Week 4 · 2026

Ball State at Kent State

Sat 09/26/2026 12:00 PMDix StadiumConference

66°Mostly Clear10 mph NNE · 56% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Ball State

3–5

Kent State

3–6

Attendance

—

not yet reported

Passing

AttemptsSuccessYdsPointsAir / YAC

Ball State1 unplaced

D. Hamilton7 of 8I. Thacker3 of 6J. Bonds5 of 5Other0 of 3Unattributed0 of 4

DeepShort

33.07.0

—

0.0

10.313.0

0.30.0

4.33.6

LeftMiddleRight

caughtincompleteyds/att · YAC/comp · boxed = best

Kent State2 unplaced

D. Clark5 of 9A. Banks2 of 3B. White3 of 4Other4 of 7Unattributed1 of 1

DeepShort

25.00.0

26.54.0

0.0

3.65.0

6.00.0

6.62.2

LeftMiddleRight

caughtincompleteyds/att · YAC/comp · boxed = best

Ball State1 unplaced

DeepShort

100%4.08

—

33%2.87

43%1.57

LeftMiddleRight

successfulnotrate · explosiveness · boxed = best

Kent State2 unplaced

DeepShort

100%3.90

100%2.11

20%0.45

42%2.59

LeftMiddleRight

successfulnotrate · explosiveness · boxed = best

Ball State1 unplaced

DeepShort

—

LeftMiddleRight

area = yds · one scale for both teams

Kent State2 unplaced

DeepShort

LeftMiddleRight

area = yds · one scale for both teams

Ball State1 unplaced

DeepShort

4.1

—

-1.4

4.8

-1.9

5.7

LeftMiddleRight

area = points added · one scale for both teams

Kent State2 unplaced

DeepShort

3.9

4.2

-1.4

-1.5

0.3

10.1

LeftMiddleRight

area = points added · one scale for both teams

Ball State

DeepShort

26 · 7

—

— · —

-3 · 65

1 · 0

31 · 29

LeftMiddleRight

airYACone scale for both teams

Kent State

DeepShort

25 · 0

45 · 8

— · —

3 · 15

12 · 0

66 · 13

LeftMiddleRight

airYACone scale for both teams

Rushing

CarriesYdsPointsOL / RB

Ball State

J. Bonds11T. Mizzell6T. Horton5Unattributed3

1.050%0%

2.77%100%

2.460%100%

LeftMiddleRight

carryyds/car · stuff · power · boxed = best (stuff: low wins)

Kent State1 unplaced

D. Deshields11M. Blakemore11B. White10Other7Unattributed2

0.243%100%

5.217%100%

4.69%100%

LeftMiddleRight

carryyds/car · stuff · power · boxed = best (stuff: low wins)

Ball State

LeftMiddleRight

area = yds · one scale for both teams

Kent State1 unplaced

115

LeftMiddleRight

area = yds · one scale for both teams

Ball State

-4.4

-3.1

1.2

LeftMiddleRight

area = points added · one scale for both teams

Kent State1 unplaced

-5.1

5.2

2.0

LeftMiddleRight

area = points added · one scale for both teams

Ball State

4 · 0 · 0

35 · 3 · 0

9 · 5 · 0

LeftMiddleRight

OLRB 5–10RB 10+one scale for both teams

Kent State

-1 · 0 · 0

75 · 31 · 20

34 · 8 · 11

LeftMiddleRight

OLRB 5–10RB 10+one scale for both teams

Win probability

Kent State's chance to win after each play · CFBD

Availability

MAC game day report · Sep 26 · archive

Ball State

Out

Sean Wardnew

Questionable

Donovan Hamiltonnew

TJ Hortonnew

Keldric Lusternew

Kent State

Out

Ethan Thanthanavongnew

Questionable

In the box score

Ball State

Out 0 of 10

Questionable 2 of 3 · Donovan Hamilton, TJ Horton

Kent State

Out 0 of 5

Questionable 0 of 3

Listed players who recorded at least one stat in this game. Participation reports aren't published, so a player who played without recording a stat (often a lineman) isn't counted.

Previous 10 meetings vs. Ball State

Kent State 3–7 vs Ball State

2025 · wk 11Kent State 13 @ Ball State 17
2024 · wk 7Ball State 37 @ Kent State 35
2023 · wk 12Kent State 3 @ Ball State 34
2022 · wk 10Ball State 27 @ Kent State 20
2019 · wk 13Ball State 38 @ Kent State 41
2018 · wk 5Kent State 24 @ Ball State 52
2013 · wk 7Kent State 24 @ Ball State 27
2012 · wk 5Ball State 43 @ Kent State 45
2010 · wk 9Ball State 14 @ Kent State 33
2008 · wk 5Kent State 20 @ Ball State 41

Previous meeting vs. Mark Carney

Ball State 1–0 vs Mark Carney

2025 · wk 11Kent State 13 @ Ball State 17

Previous meeting vs. Mike Uremovich

Kent State 0–1 vs Mike Uremovich

2025 · wk 11Kent State 13 @ Ball State 17

Research

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