Ball State at Northwestern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Ball State | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Northwestern | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 45 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:42 | Northwestern touchdown. Aidan Chiles 1 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 3:07 | Northwestern touchdown. Griffin Wilde 19 Yd pass from Aidan Chiles (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 10:52 | Northwestern touchdown. Caleb Komolafe 14 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 8:20 | Ball State touchdown. TJ Horton 1 Yd Run (Brody Boehm Kick) |
| 4:47 | Northwestern field goal. Jackson Kleather 52 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:04 | Northwestern touchdown. Robert Fitzgerald 15 Yd Interception Return (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 0:12 | Ball State touchdown. Jamarion McDougle 2 Yd pass from Keldric Luster (Brody Boehm Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 10:12 | Northwestern touchdown. Drew Wagner 12 Yd pass from Aidan Chiles (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 0:53 | Northwestern touchdown. Alex Honig 32 Yd pass from Aidan Chiles (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Total first downs | 22 | 26 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Third downs attempted | 17 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 29 % | 44 % |
| Fourth down | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Total yards | 360 | 436 |
| Total rushing yards | 90 | 164 |
| Total passing yards | 270 | 272 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:59 | 26:01 |
| Rushing | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Total rushing plays | 31 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 90 | 164 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.9 | 5.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.7 | 11.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Penalties committed | 15 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 119 | 53 |
| Turnovers | Ball State | Northwestern |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Ball State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ace Cooper | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Johnny Thompson Jr. | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Eli Hohlt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| TJ Horton | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| CJ Nelson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Tyler Mizzell | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Keldric Luster | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jabari Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jamarion McDougle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Anthony Pinnace | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elijah Jackson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Aidan Chiles | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Gavin Sawchuk | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Sean Morris II | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ryan Boe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Anderson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Nicco Marchiol | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Ball State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Keldric Luster | 41 | 27 | 66 % | 209 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tyler Mizzell | 5 | 4 | 80 % | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mason Atkins | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Aidan Chiles | 23 | 17 | 74 % | 272 | 11.8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nicco Marchiol | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Ball State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jabari Smith | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Donovan Hamilton | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Jamarion McDougle | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| DJ Young | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Elisha Durham | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Alex Scherle | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Johnny Thompson Jr. | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Tayshon Bardo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Elijah Jackson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Eli Hohlt | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| CJ Nelson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| TJ Horton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Griffin Wilde | 8 | 144 | 18.0 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Alex Honig | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Hayden Eligon II | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gavin Sawchuk | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Ball State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Aidan Chiles | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Robert Fitzgerald | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Ball State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Kaleb Stewart | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Will Yates | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Marsh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Jackson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Pinnace | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sterling Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Thomas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Layton Starks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lucas Szymborski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamron Chamble | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stone Perkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gavin Forsha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maverick Gracio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cedric Franklin II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keilan Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cole Earlewine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mikeah Webster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gannon Knowles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quentavius Scandrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cincear Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ameir Glenn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Braydon Brus | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Montae Pate | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Jon Stevens Jr. | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kobie McKinzie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Miles Crutchley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ore Adeyi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timi Oke | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alijah Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jack Sadowsky V | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caden O'Rourke | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kilbane | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Trautmann | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Gant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Oyola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Payton Roth | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Covey IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Troy Regovich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brenden Deasfernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Flakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tito Williams Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marquet Dorsey Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tanner Jumpp | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamaal Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mason Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mason Mayne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| TJ Horton | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Ball State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brody Boehm | 0/1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jackson Kleather | 1/1 | 52 | 6/6 | 9 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Ball State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cole Stumbaugh | 4 | 204 | 51.0 | 0 | |||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nikola Dugandzic | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 0 | |||||
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