Ball State Cardinals

12thin Mid-American Conference · 0-1

Ugh, no.

Ball State Cardinals lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes

0-1 3 – 56

Ranked #5 · 1-0

Final · Sat, Sep 5

Game Details

Ohio Stadium (Columbus) · 101,120 fans · BTN

Highlights

Smith and Sayin help No. 1 Ohio State prepare for Texas with 56-3 rout of Ball State

Jeremiah Smith had two highlight reel-worthy touchdown catches, Julian Sayin passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns, and top-ranked Ohio State tuned up for next week's matchup against No. 5 Texas with a 56-3 rout of Ball State on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:27 Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith connect on a 48-yard TD for Ohio State

0:24 Julian Sayin throws 17-yard touchdown pass vs. Ball State

0:30 Tarvos Alford grabs interception vs. Ball State Cardinals

0:19 Touchdown! Julian Sayin scores vs. Ball State

Clips play on ESPN

Ohio Stadium · Columbus

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BALL	0	3	0	0	3
OSU	14	14	14	14	56

Win Probability · Ball State Cardinals

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Game Leaders

Ball State Cardinals

Keldric Luster · 18/33, 89 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Elijah Jackson · 2 CAR, 20 YDSRushing Yards
Elisha Durham · 1 REC, 26 YDSReceiving Yards
Jared Badie · 1Sacks
Quentavius Scandrett · 6Tackles

Ohio State Buckeyes

Julian Sayin · 21/25, 320 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Bo Jackson · 9 CAR, 83 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jeremiah Smith · 8 REC, 151 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Epi Sitanilei · 1Sacks
Riley Pettijohn · 6Tackles

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

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 1:55

TD Chris Henry Jr. 15 Yd pass from Tavien St. Clair (Cooper Peterson Kick)3–56

Q4 14:16

TD Legend Bey 25 Yd pass from Luke Fahey (Connor Hawkins Kick)3–49

Q3 8:20

TD Ja'Kobi Jackson 49 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)3–42

Q3 11:29

TD Bo Jackson 65 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)3–35

Q2 0:10

TD Jeremiah Smith 3 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)3–28

Q2 1:17

FG Brody Boehm 54 Yd Field Goal 3–21

Q2 12:08

TD Julian Sayin 3 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–21

Q1 1:23

TD Devin McCuin 17 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–14

Q1 8:47

TD Jeremiah Smith 48 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Ball State CardinalsOhio State Buckeyes

Offense

165 Total Yards 671

120 Passing Yards 434

45 Rushing Yards 237

13 First Downs 32

Efficiency

3-14 3rd Down 5-11

0-1 4th Down 2-2

20/37 Completions 31/37

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

3-15 Penalties 9-81

28:22 Possession 31:38

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Keldric Luster	18/33	89	2.7	1	28.4
Tyler Mizzell	2/4	31	7.8	0	96.1
Team	20/37	120	3.2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Elijah Jackson	2	20	10.0	15
Keldric Luster	9	10	1.1	8
Jalen Bonds	3	9	3.0	12
TJ Horton	6	4	0.7	5
Johnny Thompson Jr.	2	3	1.5	2
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0
Team	23	45	2.0	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Elisha Durham	1	26	26.0	26
Tate Hoover	5	20	4.0	10
Jamarion McDougle	2	16	8.0	12
Isaiah Thacker	1	11	11.0	11
Donovan Hamilton	1	11	11.0	11
Johnny Thompson Jr.	3	11	3.7	7
CJ Nelson	1	8	8.0	8
Jalen Bonds	1	6	6.0	6
TJ Horton	4	6	1.5	4
Elijah Jackson	1	5	5.0	5
Team	20	120	6.0	26

