Ball State Cardinals

The Ball State Cardinals were 5-6 in 1997.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 11/8	vs	TOL	W 35-3
Sat 11/1	vs	AKR	W 31-14
Sat 10/25	@	NIU	W 21-14
Sat 10/18	vs	CMU	W 37-34
Sat 10/11	@	EMU	L 32-38

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,569

Josetti

RUSH YDS

884

Moore

REC YDS

526

Reese

1997 MAC Standings

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
Ohio	6-2	8-3
Western Michigan	6-2	8-3
Ball State	4-4	5-6
Eastern Michigan	4-5	4-7
Bowling Green	3-5	3-8

Latest Ball State Cardinals News

Luster throws 2-point conversion in OT to give Ball State a wild 32-31 win over Bowling Green

Oct 17, 2026

1997 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	239	3,506	729	4.8	1,860	501	3.7	1,646	228	7.2
Team Rank		76th	89th	91st	81st	42nd	22nd	66th	97th	95th	51st
Opponent	11	260	4,010		5.0	1,383	416	3.3	2,627	381	6.9
Opponent Rank		48th	53rd		47th	30th	36th	34th	88th	91st	48th
Net		-21	-504	+729	-0.2	+477	+85	+0.4	-981	-153	+0.3
Net Rank		67th	77th	91st	65th	38th	17th	47th	105th	105th	47th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571