Ball State at Western Michigan
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Ball State | 7 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 | |
| Western Michigan | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 14:49 | Ball State touchdown. Jalen McGaughy 75 Yd pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove Kick) |
| 9:03 | Western Michigan touchdown. La'Darius Jefferson 1 Yd Run (Nick Mihalic Kick) |
| 3:35 | Western Michigan touchdown. Kaleb Eleby 2 Yd Run (Nick Mihalic Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:05 | Ball State touchdown. Yo'Heinz Tyler 21 Yd pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove Kick) |
| 4:31 | Western Michigan field goal. Nick Mihalic 20 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Ball State field goal. Jake Chanove 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:44 | Western Michigan field goal. Nick Mihalic 21 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:13 | Ball State touchdown. Justin Hall 33 Yd pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:00 | Ball State touchdown. Yo'Heinz Tyler 24 Yd pass from Drew Plitt (Jake Chanove Kick) |
| 9:35 | Ball State touchdown. J. Hall run for 5 yds for a TD, (J. Chanove KICK) |
| 4:23 | Ball State touchdown. Brett Anderson II 18 Yd Fumble Return (Jake Chanove Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Total first downs | 18 | 23 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Third downs attempted | 10 | 16 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 40 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Total yards | 375 | 376 |
| Total rushing yards | 65 | 2 |
| Total passing yards | 310 | 257 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 23:37 | 36:23 |
| Rushing | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 119 |
| Total rushing yards | 65 | 2 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Passes attempted | 26 | 35 |
| Passes completed | 15 | 19 |
| Average yards per completion | 11.9 | 7.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 23 |
| Turnovers | Ball State | Western Michigan |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Ball State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Carson Steele | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Justin Hall | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Drew Plitt | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Donny Marcus | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Will Jones | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Western Michigan | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| La'Darius Jefferson | 21 | 65 | 3.1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Sean Tyler | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Zahir Abdus-Salaam | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jaxson Kincaide | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Kaleb Eleby | 9 | -15 | -1.7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Ball State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Drew Plitt | 25 | 15 | 60 % | 310 | 12.4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jayshon Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Western Michigan | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Kaleb Eleby | 33 | 19 | 58 % | 257 | 7.8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Salopek | 2 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Ball State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Yo'Heinz Tyler | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 2 | 24 | ||||
| Jalen McGaughy | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 1 | 75 | ||||
| Jayshon Jackson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Justin Hall | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 33 | ||||
| Will Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Trevor Hohlt | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Western Michigan | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Skyy Moore | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Jaylen Hall | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Anthony Torres | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Corey Crooms | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Bryce Nunnelly | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Ball State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Brett Anderson II | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kyron Mims | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Drew Plitt | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Carson Steele | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Western Michigan | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Kaleb Eleby | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Clayton Coll | 1 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Jaylin Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Ball State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Bryce Cosby | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.T. Wahee | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylin Thomas | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Casey Coll | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Christian Albright | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nic Jones | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amechi Uzodinma II | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tavion Woodard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Ekpe | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Sape | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brett Anderson II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ward | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cole Pearce | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Harris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emeka Jillani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Daw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justen Ramsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brayden Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nathan Reichert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Tarango | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Western Michigan | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| A.J. Thomas | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Corvin Moment | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaire Barnes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marshawn Kneeland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Therran Coleman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Holley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delano Ware | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Selig | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Moertl | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Fiske | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Carter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Caliendo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harrison Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boone Bonnema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Enechukwu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dorian Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Justin Hall | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Bryce Nunnelly | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Matthew Stuckey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Justin Hall | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Bryce Nunnelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Ball State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jake Chanove | 1/1 | 27 | 6/6 | 9 | |||||
| Jacob Lewis | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | |||||
| Western Michigan | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Nick Mihalic | 2/2 | 21 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nathan Snyder | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nick Mihalic | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:21 AM.