Week 1 · 2021
Western Illinois at Ball State
Thu 09/02/2021 07:00 PMScheumann StadiumBall State pregame98% — Pregame win probability: 98% for Ball State. Ball State favored, and won.
70°4 mph E · 66% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Western Illinois
21
2–9
Ball State
31
6–7
Attendance
13,149
reported
Western IllinoisWIU
Ball StateBALL
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Connor Sampson | 30/43 | 367 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| BALL | Drew Plitt | 17/28 | 188 | 6.7 | 2 | 0 | 31.7 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Myles Wanza | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 |
| WIU | Ludovick Choquette | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 23 |
| WIU | Gaej Walker | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 |
| WIU | Connor Sampson | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 7 |
| WIU | Tony Tate | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| BALL | Will Jones | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 1 | 21 |
| BALL | Carson Steele | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 1 | 37 |
| BALL | Drew Plitt | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 |
| BALL | Donny Marcus | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 |
| BALL | Justin Hall | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Dennis Houston | 12 | 237 | 19.8 | 2 | 75 |
| WIU | Dallas Daniels | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 10 |
| WIU | Daniel Bender | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 34 |
| WIU | Ludovick Choquette | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| WIU | Gaej Walker | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 |
| WIU | Mason Sikes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| WIU | Nathan Karsjens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| WIU | Jaylen Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Tony Tate | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| BALL | Justin Hall | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 2 | 49 |
| BALL | Yo'Heinz Tyler | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 14 |
| BALL | Jayshon Jackson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 11 |
| BALL | Donny Marcus | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| BALL | Jaylen Turner | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | -7 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Michael Lawson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BALL | Carson Steele | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Justin Hall | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Michael Lawson | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WIU | Darius Joiner | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Dallas Martin | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Greg Benton Jr. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Akil Francisco | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | JJ Ross | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WIU | Hunter Mason | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Jalen Powe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| WIU | Daniel Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Bryce Cross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Cam Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Cole Watts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Eryk Preston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Ludovick Choquette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Nakota Shepard-Creer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIU | Sam Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Jaylin Thomas | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Christian Albright | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Amechi Uzodinma II | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Brandon Martin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BALL | Casey Coll | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Jimmy Daw | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Brett Anderson II | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Harold Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BALL | Bryce Cosby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | J.T. Wahee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Jack Sape | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Justen Ramsey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Chris Agyemang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BALL | Jordan Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Tavion Woodard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BALL | Joshua Tarango | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BALL | Kyron Mims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL | Nic Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Mason Laramie | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
| BALL | Jake Chanove | 1/1 | 100.0 | 35 | 4/4 | 7 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Adam Fellner | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| WIU | Connor Sampson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| BALL | Nathan Snyder | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| BALL | Drew Plitt | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| BALL | Lucas Borrow | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIU | Tony Tate | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 18 |
| BALL | Nic Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| BALL | Jimmy Daw | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL | Justin Hall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Previous 2 meetings vs. Team
Ball State 1–1 vs Western Illinois
- 2000 · wk 3Western Illinois 24 @ Ball State 14
- 1995 · wk 3Western Illinois 7 @ Ball State 20
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