College Football
BOXSCORE
Ball State 45, Western Michigan 20
When: 3:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 9, 2021
Where: Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Attendance: 11403
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Ball State 7 10 7 21 45
Western Michigan 14 3 3 0 20
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:49
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 0 - Ball State 7
Jalen McGaughy 75 yd. pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove kick)
1st Quarter - 9:03
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 7 - Ball State 7
La'Darius Jefferson 1 yd. run (Nick Mihalic kick)
1st Quarter - 3:35
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 14 - Ball State 7
Kaleb Eleby 2 yd. run (Nick Mihalic kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:05
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 14 - Ball State 14
Yo'Heinz Tyler 21 yd. pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:31
Western Michigan   FG  Western Michigan 17 - Ball State 14
Nick Mihalic 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Ball State   FG  Western Michigan 17 - Ball State 17
Jake Chanove 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 6:44
Western Michigan   FG  Western Michigan 20 - Ball State 17
Nick Mihalic 21 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:13
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 20 - Ball State 24
Justin Hall 33 yd. pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove kick)
4th Quarter - 14:00
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 20 - Ball State 31
Yo'Heinz Tyler 24 yd. pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove kick)
4th Quarter - 9:35
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 20 - Ball State 38
Justin Hall 5 yd. run (Jake Chanove kick)
4th Quarter - 4:23
Ball State   TD  Western Michigan 20 - Ball State 45
Brett Anderson II 18 yd. fumble recovery (Jake Chanove kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Ball State Western Michigan
W‑L 3 - 3 - 0 4 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Ball State Western Michigan
Score 45 20
1st Downs 18 23
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-10
40%		 7-for-15
47%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%		 1-for-3
33%
Total Yards 361 376
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-51 49-119
Average/Rush 1.8 2.4
Passing
Comp-Att 15-26 19-35
Passing Yards 310 257
Average/Pass Play 11.5 6.6
Penalties-Yards 3-35 4-23
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 2
Time of Possession 23:37 36:23
PLAYER STATS
Ball State (3 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Plitt 15/25 310 4 0
J. Jackson 0/1 0 0 0
Western Michigan (4 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Eleby 19/33 257 0 2
J. Salopek 0/2 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Steele 10 41 4.1 0
J. Hall 2 14 7.0 1
D. Plitt 6 4 0.7 0
D. Marcus 5 4 0.8 0
W. Jones 5 -12 -2.4 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Jefferson 21 65 3.1 1
S. Tyler 14 52 3.7 0
Z. Abdus-Salaam 3 10 3.3 0
J. Kincaide 2 7 3.5 0
K. Eleby 9 -15 -1.7 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
Y. Tyler 5 93 18.6 2
J. McGaughy 1 75 75.0 1
J. Jackson 3 61 20.3 0
J. Hall 3 49 16.3 1
T. Hohlt 2 16 8.0 0
W. Jones 1 16 16.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Moore 7 81 11.6 0
J. Hall 5 61 12.2 0
A. Torres 2 57 28.5 0
C. Crooms 4 36 9.0 0
B. Nunnelly 1 22 22.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Coll 1 25 0
J. Thomas 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Ekpe 1.0 6.0
B. Cosby 1.0 6.0
J. Sape 1.0 4.0
E. Jillani 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Carter 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Cosby 10 0
J. Wahee 9 0
J. Thomas 8 0
C. Coll 7 0
N. Jones 4 0
C. Albright 4 0
A. Uzodinma II 3 0
T. Woodard 3 0
J. Sape 2 0
A. Ekpe 2 0
J. Ward 2 0
B. Anderson II 2 0
J. Harris 2 0
C. Pearce 2 0
J. Daw 1 0
B. Evans 1 0
J. Tarango 1 0
E. Jillani 1 0
J. Ramsey 1 0
N. Reichert 1 0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Thomas 9 0
C. Moment 5 0
M. Kneeland 4 0
Z. Barnes 4 0
D. Ware 2 0
B. Fiske 2 0
T. Coleman 2 0
R. Holley 2 0
J. Moertl 2 0
R. Selig 2 0
B. Bonnema 1 0
A. Carter 1 0
M. Caliendo 1 0
A. Enechukwu 1 0
H. Taylor 1 0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Ekpe 1.0 6.0
B. Cosby 1.0 6.0
J. Sape 1.0 4.0
E. Jillani 1.0 4.0
J. Wahee 1.0 1.0
J. Ward 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Carter 1.0 9.0
C. Moment 1.0 2.0
J. Moertl 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Steele 1
D. Plitt 2
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Eleby 3