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1995 Ball State

7–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Mid-American Conference), coached by Bill Lynch.

Schedule and results

Ball State in 1995, game by game: won at Miami (OH) 17–15; won vs. Western Illinois 20–7; lost at Minnesota 7–31; won vs. Western Michigan 10–0; lost at Purdue 13–35; lost at Toledo 14–17; won vs. Bowling Green 30–10; lost vs. Eastern Michigan 35–40; won at Ohio 6–3; won at Kent State 28–13; won vs. Central Michigan 24–16+20−24Won 17–15 at Miami (OH)+2Miami (OH)Won 20–7 vs. Western Illinois+13Western IllinoisLost 7–31 at Minnesota-24MinnesotaWon 10–0 vs. Western Michigan+10Western MichiganLost 13–35 at Purdue-22PurdueLost 14–17 at Toledo-3ToledoWon 30–10 vs. Bowling Green+20Bowling GreenLost 35–40 vs. Eastern Michigan-5Eastern MichiganWon 6–3 at Ohio+3OhioWon 28–13 at Kent State+15Kent StateWon 24–16 vs. Central Michigan+8Central Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atMiami (OH)W 17–⁠1542%
Sep 9vsWestern IllinoisW 20–⁠782%
Sep 16atMinnesotaL 7–⁠3152%
Sep 23vsWestern MichiganW 10–⁠056%
Sep 30atPurdueL 13–⁠3545%
Oct 7atToledoL 14–⁠1726%
Oct 14vsBowling GreenW 30–⁠1046%
Oct 21vsEastern MichiganL 35–⁠4056%
Oct 28atOhioW 6–⁠366%
Nov 4atKent StateW 28–⁠1374%
Nov 11vsCentral MichiganW 24–⁠1659%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Central Michigan 24–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 61 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Consensus All-AmericanBrad Maynard, P

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
204–⁠187
Coach
Bill Lynch
Elo
1498 +26 this season
SP+ rating
-1.7 No. 65 of 107; offense No. 97, defense No. 22
SRS
−5.2 No. 72 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 7Keith McKenzie LBGreen Bay Packers

All-MAC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Michael BlairRBCoaches-2
  • Jermaine DanielsDLCoaches-2
  • Howard SimmsLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Toledo7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠124
Miami (OH)6–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Ball State6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠4
Eastern Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan2–⁠64–⁠7
Akron2–⁠62–⁠9
Ohio1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Kent State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.