New Coaches Trying To Snap Losing Streaks As Ball State And Purdue
Ball State at Purdue, Saturday, noon EDT.
BetMGM College Football Odds: Purdue by 17 1/2.
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Overall offense: 347.8 backyards per video game (103rd in FBS)
Passing: 245.0 backyards per game (43rd)
FILE - Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne seeks to throw throughout warmups before playing Oregon in an NCAA college football video game in West Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
Rushing: 102.8 lawns per video game (120th)
Scoring: 25.3 points per video game (88th)
Overall defense: 454.9 yards permitted per video game (124th)
Passing: 279.6 lawns allowed per video game (129th)
Rushing: 175.3 yards permitted per video game (100th)
Scoring: 40.1 points enabled per game (131st)
Purdue (2024 )
Overall offense: 299.2 lawns per game (127th in FBS)
Passing: 183.9 backyards per video game (113th)
Rushing: 115.3 backyards per game (T110th)
Scoring: 15.8 points per video game (129th)
Overall defense: 452.3 backyards allowed per game (123rd)
Passing: 252.7 yards permitted per video game (116th)
Rushing: 200.0 lawns permitted per video game (119th)
Scoring: 39.9 points enabled per game (130th)
Ball State (2024 )
Passing: Kiael Kelly, 8 lawns, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 50.0 completion portion
Rushing: TJ Horton, 107 backyards on 17 carries, 2 TDs
Receiving: Qian Magwood, 207 yards on 23 catches, 4 TDs
Purdue
Passing: Ryan Browne, 532 backyards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 56.6 completion percentage
Rushing: Devin Mockobee, 687 yards on 138 carries, 4 TDs
Receiving: Michael Jackson III, 10 lawns on 1 catch, 0 TDs (at Georgia)
Ball State lost 42-31 at Ohio, closing the season with four straight losses.
Purdue lost 66-0 at Indiana, extending the country's second-longest active losing streak to 11.
Ball State visits Auburn on Sept. 6.
Purdue hosts Southern Illinois on Sept. 6.
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FILE - Purdue football coach Barry Odom talks to the crowd during the very first half of an NCAA college basketball video game in between Purdue and in West Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)