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Sterling Smith	6	5	0	0	0
Lucas Szymborski	6	5	0	0	0
Quentavius Scandrett	6	4	0	0	0
Gavin Forsha	5	3	0	1	0
Anthony Pinnace	4	3	1	2	1
Derek Fields	4	3	0	0	0
Will Yates	3	3	0	0	0
Kaleb Stewart	3	2	0	0	0
Ameir Glenn	2	2	0	1	0
Eli Hohlt	2	2	0	0	0
Gabe Aramboles	2	2	0	0	0
Justin Thomas	2	2	0	1	0
Kamron Chamble	2	2	0	0	0
Maverick Gracio	2	1	0	0	0
Chris Jackson	2	1	0	0	0
Cincear Lewis	2	0	0	0	0
Reese Hill	2	0	0	0	0
Jared Badie	1	1	1	1	0
Kendrick Gilbert	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Marsh	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Scherle	1	1	0	0	0
Cedric Franklin II	1	1	0	0	0
Jamar Birden	1	1	0	0	0
Jordan Suggs	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Feeney	1	1	0	0	0
Jamarion McDougle	1	1	0	0	0
Spencer Vaka	1	1	0	0	0
Stone Perkins	1	0	0	0	0
Team	66	50	2	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Cedric Franklin II	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brody Boehm	1/1	100.0	54	0/0	3
Team	1/1	100.0	54	0/0	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cole Stumbaugh	8	350	43.8	0	4	64
Team	8	350	43.8	0	4	64

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Julian Sayin	21/25	320	12.8	3	0	96.5
Luke Fahey	5/6	62	10.3	1	1	16.5
Tavien St. Clair	5/6	52	8.7	1	0	25.2
Team	31/37	434	11.7	5	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ja'Kobi Jackson	8	83	10.4	1	49
Bo Jackson	9	83	9.2	1	65
Legend Bey	6	37	6.2	0	24
Isaiah West	5	27	5.4	0	14
Tavien St. Clair	2	8	4.0	0	7
Jeremiah Smith	1	5	5.0	0	5
Luke Fahey	1	3	3.0	0	3
Julian Sayin	3	-9	-3.0	1	3
Team	35	237	6.8	3	65

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jeremiah Smith	8	151	18.9	2	48
Devin McCuin	6	97	16.2	1	19
Legend Bey	2	37	18.5	1	25
Brandon Inniss	3	36	12.0	0	15
Brock Boyd	1	22	22.0	0	22
Isaiah West	3	18	6.0	0	9
Chris Henry Jr.	1	15	15.0	1	15
Bo Jackson	1	13	13.0	0	13
Jerquaden Guilford	1	12	12.0	0	12
Nate Roberts	1	11	11.0	0	11
Mason Williams	1	6	6.0	0	6
Maxence LeBlanc	1	6	6.0	0	6
Phillip Bell	1	6	6.0	0	6
Brody Lennon	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	31	434	14.0	5	48

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Riley Pettijohn	6	2	0	0.5	0	0
Tarvos Alford	5	2	0	0.5	0	0
Earl Little Jr.	4	1	0	0	0	0
Beau Atkinson	4	1	0	0.5	0	0
Payton Pierce	3	0	0	0	1	2
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.	3	0	0	0.5	0	0
Christian Alliegro	3	0	0	1	0	0
Epi Sitanilei	2	2	1	1	0	0
Devin Sanchez	2	2	0	0	2	0
Jermaine Mathews Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
James Smith	2	1	0	1	0	0
Jordan Thomas	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jason Moore	1	1	0	1	0	0
John Walker	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cam Calhoun	1	1	0	0	0	0
Eddrick Houston	1	1	0	0	0	0
Darryus McKinley	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dominick Kelly	1	1	0	1	0	0
CJ Sanna	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Timmons	1	1	0	0	2	0
Braxton Rembert	1	1	0	0	0	0
Terry Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Will Smith Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen McClain	1	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Stover	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zion Grady	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simeon Caldwell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Khary Wilder	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ashton Yeager	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	53	23	1	7	6	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Tarvos Alford	1	2	0
Team	1	2	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Legend Bey	2	26	13.0	16	0
Team	2	26	13.0	16	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Brandon Inniss	1	10	10.0	10
Phillip Bell	3	0	0.0	1
Team	4	10	2.5	10

Kicking

Player	FG	XP	PTS
Connor Hawkins	0/0	7/7	7
Cooper Peterson	0/0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	8/8	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Joe McGuire	3	123	41.0	0	1	42
Team	3	123	41.0	0	1	42

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