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GoBSU.com Ball State Football Pre-Game Report - Game 2

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Eastern Michigan Eagles

Saturday, September 8th, 2007 - 12:00PM - Rynearson Stadium - Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan - Series History

48 Meetings - Ball State Leads the Series 26-20-2

  • 09/26/1936 - EMU 6, BSU 0 at EMU
  • 09/25/1937 - EMU 13, BSU 6 at BSU
  • 11/09/1946 - EMU 7, BSU 7 at BSU 
  • 11/07/1947 - EMU 14, BSU 7 at EMU
  • 10/23/1948 - BSU 23, EMU 14 at BSU
  • 10/15/1949 - BSU 33, EMU 2 at EMU
  • 11/21/1950 - EMU 13, BSU 0 at BSU
  • 09/27/1952 - EMU 26, BSU 14 at EMU
  • 09/23/1961 - EMU 0, BSU 0 at BSU
  • 09/21/1962 - BSU 14, EMU 0 at EMU
  • 09/21/1963 - BSU 22, EMU 6 at BSU
  • 10/12/1968 - EMU 43, BSU 7 at BSU
  • 10/26/1974 - EMU 17, BSU 9 at EMU
  • 09/06/1975 - BSU 24, EMU 14 at BSU
  • 11/20/1976 - BSU 52, EMU 3 at EMU
  • 11/19/1977 - BSU 45, EMU 21 at BSU
  • 10/28/1978 - BSU 21, EMU 0 at EMU
  • 11/03/1979 - BSU 28, EMU 10 at BSU
  • 10/18/1980 - BSU 26, EMU 0 at EMU
  • 10/31/1981 - BSU 35, EMU 13 at BSU
  • 10/30/1982 - BSU 16, EMU 7 at EMU
  • 10/29/1983 - BSU 33, EMU 20 at BSU
  • 10/27/1984 - BSU 17, EMU 10 at EMU
  • 11/02/1985 - EMU 27, BSU 24 at BSU
  • 11/02/1986 - EMU 14, BSU 7 at EMU
  • 10/01/1987 - EMU 35, BSU 28 at EMU
  • 10/15/1988 - EMU 16, BSU 12 at BSU
  • 11/11/1989 - BSU 23, EMU 17 at BSU
  • 11/10/1990 - BSU 20, EMU 13 at EMU
  • 10/12/1991 - BSU 10, EMU 8 at EMU
  • 10/10/1992 - BSU 31, EMU 7 at BSU
  • 10/30/1993 - BSU 18 at EMU 13 at EMU
  • 10/29/1994 - EMU 41, BSU 20 at EMU
  • 10/21/1995 - EMU 40, BSU 35 at BSU
  • 11/02/1996 - BSU 39, EMU 25 at EMU
  • 10/11/1997 - EMU 38, BSU 32 at EMU
  • 09/12/1998 - EMU 13, BSU 7 at BSU
  • 11/06/1999 - EMU 31, BSU 21 at EMU
  • 10/14/2000 - BSU 33, EMU 14 at BSU
  • 10/13/2001 - BSU 35, EMU 14 at EMU
  • 10/19/2002 - BSU 42, EMU 17 at BSU
  • 11/15/2003 - EMU 38, BSU 14 at EMU
  • 10/09/2004 - EMU 31, BSU 24 at BSU
  • 11/12/2005 - BSU 26, EMU 25 at EMU
  • 08/31/2006 - BSU 38, EMU 20 at BSU

#20 Dave Means battles for yardage during a snowy Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan game at Ball State Stadium in 1969. Photo from 1970 BSU Orient Yearbook.
  • 11/15/1969 - BSU 31, EMU 22 at BSU
  • 11/14/1970 - EMU 60, BSU 0 at EMU
  • 09/08/1973 - EMU 17, BSU 14 at EMU

