Ball State Cardinals @ Massachusetts Minutemen — Nov 4, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 4, 2026
Cardinals Ball State BALL 2-5, 1-4 Away
November 4, 2026 6:00 pm
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Massachusetts Minutemen UMass MASS 2-4, 0-2 Home
Key Players
Ball State
K. Luster QB
1044 PASS
233 RUSH
0 REC
T. Horton CB
0 PASS
301 RUSH
21 REC
T. Mizzell QB
260 PASS
28 RUSH
0 REC
UMass
WW
W. Watson QB
713 PASS
136 RUSH
0 REC
LI
L. Inagawa
296 PASS
88 RUSH
0 REC
CK
C. Kimmons IV
0 PASS
258 RUSH
57 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Home vs Away
League Percentile Ranking
Ball State
UMass
Scoring 0–3
19.3 116th
Points
90th 23.2
37.9 129th
Opp Points
52nd 24.0
-18.6 130th
Point Diff
77th -0.8
Offense 2–4
315.4 117th
Total Yds
98th 336.7
187.7 105th
Pass Yds
98th 196.7
127.7 94th
Rush Yds
76th 140.0
18.7 91st
1st Downs
117th 17.0
34.4 101st
3rd Down%
109th 32.9
76.5 114th
Red Zone%
48th 87.5
Kicking & Discipline 1–3
50.0 129th
FG%
121st 58.3
1.3 70th
Turnovers
24th 0.8
7.6 104th
Penalties
106th 7.7
66.7 107th
Penalty Yds
93rd 62.8
Recent Form
Ball State
W vs CSUS 34-17
W @ BGU 32-31
L @ NW 14-45
L vs TOL 24-39
L @ KNT 13-26
UMass
L @ CONN 16-35
L @ BUF 18-24
L vs M-OH 19-20
L vs EMU 14-38
W @ CSUS 35-6
Form Comparison
Ball State vs UMass
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 4, 2026
Time
6:00 pm