Game notes: Buffalo at Ball State
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The matchup
- Buffalo (4–3, 2–1 in conference) at Ball State (2–5, 1–2 in conference), Wednesday, November 11, kickoff time not yet set, Scheumann Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 15th meeting; Ball State leads the series 11–3.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Tuesday, November 12, 2024: Buffalo 51, Ball State 48.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1969: Ball State 10, Buffalo 7.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Ball State is 5–1 at home against Buffalo.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2024: Buffalo 51–48 (at Buffalo); 2021: Ball State 20–3 (at Ball State); 2020: Ball State 38–28 (neutral site); 2017: Buffalo 40–24 (at Ball State); 2016: Ball State 31–21 (at Buffalo).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Buffalo
- Buffalo is 4–3 (2–1 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 21–17 vs. UAlbany; L 20–33 at Florida International; L 13–55 at No. 14 Penn State; W 31–28 vs. Robert Morris; L 17–20 vs. Western Michigan; W 23–8 at Toledo; W 25–18 vs. Massachusetts.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Buffalo is No. 86 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Pete Lembo is 18–14 in his third season at Buffalo and 51–43 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Pete Lembo is 1–0 against Ball State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Messiah Burch (RB): 661 rushing yards, 2 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jason Wright (QB): 860 passing yards, 6 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Saveon Brown (LB): 59 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2015, Buffalo lost to Northern Illinois 41–30.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Ball State
- Ball State is 2–5 (1–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 3–56 at No. 1 Ohio State; W 41–17 vs. Stony Brook; L 15–51 at Liberty; L 13–26 at Kent State; L 24–39 vs. Toledo; L 14–45 at Northwestern; W 32–31 at Bowling Green.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Ball State is No. 130 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Mike Uremovich is 6–13 in his second season at Ball State.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Mike Uremovich faces Buffalo as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Keldric Luster (QB): 1,066 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- T.J. Horton (RB): 393 rushing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Stu Smith (DB): 36 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, Ball State beat Eastern Michigan 38–31.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- It is the first meeting of Pete Lembo and Mike Uremovich as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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