203.1
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	3/4	37	9.3	1	0	0-0	235.2

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
TJ Horton TJ Horton #4	8	79	9.9	2	25
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	10	42	4.2	0	12
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	7	41	5.9	0	20
Elijah Jackson E. Jackson #0	2	5	2.5	0	4
Jalen Bonds J. Bonds #2	4	4	1.0	0	3
Tyler Mizzell T. Mizzell #9	3	-1	-0.3	0	8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	3	51	17.0	0	43
Peyton Jones P. Jones #7	9	35	3.9	0	16
Kanye Udoh K. Udoh #6	5	33	6.6	0	15
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie #5	6	29	4.8	0	10
Kam Davis K. Davis #4	3	26	8.7	1	14
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman #0	4	20	5.0	0	13
Jachin Davis J. Davis #18	2	15	7.5	0	14
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko #15	1	4	4.0	1	4
Darius Copeland D. Copeland #1	1	4	4.0	0	4
Jaylin Belford J. Belford #26	2	1	0.5	1	1
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	3	-1	-0.3	0	2

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
Isaiah Thacker I. Thacker #11	4/5	44	11.0	14
Donovan Hamilton D. Hamilton #1	2/5	19	9.5	12
Tate Hoover T. Hoover #24	1/1	13	13.0	13
Jamarion McDougle J. McDougle #10	1/4	9	9.0	9
Jalen Bonds J. Bonds #2	1/1	7	7.0	7
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	1/1	1	1.0	1
Jabari Smith J. Smith #5	0/2	0	0	0
Alex Scherle A. Scherle #88	0/1	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Makai Jackson M. Jackson #2	4/5	88	22.0	1	54
Darius Copeland D. Copeland #1	4/5	43	10.8	0	16
LaKelsey Johnson Jr. L. Johnson Jr. #87	1/1	37	37.0	0	37
Jamari Person J. Person #3	4/4	37	9.3	2	16
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	1/1	21	21.0	1	21
Zeke Wimbush Z. Wimbush #88	1/1	20	20.0	0	20
Caleb Ryan C. Ryan #48	1/1	2	2.0	0	2
Rashawn Cunningham R. Cunningham #12	0/2	0	0	0	0
Kam Davis K. Davis #4	0/1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Randolph B. Randolph #9	0/1	0	0	0	0
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman #0	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	1	1	0
Ameir Glenn A. Glenn #56	0	0	1