Series Trivia

  • Ball State has won two straight games in the series.
  • In Ypsilanti - Ball State leads the series 13-12
  • In Muncie - Ball State leads the series 13-8-2
  • Eastern Michigan is 70-40-4 in home openers historically.
  • Eastern Michigan is 5-2 in home openers under Coach Jeff Genyk.
  • The home team is 25-21-2 in the series.
  • The visiting team is 21-25-2 in the series.
  • In August - Ball State leads the series 1-0
  • In September - EMU leads the series 5-3-1
  • In October - Ball State leads the series 14-8
  • In November - Ball State leads the series  8-7-1
  • On September 8th - EMU leads the series 1-0
The Last Meeting: August 31, 2006 in Muncie - Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 20
After trading punches for most of the first quarter, Eastern Michigan grabbed an initial lead on a 6 yard Tyler Jones run which capped a 6 play 88 yard drive. Eastern lead at the end of the first quarter 7-0. The Ball State offense, led by Joey Lynch fired up shortly there after, tying the score on a 15 yard pass from Lynch to Darius Hill. Midway through the second quarter EMU mounted another long drive, this time only resulting in a 20 yard field goal by Andrew Wellock. The Eagle's lead would be short lived. On the next possession Ball State welcomed much anticipated freshman quarterback Nate Davis onto the field for the first time. On Davis' second pass and third play from scrimmage he uncorked a 46 yard touchdown bomb to Louis Johnson to give Ball State the lead with 6:55 to go in the first half. Nate and Joey Lynch would alternate series at quarterback for the rest of the game. Both teams added field goals before the end of the second quarter making the halftime score Ball State 17, Eastern Michigan 13.  After a short and unsuccessful drive to start the second half, Ball State punter Chris Miller pinned Eastern Michigan on their own 10 yard line. After an initial 6 yard gain to push the ball out to the 16 yard line, EMU quarterback Tyler Jones was sacked on consecutive plays by William Wise and Courtlan Booker moving the ball back to the EMU 3 yard line. From his own endzone Eastern punter Andrew Wellock served up a whopping a 27 yard punt allowing Ball State to take over on the EMU 30 yard line. Five plays later Nate Davis connected on the second touchdown pass of his carrier on a 9 yard pass to Dante Love, pushing the score to 24-13 Cardinals. With the vultures circling, Eastern responded with a 10 play drive that stalled on downs at the Ball State 43 yard line. Ball State running back Larry Bostic then uncorked consecutive runs of 25 and 13 yards moving the ball to the EMU 19 yard line. Four plays later Ball State blew the game wide open when Nate Davis recorded his third touchdown pass of the game on a 6 yard strike to Darius Hill. For the game Nate Davis would complete 7 of 8 passes for 108 yards and 3 touchdowns. Ball State lead at the end of three quarters 31-13. In their first series of the forth quarter Eastern Michigan would end their scoring when Tyler Jones hit Eric Deslauriers on a 20 yard touchdown pass. Ball State would also add a touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 31 yard Dante Love run. Final score, Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 20 in front of a disappointing opening night crowd of only 12,326. 
GoBSU.com coverage of the 2006 BSU victory over EMU including pictures and video of the post game press conference.

The Last Meeting in Ypsilanti: November 12, 2006 - Ball State 26, Eastern Michigan 25
Trailing 22-0 with 17 minutes to go in the game, senior defensive back David Gater intercepted EMU quarterback Matt Bohnet and returned the ball 30 yards for the first Ball State score of the night. The score would remain 22-7 until Eastern Michigan added a field goal with just under 8 minutes to play in the game. Less than 30 seconds of game time later Ball State found the end zone again when Joey Lynch hit Terry Moss for a 17 yard touchdown reception. Eastern Michigan still lead 25-14. Ball State cut the lead to 6 with 4:38 left in the game when Lynch connected with freshman Darius Hill on a 13 yard touchdown strike. Eastern still led 25-20 though after a two point conversion after the touchdown failed. BSU quickly got the ball back but fumbled the ball away on Eastern Michigan's 41 yard line. Eastern could not put the Cardinals away however and were forced to punt the ball back to the Cardinals with time running out. Larry Bostic blocked the punt and the Cardinals were in business. The final minute of the game would be wrought with chaos and controversy. Eastern appeared to have ended the Cardinal comeback after breaking up a pass play on fourth down from the EMU 30 with 55 seconds remaining. A pass interference penalty however gave BSU new life. Shortly there after, an apparent Ball State touchdown pass was over ruled by instant replay. Finally, with 12 seconds remaining Joey Lynch found Dante Love in the corner of the endzone to give Ball State the lead and the win. Final score Ball State 26, Eastern Michigan 25. NEVER GIVE UP.
A Quick Comparison
Ball State University The Schools Eastern Michigan University
Muncie, Indiana Location Ypsilanti, Michigan
1918 Founded 1849
17,285 Enrollment 23,000
Dr. Jo Ann Gora President TBA
Tom Collins Athletics Director Dr. Derrick Gragg
www.bsu.edu Website www.emich.edu
The Football Programs
0-1 (0-1 MAC West) 2007 Record 0-1 (0-1 MAC West)
5-7 (5-3 MAC) 2006 Record 1-11 (1-7 MAC)
Brady Hoke Head Coach Jeff Genyk
15-32 (5th season) Head Coaching Record 9-26 (4th season)
381-348-32 All Time Record 421-491-47
11-9 Record in Rynearson Stadium 90-91-5
138-124-3 All Time Record In MAC Games 88-177-6
5 D1-A Conference Championships 1
1996 Last D1-A Conference Championship 1987
3 Division 1-A Bowl Games 1
1996 Las Vegas Bowl Last Division 1-A Bowl Game 1987 California Bowl
Scheumann Stadium Stadium Rynearson Stadium
FieldTurf Playing Surface FieldTurf
22,500 Stadium Capacity 30,200
BallStateSports.com Athletic Web Site EMUEagles.com
BSUFans.com Online Fan Forums EMU Eagles Nest

Know Your Foe - Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan Players To Watch

