Western Michigan Broncos @ Ball State Cardinals

4-2, 4-2 MAC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
W Michigan WMU	3	17	7	0	27
Ball State BALL	6	7	0	17	30

Ball State CardinalsBall StateBALL

5-1, 5-1 MAC

Game Information

Muncie, IN

FBS

Mid-American Conference	CONF	OVR
Eastern Michigan	1-0	1-1
Buffalo	0-0	1-0
Massachusetts	0-0	1-0
Akron	0-0	0-1
Ball State	0-0	0-1
Bowling Green	0-0	0-1
Central Michigan	0-0	0-1
Kent State	0-0	0-1
Miami (OH)	0-0	0-1
Ohio	0-0	0-1
Toledo	0-0	0-1
Western Michigan	0-0	0-1
Sacramento State	0-1	1-1

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