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	1	1	0
Kyle Ferm K. Ferm #22	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Stu Smith S. Smith #1	8-6	1	0.0	0
Cincear Lewis C. Lewis #6	7-4	0	0.0	0
Will Yates W. Yates #4	5-4	0	0.0	0
Gavin Forsha G. Forsha #27	5-5	1	1.0	0
Kaleb Stewart K. Stewart #16	3-2	0	0.0	0
Anthony Pinnace A. Pinnace #14	3-1	0	0.0	0
Cedric Franklin II C. Franklin II #18	2-2	0	0.0	0
Justin Thomas J. Thomas #9	2-1	0	0.0	1
Layton Starks L. Starks #11	2-2	0	0.0	0
Sam Feeney S. Feeney #48	2-2	0	0.0	0
Keilan Smith K. Smith #58	2-2	0	0.0	0
Gabe Aramboles G. Aramboles #21	2-2	0	0.0	0
Kamari Williams K. Williams #17	2-2	0	0.0	0
Quentavius Scandrett Q. Scandrett #2	2-1	0	0.0	0
DJ Fields DJ Fields #0	2-2	0	0.0	0
Ka'Shawn Thomas K. Thomas #94	1-0	0	0.0	0
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	1-1	0	0.0	0
Deondre Shepherd D. Shepherd #12	1-1	0	0.0	0
Spencer Vaka S. Vaka #54	1-0	0	0.0	0
Austin Stief A. Stief #10	1-1	0	0.0	0
Stone Perkins S. Perkins #28	1-1	0	0.0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Dillano Glaud D. Glaud #6	4-3	0	0.0	0
Ronald Moore Jr. R. Moore Jr. #10	4-3	0	0.0	0
Jiquavious Marshall J. Marshall #2	4-3	0	0.0	0
Jeremiah Vessel J. Vessel #13	4-4	0	0.0	0
Derrell Farrar D. Farrar #1	3-2	1	0.0	0
Nathan Pirolli N. Pirolli #94	3-2	0	0.0	0
Ashton McShane A. McShane #21	2-2	0	0.0	0
Jayden Whaley J. Whaley #19	2-2	0	0.0	0
Tyrell Gainey T. Gainey #16	2-1	0	0.0	0
Michael Floyde M. Floyde #91	2-2	1	1.0	1
Deuce Spurlock D. Spurlock #9	2-1	1	1.0	0
D-Icey Hopkins D. Hopkins #0	2-2	0	0.0	0
Izaiah Guy I. Guy #7	2-2	0	0.0	0
Clayton Shepler C. Shepler #27	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jeffrey Hairston Jr. J. Hairston Jr. #95	1-0	0	0.0	0
Samuel Cohen S. Cohen #56	1-1	0	0.0	0
Lorenzo Payne L. Payne #11	1-1	0	0.0	0
Macaiden Brown M. Brown #26	1-1	0	0.0	0
Xavier Reid X. Reid #99	1-1	1	1.0	0
Henry Hicks H. Hicks #55	1-0	0	0.0	0
Micah Pollard M. Pollard #4	1-1	0	0.0	0
Markus Clark M. Clark #15	1-0	0	0.0	0
Mike Jarvis M. Jarvis #97	1-1	0	0.0	0
Brenton Williams B. Williams #8	1-1	0	0.0	0
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	1-1	0	0.0	0
Ethan Crisp E. Crisp #30	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jayden Davis J. Davis #17	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jamal Miles J. Miles #28	1-0	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Brody Boehm B. Boehm #38	0/1	1/1	1	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Chase Reeves C. Reeves #42	1/1	4/5	7	46
Tyler Black T. Black #98	0/0	2/2	2	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Cole Stumbaugh C. Stumbaugh #32	6	235	39.2	47

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Sam Crossan S. Crossan #49	1	51	51.0	51

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
TJ Horton TJ Horton #4	2	40	20.0	0	0
Eli Hohlt E. Hohlt #83	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jon Monteiro J. Monteiro #10	1	22	22.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Makai Jackson M. Jackson #2	1	0	0.0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	10/21	93	4.4	0	0	2-1	84.8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
TJ Horton TJ Horton #4	8	79	9.9	2	25
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	10	42	4.2	0	12
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	7	41	5.9	0	20
Elijah Jackson E. Jackson #0	2	5	2.5	0	4
Jalen Bonds J. Bonds #2	4	4	1.0	0	3
Tyler Mizzell T. Mizzell #9	3	-1	-0.3	0	8

