Ball State Cardinals

4-5

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Ball State Cardinals beat the Kent State Golden Flashes

3-6 13 – 17

4-5

Final · Wed, Nov 5

Game Details

Scheumann Stadium (Muncie) · 5,225 fans · ESPNU

Highlights

Kelly-to-Anthony touchdown lifts Ball State to 17-13 win over Kent State

Kiael Kelly threw two touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score to tight end Kameron Anthony with about two minutes remaining, and Ball State defeated Kent State 17-13 on Wednesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 TJ Horton walks into the end zone for Ball State

0:25 End Zone! Donovan Delaney scores 4-yard rushing touchdown

0:11 Will Hryszko makes 28-yard field goal

0:35 Kiael Kelly finds Kameron Anthony for a go-ahead Ball State TD

Clips play on ESPN

Scheumann Stadium · Muncie

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
KENT	0	3	7	3	13
BALL	3	7	0	7	17

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Game Leaders

Kent State Golden Flashes

Dru DeShields · 15/27, 212 YDSPassing Yards
Gavin Garcia · 12 CAR, 59 YDSRushing Yards
Wayne Harris · 5 REC, 87 YDSReceiving Yards
Jamond Mathis · 1.5Sacks
CJ Young · 11Tackles

Ball State Cardinals

Kiael Kelly · 17/29, 173 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Kiael Kelly · 21 CAR, 53 YDSRushing Yards
Kam Anthony · 2 REC, 39 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Nathan Voorhis · 1Sacks
Joey Stemler · 10Tackles

2026 Mid-American Conference Standings

Team
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Central Michigan
Ohio
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Kent State
Buffalo
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ball State
Sacramento State

Scoring

Q4 1:53

TD Kameron Anthony 29 Yd pass from Kiael Kelly (DC Pippin Kick)13–17

Q4 11:07

FG Will Hryszko 28 Yd Field Goal 13–10

Q3 4:42

TD Donovan Delaney Jr. 4 Yd Run (Will Hryszko Kick)10–10

Q2 6:18

FG Will Hryszko 39 Yd Field Goal 3–10

Q2 13:31

TD TJ Horton 1 Yd pass from Kiael Kelly (DC Pippin Kick)0–10

Q1 11:59

FG DC Pippin 25 Yd Field Goal 0–3

Team Stats

Kent State Golden FlashesBall State Cardinals

Offense

301 Total Yards 238

212 Passing Yards 173

89 Rushing Yards 65

14 First Downs 14

Efficiency

3-13 3rd Down 5-17

1-5 4th Down 1-1

15/28 Completions 17/29

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 0

10-78 Penalties 4-40

27:42 Possession 32:18

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Dru DeShields	15/27	212	7.9	0	32.5
Sebastian Brown	0/1	0	0.0	1	0.0
Team	15/28	212	7.6	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Gavin Garcia	12	59	4.9	0	27
Jordan Nubin	13	14	1.1	0	5
Dru DeShields	5	8	1.6	0	9
Donovan Delaney Jr.	1	4	4.0	1	4
Jahzae Kimbrough	2	4	2.0	0	2
Team	33	89	2.7	1	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Wayne Harris	5	87	17.4	42
Da'Shawn Martin	3	36	12.0	25
Christian Berry	2	34	17.0	20
Hunter Hopperton	1	14	14.0	14
Da'Realyst Clark	1	12	12.0	12
Cade Wolford	1	11	11.0	11
Sebastian Brown	1	9	9.0	9
Ardell Banks	1	9	9.0	9
Team	15	212	14.1	42

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
CJ Young	11	7	0.5	1.5	0
Mason Woods	8	2	0	0	1
Terrell Miller	5	4	0	0	1
Derrick Jackson III	5	2	0	0	1
Jamond Mathis	4	3	1.5	1.5	1
Mattheus Carroll	4	1	0	0	0
Canaan Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Antoine Campbell Jr.	3	1	0.5	0	0
Jaihien Roy	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Amon Williams	2	1	0	0	0
Jaire Rawlison	2	1	0	0	0
Joel Cordoba	2	1	0	0	0
Thomas Aden	2	0	0.5	0.5	0
Darian Blachewicz	2	0	0	0	0
Joel Boamah	1	1	0	0	0
Tevin Tucker	1	1	0	0	0
Nylan Brown	1	1	0	0	0
DJ Barnes	1	1	0	0	0
Rafael Terrero Jr.	1	1	0	0	0
Dru DeShields	1	0	0	0	0
Sayed Abuhamdeh	1	0	0.5	0.5	0
Trey Rubinstein	1	0	0	0	0
Team	64	30	4	4.5	4

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Da'Realyst Clark	2	51	25.5	34
Jahzae Kimbrough	1	16	16.0	16
Team	3	67	22.3	34

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Wayne Harris	2	38	19.0	24	0
Team	2	38	19.0	24	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Will Hryszko	2/3	66.7	39	1/1	7
Team	2/3	66.7	39	1/1	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Charlie Durkin	2	72	36.0	0	0	36
Team	2	72	36.0	0	0	36

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Kiael Kelly	17/29	173	6.0	2	0	14.8
Team	17/29	173	6.0	2	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kiael Kelly	21	53	2.5	35
Qua Ashley	6	12	2.0	4
TJ Horton	5	2	0.4	1
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	33	65	2.0	35

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kam Anthony	2	39	19.5	1	29
Donovan Hamilton	2	27	13.5	0	19
Ty Robinson	1	21	21.0	0	21
Maximus Webster	1	19	19.0	0	19
Qua Ashley	3	18	6.0	0	11
TJ Horton	3	16	5.3	1	14
Eric Weatherly	3	15	5.0	0	6
Drew Cassens	1	12	12.0	0	12
Koby Gross	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	17	173	10.2	2	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Joey Stemler	10	3	0	0.5	0	0
Michael Gravely Jr.	9	4	0	0.5	0	0
Nathan Voorhis	6	2	1	2	0	0
Alfred Chea	5	2	0	0.5	1	0
Jahmad Harmon	4	1	0	0	0	0
Darin Conley	4	0	0	0.5	0	0
DeJuan Echoles Jr.	3	2	0	0	1	1
Jack Beebe	3	2	0	0	0	0
Ashton Whitner	3	1	0	0	0	0
Derek Fields	3	1	0	0	0	0
Muheem McCargo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Hughes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eric McClain	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jalon Jones	2	1	0	0	0	0
Will Yates	2	1	0	0	0	0
Mikeah Webster	2	1	0	0	0	0
Joedrick Lewis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kiael Kelly	1	1	0	1	0	0
Caden Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Marsh	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Feeney	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Hudson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Layton Starks	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team	71	25	1	5	2	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Joedrick Lewis	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Joedrick Lewis	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
DC Pippin	1/3	33.3	25	2/2	5
Team	1/3	33.3	25	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Adam Saul	6	199	33.2	0	1	42
Team	6	199	33.2	0	1	42

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