The defensive line is the strength of this football team. Coach Hoke calls them a salty bunch. Below are the team leaders and pre-season award nominees. 
#33 Zach Johnson - 6' 0" 185 SO Punter - 2007 Ray Guy Award Nominee for the nations best punter. Was a semifinalist for the award in 2006. Freshman All-American honorable mention by The Sporting News. 
#44 Daniel Holtzclaw - 6' 1" 240 pound JR Middle Linebacker - 2007 Rotary Lombardi Award Nominee for the nations top collegiate lineman. The MAC's leading returning tackler. Finished 2006 with 114 tackles which was 16th best in the nation. Had 10 tackles against Pittsburgh in Eastern's season opening loss to the Panthers.
#7 Anthony Schmitt - 6' 4" 230 pound SO Quarterback - Started the Pitt game for Eastern Michigan at quarterback. was 16 for 27 with 1 interception for 106 yards. Had a passing efficiency rating of 84.83.
#8 Tyler Jones - 6' 2" 210 pound JR Quarterback - replaced Schmitt at QB during the Pitt game. A running type quarterback. Rushed 22 times for 191 yards against Ball State in last season's game. Also completed 11 of 16 passes for 146 yards and 1 touchdown against the Cardinals before being knocked silly and out of the game. 
#3 Travis Lewis - 6' 2" 197 pound SR Split End - Leads Eastern in receiving with 5 catches for 52 yards. 
#43 Pierre Walker - 5' 8" 191 pound SR Tailback - Leads Eastern's running attack with 30 yards on the season.

Probable Starters (From each school's press release)
Ball State Eastern Michigan
Offense Offense
QB 13 Nate Davis - 6' 2" 214 SO QB 7 Anthony Schmitt - 6' 4" 230 SO
H 33 MiQuale Lewis - 5' 6" 184 SO TB 32 Pierre Walker - 5' 8" 191 SR 
TE 88 Darius Hill - 6' 6" 233 JR H 18 DeAnthony White - 5' 8" 170 FR
LT 79 Andre Ramsey - 6' 5" 305 JR LT 50 T.J. Lang - 6' 4" 290 JR
LG 74 Michael Switzer - 6' 5" 285 FR LG 60 Andy Fretz - 6' 2" 290 SO
C 52 Dan Gerberry - 6' 3" 287 JR C 73 Desi Mayner - 6' 1" 285 JR
RG 50 Dustin Brown - 6' 3" 295 SR RG 63 Khalid Walton - 6' 4" 297 SR
RT 71 Robert Brewster - 6' 5" 312 JR RT 65 Dan DeMaster - 6' 5" 285 FR
TE 82 Madarius Grant - 6' 5" 228 - SO TE 16 Ken Bohnet - 6' 4" 250 SR
WR 81 Louis Johnson - 6' 1' 182 JR Z 15 Jacory Stone - 6' 1" 189 SO
WR 86 Dante Love - 5' 10" 176 JR X 3 Travis Lewis - 6' 2" 197 SR
Defense Defense
CB 3 B.J. Hill - 5' 7" 180 JR  DE 92 Eric Young - 6' 2" 251 SR
SS 21 Chris Allen - 5' 10" 188 SR DT 91 Josh Hunt - 6' 5" 280 JR
DE 65 Drew Duffin - 6' 3" 253 SO DT 83 Jason Jones - 6' 5" 270 SR
NT 93 Amara Koroma - 6' 2" 275 SR DE 41 Spencer Smith - 6' 1" 230 JR
DT 94 Jacob Jordan - 6' 3" 280 SR WILL 20 Andre Hatchett - 5' 11" 220 SO
RUSH 44 Cortlan Booker - 6' 2" 245 SR MIKE 44 Daniel Holtzclaw - 6' 1" 240 JR
SAM 99 Kenny Meeks - 6' 2" 234 SO SAM 4 Darran Matthews - 6' 0" 220 SR
MIKE 28 Mike Dorulla - 6' 0" 216 SR FC 30 Lyle Garrison - 5' 8" 170 JR
WILL 49 Bryant Haynes - 6' 5" 230 JR BC 34 Derrick Hunter - 6' 0" 180 SO
FS 1 Eddie Burk - 5' 11" 202 SR FS 23 Chris May - 5' 10" 200 SO
CB 12 Trey Lewis - 6' 0" 194 JR SS 21 Jacob Wyatt - 5' 11" 190 JR
Specialists Specialists
P 35 Chris Miller - 6' 2" 205 JR P 33 Zach Johnson - 6' 0" 185 SO
PK 29 Jake Hogue - 5' 9" 186 FR PK 38 Sean Dutcher - 5' 10" 180 FR
PR 3 B.J. Hill - 5' 7" 180 JR  PR 82 Nate Beard - 5' 10" 170 SO
KR 86 Dante Love - 5' 10" 176 JR KR 22 Dwayne Priest - 5' 9" 185 FR
H 17 Tanner Justice - 6' 3" 193 SO H 33 Zach Johnson - 6' 0" 185 SO
LS 53 Cody Muhlenkamp - 5' 11" 206 FR LS 53 Terry Topolinski - 6' 2" 245 SR
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