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
Isaiah Thacker I. Thacker #11	4/5	44	11.0	14
Donovan Hamilton D. Hamilton #1	2/5	19	9.5	12
Tate Hoover T. Hoover #24	1/1	13	13.0	13
Jamarion McDougle J. McDougle #10	1/4	9	9.0	9
Jalen Bonds J. Bonds #2	1/1	7	7.0	7
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	1/1	1	1.0	1
Jabari Smith J. Smith #5	0/2	0	0	0
Alex Scherle A. Scherle #88	0/1	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Keldric Luster K. Luster #6	1	1	0
Ameir Glenn A. Glenn #56	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Stu Smith S. Smith #1	8-6	1	0.0	0
Cincear Lewis C. Lewis #6	7-4	0	0.0	0
Will Yates W. Yates #4	5-4	0	0.0	0
Gavin Forsha G. Forsha #27	5-5	1	1.0	0
Kaleb Stewart K. Stewart #16	3-2	0	0.0	0
Anthony Pinnace A. Pinnace #14	3-1	0	0.0	0
Cedric Franklin II C. Franklin II #18	2-2	0	0.0	0
Justin Thomas J. Thomas #9	2-1	0	0.0	1
Layton Starks L. Starks #11	2-2	0	0.0	0
Sam Feeney S. Feeney #48	2-2	0	0.0	0
Keilan Smith K. Smith #58	2-2	0	0.0	0
Gabe Aramboles G. Aramboles #21	2-2	0	0.0	0
Kamari Williams K. Williams #17	2-2	0	0.0	0
Quentavius Scandrett Q. Scandrett #2	2-1	0	0.0	0
DJ Fields DJ Fields #0	2-2	0	0.0	0
Ka'Shawn Thomas K. Thomas #94	1-0	0	0.0	0
Johnny Thompson Jr. J. Thompson Jr. #3	1-1	0	0.0	0
Deondre Shepherd D. Shepherd #12	1-1	0	0.0	0
Spencer Vaka S. Vaka #54	1-0	0	0.0	0
Austin Stief A. Stief #10	1-1	0	0.0	0
Stone Perkins S. Perkins #28	1-1	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Brody Boehm B. Boehm #38	0/1	1/1	1	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Cole Stumbaugh C. Stumbaugh #32	6	235	39.2	47

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
TJ Horton TJ Horton #4	2	40	20.0	0	0
Eli Hohlt E. Hohlt #83	1	0	0.0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie #5	13/20	211	10.6	3	0	1-2	203.1
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	3/4	37	9.3	1	0	0-0	235.2

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	3	51	17.0	0	43
Peyton Jones P. Jones #7	9	35	3.9	0	16
Kanye Udoh K. Udoh #6	5	33	6.6	0	15
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie #5	6	29	4.8	0	10
Kam Davis K. Davis #4	3	26	8.7	1	14
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman #0	4	20	5.0	0	13
Jachin Davis J. Davis #18	2	15	7.5	0	14
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko #15	1	4	4.0	1	4
Darius Copeland D. Copeland #1	1	4	4.0	0	4
Jaylin Belford J. Belford #26	2	1	0.5	1	1
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	3	-1	-0.3	0	2

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Makai Jackson M. Jackson #2	4/5	88	22.0	1	54
Darius Copeland D. Copeland #1	4/5	43	10.8	0	16
LaKelsey Johnson Jr. L. Johnson Jr. #87	1/1	37	37.0	0	37
Jamari Person J. Person #3	4/4	37	9.3	2	16
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	1/1	21	21.0	1	21
Zeke Wimbush Z. Wimbush #88	1/1	20	20.0	0	20
Caleb Ryan C. Ryan #48	1/1	2	2.0	0	2
Rashawn Cunningham R. Cunningham #12	0/2	0	0	0	0
Kam Davis K. Davis #4	0/1	0	0	0	0
Bryce Randolph B. Randolph #9	0/1	0	0	0	0
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman #0	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson #13	1	1	0
Kyle Ferm K. Ferm #22	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	FF
Dillano Glaud D. Glaud #6	4-3	0	0.0	0
Ronald Moore Jr. R. Moore Jr. #10	4-3	0	0.0	0
Jiquavious Marshall J. Marshall #2	4-3	0	0.0	0
Jeremiah Vessel J. Vessel #13	4-4	0	0.0	0
Derrell Farrar D. Farrar #1	3-2	1	0.0	0
Nathan Pirolli N. Pirolli #94	3-2	0	0.0	0
Ashton McShane A. McShane #21	2-2	0	0.0	0
Jayden Whaley J. Whaley #19	2-2	0	0.0	0
Tyrell Gainey T. Gainey #16	2-1	0	0.0	0
Michael Floyde M. Floyde #91	2-2	1	1.0	1
Deuce Spurlock D. Spurlock #9	2-1	1	1.0	0
D-Icey Hopkins D. Hopkins #0	2-2	0	0.0	0
Izaiah Guy I. Guy #7	2-2	0	0.0	0
Clayton Shepler C. Shepler #27	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jeffrey Hairston Jr. J. Hairston Jr. #95	1-0	0	0.0	0
Samuel Cohen S. Cohen #56	1-1	0	0.0	0
Lorenzo Payne L. Payne #11	1-1	0	0.0	0
Macaiden Brown M. Brown #26	1-1	0	0.0	0
Xavier Reid X. Reid #99	1-1	1	1.0	0
Henry Hicks H. Hicks #55	1-0	0	0.0	0
Micah Pollard M. Pollard #4	1-1	0	0.0	0
Markus Clark M. Clark #15	1-0	0	0.0	0
Mike Jarvis M. Jarvis #97	1-1	0	0.0	0
Brenton Williams B. Williams #8	1-1	0	0.0	0
Terron Kellman T. Kellman #11	1-1	0	0.0	0
Ethan Crisp E. Crisp #30	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jayden Davis J. Davis #17	1-0	0	0.0	0
Jamal Miles J. Miles #28	1-0	0	0.0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Chase Reeves C. Reeves #42	1/1	4/5	7	46
Tyler Black T. Black #98	0/0	2/2	2	0

