Purdue Boilermakers

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YES!

Purdue Boilermakers beat the Ball State Cardinals

0-1 0 – 31

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Final · Sat, Aug 30

Game Details

Ross-Ade Stadium (West Lafayette) · 53,994 fans · BTN

Highlights

Browne helps Purdue past Ball State 31-0

Ryan Browne threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead Purdue to a 31-0 rout of Ball State in Saturday’s season opener for both teams.

Recap via ESPN

0:33 Arhmad Branch dances into the end zone for Purdue

1:18 Ball State Cardinals vs. Purdue Boilermakers: Full Highlights

0:18 Devin Mockobee punches it in for Purdue

0:23 Ryan Browne sneaks in for a Purdue TD

Clips play on ESPN

Ross-Ade Stadium · West Lafayette

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BALL	0	0	0	0	0
PUR	14	7	7	3	31

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Game Leaders

Ball State Cardinals

Kiael Kelly · 10/16, 87 YDSPassing Yards
Kiael Kelly · 22 CAR, 63 YDSRushing Yards
Elijah Jackson · 1 REC, 37 YDSReceiving Yards
Nathan Voorhis · 1Sacks
Joey Stemler · 5Tackles

Purdue Boilermakers

Ryan Browne · 18/26, 311 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Devin Mockobee · 14 CAR, 59 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Arhmad Branch · 3 REC, 101 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Jamarrion Harkless · 1.5Sacks
Charles Correa · 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

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 9:59

FG Spencer Porath 28 Yd Field Goal 0–31

Q3 4:40

TD Michael Jackson III 14 Yd pass from Ryan Browne (Spencer Porath Kick)0–28

Q2 10:21

TD Devin Mockobee 4 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick)0–21

Q1 9:47

TD Ryan Browne 5 Yd Run (Spencer Porath Kick)0–14

Q1 14:20

TD Arhmad Branch 49 Yd pass from Ryan Browne (Spencer Porath Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Ball State CardinalsPurdue Boilermakers

Offense

203 Total Yards 433

87 Passing Yards 340

116 Rushing Yards 93

13 First Downs 23

Efficiency

4-13 3rd Down 4-11

1-2 4th Down 2-2

10/16 Completions 20/29

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 0

3-18 Penalties 3-25

33:40 Possession 26:20

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Kiael Kelly	10/16	87	5.4	0	0	17.1
Team	10/16	87	5.4	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kiael Kelly	22	63	2.9	12
Qua Ashley	10	45	4.5	21
Elijah Jackson	1	7	7.0	7
TJ Horton	3	1	0.3	4
Team	36	116	3.2	21

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Elijah Jackson	1	37	37.0	37
TJ Horton	1	14	14.0	14
Maximus Webster	1	13	13.0	13
Ty Robinson	2	9	4.5	7
Eric Weatherly	1	8	8.0	8
Koby Gross	1	3	3.0	3
Qua Ashley	2	2	1.0	5
Drew Cassens	1	1	1.0	1
Team	10	87	8.7	37

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Joey Stemler	5	5	0	0	0
Nathan Voorhis	4	3	1	1	0
Alfred Chea	4	2	0	0	0
Ashton Whitner	3	3	0	1	0
Caden Johnson	3	2	0	1	0
Jackson Wiegold	3	2	0	0	0
Deondre Shepherd	3	1	0	0	0
Muheem McCargo	2	2	0	0	0
Michael Gravely Jr.	2	2	0	0	0
Jack Beebe	2	2	0	0	0
Jahmad Harmon	2	2	0	1	1
Micah Wing	2	2	0	0	0
Joedrick Lewis	2	2	0	0	0
Eric McClain	2	2	0	1	0
Layton Starks	2	2	0	0	0
Will Yates	2	2	0	0	1
Derek Fields	2	1	0	0	1
DeJuan Echoles Jr.	2	0	0	0	0
Roman Pearson	1	1	0	0	0
Darin Conley	1	1	0	0	0
Jalon Jones	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Hudson	1	0	0	0	0
Team	51	39	1	5	3

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Qua Ashley	2	34	17.0	17	0
Team	2	34	17.0	17	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Eric Weatherly	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team	1	-3	-3.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carson Holmer	0/2	0.0	0	0/0	0
Team	0/2	0.0	0	0/0	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Adam Saul	5	204	40.8	0	1	46
Team	5	204	40.8	0	1	46

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Ryan Browne	18/26	311	12.0	2	82.7
Malachi Singleton	2/3	29	9.7	0	42.7
Team	20/29	340	11.7	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Devin Mockobee	14	59	4.2	1	13
Malachi Singleton	3	17	5.7	0	12
Antonio Harris	3	12	4.0	0	7
Ryan Browne	7	5	0.7	1	5
Malachi Thomas	2	2	1.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	30	93	3.1	2	13

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Arhmad Branch	3	101	33.7	1	49
Michael Jackson III	6	72	12.0	1	18
Devin Mockobee	2	45	22.5	0	29
EJ Horton Jr.	3	38	12.7	0	14
Corey Smith	2	30	15.0	0	22
Nitro Tuggle	2	25	12.5	0	19
Antonio Harris	1	22	22.0	0	22
Jalil Hall	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	20	340	17.0	2	49

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Devin Mockobee	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Charles Correa	10	5	0	1	0	0
Tahj Ra-El	7	6	0	1	0	0
Mani Powell	4	4	1	1	0	0
Crew Wakley	3	3	0	0	1	0
Hudauri Hines	3	3	0	0	0	0
TJ Lindsey	3	3	0	1	0	0
CJ Madden	3	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Breylon Charles	3	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Sanders Ellis	3	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Jamarrion Harkless	3	0	1.5	1.5	0	0
Alex Sanford Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
Myles Slusher	2	1	0	0	0	0
An'Darius Coffey	2	1	0	0	0	0
Richard Toney Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0
CJ Nunnally IV	1	1	0	0	0	1
Ryan Turner	1	1	0	0	0	0
Breeon Ishmail	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chalil Cummings	1	1	0	0	0	0
Demeco Kennedy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tony Grimes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	57	37	4	7	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Antonio Harris	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team	1	20	20.0	20	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Michael Jackson III	2	7	3.5	4	0
Team	2	7	3.5	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Spencer Porath	1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jack McCallister	3	151	50.3	0	3	55
Team	3	151	50.3	0	3	55

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