Ball State vs. Marshall

Ball State and Marshall have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1997; Marshall leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Marshall 3–⁠0, and Marshall has won the last 3.

Ball State wins
0
Marshall wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1997
Longest streak
3 Marshall
Current streak
3 Marshall
Last 10 meetings
Marshall 3–⁠0
Most recent
2002

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠1
Average margin
27.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Ball State
0–⁠1 Ball State’s record at home
At Marshall
2–⁠0 Marshall’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Coach against coach

YearsBall StateSeriesMarshall
1997–⁠2002Bill Lynch0–⁠3Bob Pruett

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ball State’s side (Lynch 0–⁠3 against Pruett). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Ball State and Marshall, 1997 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Every game

Nov 30, 2002Marshall 38, Ball State 14at Marshall
Oct 24, 1998Marshall 42, Ball State 10at Marshall
Sep 27, 1997Marshall 42, Ball State 16at Ball State

Every game is listed as played on the field.