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Sam Crossan S. Crossan #49	1	51	51.0	51

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jon Monteiro J. Monteiro #10	1	22	22.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Makai Jackson M. Jackson #2	1	0	0.0	0	0

BALL

LIB

1

7

13

2

0

10

3

8

14

4

0

14

15

51

Punt

3 plays, 2 yd, 00:54

0-0

Touchdown

7 plays, 45 yd, 03:50

0-6

Touchdown

9 plays, 75 yd, 04:29

7-6

Touchdown

4 plays, 75 yd, 02:01

7-13

Punt

5 plays, 22 yd, 02:10

7-13

Field Goal

14 plays, 60 yd, 07:50

7-16

Missed FG

10 plays, 53 yd, 04:46

7-16

Punt

3 plays, 7 yd, 00:41

7-16

Punt

3 plays, 13 yd, 02:04

7-16

Touchdown

7 plays, 54 yd, 01:02

7-23

End of Half

1 play, -2 yd, 00:13

7-23

Touchdown

6 plays, 77 yd, 03:51

7-30

Punt

3 plays, 5 yd, 01:48

7-30

Touchdown

6 plays, 69 yd, 02:22

7-37

Touchdown

8 plays, 60 yd, 04:17

15-37

Fumble

1 play, -4 yd, 00:07

15-37

Punt

7 plays, 17 yd, 03:12

15-37

Touchdown

11 plays, 65 yd, 06:54

15-44

Fumble

2 plays, 6 yd, 00:19

15-44

Touchdown

4 plays, 16 yd, 02:08

15-51

Punt

6 plays, 10 yd, 03:49

15-51

End of Game

2 plays, -4 yd, 01:13

15-51

BALL

Team Stats

LIB

246

Total Yds

458

78

Pass Yds

246

168

Rush Yds

212

11

Total Drives

11

59

Total Plays

65

4.2

Yards Per Play

7.0

3.3

Yards Per Pass

9.8

4.8

Yards Per Rush

5.3

28:01

Possession

31:59

1

Biggest Lead

36

17

1st Downs

23

5

Passing 1st Downs

11

Rushing 1st Downs

10

1

1st Downs from Penalties

2

1/9

3rd Down

10/13

1/1

4th Down

1/1

6

Punts

1

Turnovers

1

0

Interceptions Thrown

0

1

Fumbles Lost

1

11

Penalties

3

107

Penalty Yards

25

1

Sacks

3

2

Sack Yards

15

2

Tackles For Loss

4

0

D/ST TD

0

1-2 BALL

LIB 2-1

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

2026 Mid-American

Game Summary

Game Info

Team Stats