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September
2007 Football News Archive |
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GoBSU.com
Ball State Football Pre-Game Report
- Game 2 |
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Saturday,
September 8th, 2007 - 12:00PM - Rynearson Stadium
- Ypsilanti, Michigan |
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Bryant
Haines Named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (09/10/2007) |
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FROM
BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING |
| MUNCIE,
Ind. -- Bryant Haines (Piqua, Ohio/Piqua H.S.),
a junior linebacker for the Ball State
University football team, has been named the
Mid-American Conference West Division
Defensive Player of the Week for his
performance in the Cardinals 38-16 win at
Eastern Michigan Saturday. |
| Haines
led Ball State with 12 tackles and led a
defense that limited the Eagles to 262 yards
of total offense and only one touchdown. Haines
anchored a defense that allowed Eastern
Michigan only 107 rushing yards on 28
carries, while the Eagles amassed only 11
first downs in the game. |
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marks the first time in Haines career
he has been honored with the MAC’s weekly
award. |
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State, 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the MAC West
Division, will play a non-conference game at
Navy Saturday at 5 p.m. The game will be
televised on CSTV and can be heard on the
Ball State Radio Network or via the web at
www.ballstatesports.com. |
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Ball State Football Pre-Game Report
- Game 3 |
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Saturday,
September 15th, 2007 - 5:00PM |
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Navy-Marine
Corps Memorial Stadium - Annapolis, Maryland |
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Lewis
and Crawford Receive Weekly MAC Honors (09/17/2007) |
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FROM
BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING |
| MUNCIE,
Ind. - Junior halfback MiQuale
Lewis (Fort Wayne,
Ind./Snider) of the Ball State football
team was named Mid-American Conference West
Division Offensive Player of the Week while
sophomore defensive end Brandon
Crawford (Fort Wayne,
Ind./South) was named the MAC West
Division Special Teams Player of the Week.
Both were recognized for their performances
in the Cardinals 34-31 overtime victory at
Navy Saturday. |
| Lewis
tallied a total of 178 all-purpose yards,
which included a touchdown off of 29 touches
in the Ball State victory. Lewis
rushed for 161 yards on 27 carries and
caught two passes for 17 yards. Lewis’
12-yard touchdown reception with 3:53
left in the game, tied the score at 31-31.
With the help of Lewis’ running
game the Cardinals totaled 262 yards and 15
first downs via the ground. |
| Crawford
blocked the potential game winning field
goal as time expired in regulation to send
the game into overtime for Ball State.
Crawford managed seven tackles,
including one tackle for loss, one forced
fumble and one pass break up. Crawford
a 31-year old defensive end, was formerly in
the Marines before receiving an honorable
discharge in 2003. He went to Military
Occupational Specialties school and then to
the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in
Havelock, N.C. |
| This
marks the first MAC Player of the Week honor
for Lewis and Crawford. |
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Cardinals travel to No. 22/24 Nebraska on
Saturday. |
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Chris
Miller Named to Ray Guy Award Watch List (09/20/2007) |
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FROM
BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING |
| MUNCIE,
Ind. -- Chris Miller (Libertyville,
Ill./Carmel H.S.), who is a junior
punter on the Ball State football team, has
been named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List
by the Greater Augusta Sports Council. |
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Ray Guy Award identifies the nation’s top
collegiate punter and is determined by a
national selection committee made up of
sportswriters, college football coaches,
sports information directors, past Ray Guy
Award winners and members designated by the
Greater Augusta Sports Council. |
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Watch List will be narrowed to 10
semifinalists in early November. The
national voting body will then vote for the
top three finalists who will be announced at
the end of November. The award will be
presented live on ESPN December 6, during
the Home Depot College Football Awards Show. |
| Miller
has punted 13 times this season for 609
yards and a 46.8 average. He has pinned
opponents inside the 20-yard line five times
this year. Miller, who was named to
the Playboy All-America Preseason Football
Team this past summer, punted 57 times for
2,637 yards with a long punt of 78 yards
last season. Of his 57 punts, 20 were placed
inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, 10
were touchbacks and six were fair catches.
Opponents returned 26 punts against the
Cardinals in 2006 and averaged only 7.2
yards per punt with 15 yards being the
longest return. Ball State’s net punting
in 2006 was 38.28, which ranked seventh in
the country. |
| Miller’s
2,637 punt yards ranked as the 10th highest
single-season total in Ball State history,
while his 46.3 average was the second best
in Ball State annals, behind only Brad
Maynard’s 46.5 average in 1995. |
| Miller,
who was named to The Sporting News
All-America Second Team in 2006, led the
Mid-American Conference and ranked second in
the nation with a 46.26 punting average last
season. |
| Ball
State, 2-1 on the season, will play at
Nebraska Saturday and then return to
Scheumann Stadium for three straight home
games -- vs. Buffalo (9/29), vs. Central
Michigan (10/6) and vs. Western Kentucky
(10/13). |
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Ball State Football Pre-Game Report
- Game 4 |
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Saturday,
September 22nd, 2007 - 12:30PM - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, Nebraska |
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MiQuale
Lewis Out Indefinitely with Knee Injury (09/23/2007) |
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FROM
BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING |
| MUNCIE,
Ind. -- MiQuale Lewis (Fort Wayne,
Ind./Snider H.S.), a sophomore H-back
for the Ball State football team, suffered a
knee injury late in the Cardinals game at
Nebraska and is out indefinitely. |
| "MiQuale
hurt his knee in our game Saturday and is
out indefinitely," Ball State head
coach Brady Hoke says. "He will be
monitored daily." |
| Lewis
rushed for 122 yards at Nebraska after
tallying a career high 167 rushing yards at
Navy the week before. These marked the first
100-yard rushing games of his career,
surpassing his previous best mark of 99
rushing yards on 10 carries at Buffalo in
2006. Lewis is averaging 111.8
rushing yards per game with two touchdowns. |
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Nate
Davis Named MAC West Division Offensive Player of
the Week (09/24/2007) |
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FROM
BALL STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING |
| MUNCIE,
Ind. - Sophomore quarterback Nate
Davis (Bellaire, Ohio/Bellaire H.S.) of
the Ball State football team has been named
Mid-American Conference West Division
Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts
in a 41-40 loss Saturday at nationally
ranked Nebraska. |
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weekly honor is the first of Davis'
career at BSU. Davis threw for a
career-high 422 yards and three touchdowns.
The 422 yards ranks as the third highest
single-game total in Ball State’s record
books. Davis ran 14 yards for a
touchdown in the third quarter to give the
Cardinals a 17-14 edge over Nebraska, which
entered the game ranked No. 22 by USA Today
and No. 24 by the Associated Press. |
| Ball
State football returns to Scheumann Stadium
on Saturday, against Buffalo at Noon. |
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Ball State Football Pre-Game Report
- Game 5 |
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Saturday,
September 29th, 2007 - 12:00PM - Scheumann Stadium
- Muncie, Indiana |
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