Week 1 · 2026 · weekly brief

Ball State

1–1 overallMid-AmericanTeam page →

OPEN

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WITH CAVEATS
  • Integrity job ran recently710 checks, 333 minutes ago.
  • 7 invariants failing site-widemart.drive_scoring_matches_result, game.final_but_incomplete, team_season.no_ties, …. These are not yet scoped to a team, so we cannot say whether they touch this one.
  • Game is finalThe provider has marked it complete.
  • Box score complete60 team rows, 676 player rows, 25 drives, 177 plays.
  • Mart is currentRebuilt 2026-09-18 20:24Z.

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at Ohio State

09/05/2026 12:30 PMOhio Stadium

L 356

Season record

1–1

2 games played

Points for / against

44–73

Season to date

Point margin

-29

Season to date

Opponent context: Ohio State — 1–1, Big Ten · Full matchup →

Team box score

Exactly as ingested — no derived column here.

Box score

1234T
BALL03003
OSU1414141456

General

TOPPLAYSYDSPEN-YDS1ST3RD4TH
BALL28:22601653-15133-14 21.4%0-1 0.0%
OSU31:38726719-81325-11 45.5%2-2 100.0%

Passing

C/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
BALL20-371203.201
OSU31-3743411.751

Rushing

CARYDSAVGTD
BALL23452.00
OSU352376.83

Turnovers

TOFUMLOSTINT
BALL101
OSU101

Defense

TCKTFLQB HURSACKSPDINTINT YDSDEF TD
BALL506021100
OSU237316120

Returns

KRKR YDSAVGKR TDPRPR YDSAVGPR TD
BALL
OSU2261304102.50

Advanced metrics

⚠ Ingested from the provider, not computed here — anyone with a CFBD key has the same numbers.

Advanced statsBALLOSU
Overall
Plays6273
Drives1312
PPA per play-0.240.67
Total PPA-15.048.7
Success rate21.0%56.2%
Explosiveness1.301.45
Power success0.0%75.0%
Stuff rate31.8%18.2%
Line yards per rush1.203.32
Line yards26110
Second-level yards per rush0.641.12
Second-level yards1437
Open-field yards per rush0.323.42
Open-field yards7113
Standard downs
PPA per play-0.370.70
Success rate26.5%64.8%
Explosiveness0.881.37
Passing downs
PPA per play-0.090.58
Success rate14.3%31.6%
Explosiveness2.271.93
Rushing
PPA per rush-0.270.46
Total PPA-6.015.2
Success rate22.7%45.5%
Explosiveness1.231.51
Passing
PPA per dropback-0.220.87
Total PPA-8.233.2
Success rate21.1%68.4%
Explosiveness1.351.41

Every column is that team’s offense, which is also what the other team’s defense allowed — CFBD reports a defense as the opponent’s offense restated. Bold marks the better number in a row; a higher stuff rate is a worse offense, so it reads the other way.

What is not here yet

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  • Written storylines. The generator is not built; this is the evidence it will be written from.
  • Per-team readiness. The checks above are site-wide until mart.product_readiness exists.
  • Coverage boundaries as data — so “first ever” claims are not supported at any confidence yet.