Eastern Michigan vs Ball State — Oct 7, 2023 (24-10) College Football

10/7/23

Ball State

(4-8)

Final

Rynearson Stadium

Ypsilanti, MI

Eastern Michigan -2.5 · O/U 43

56°· Rain Shower

Eastern Michigan

(6-7)

All-Time Series

Full Matchup Page

WINS

(.569)

TIES

WINS

(.400)

BALL

EMU

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Team Box

Ball State

Eastern Michigan

306

Total Yards

253

148

Rushing Yards

158

Passing Yards

192

2 / 12

Third Downs

5 / 14

17%

Third Down %

36%

27:29

Time of Possession

32:31

8 for 66

Penalties

4 for 40

Turnovers

-2

Turnover Margin

Game Leaders

passing

Layne Hatcher

YDS

132

ATT

COMP

PCT

60.6%

INT

Austin Smith

YDS

192

ATT

COMP

PCT

64.3%

INT

rushing

Kiael Kelly

YDS

ATT

YPA

10.4

LONG

FUM

—

Samson Evans

YDS

ATT

YPA

3.0

LONG

FUM

—

receiving

Marquez Cooper

YDS

REC

YPC

8.9

LONG

FUM

JB Mitchell III

YDS

REC

YPC

10.1

LONG

FUM

—

defense

Jordan Riley

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Joe Sparacio

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

—

FUM

—

Box

Passing

Ball State Passing

Layne Hatcher

Kiael Kelly

YDS

132

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.6

0.5

INT

RAT

104.2

159.2

YPA

YPC

6.6

Eastern Michigan Passing

Austin Smith

YDS

192

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.6

INT

RAT

145.5

YPA

6.9

YPC

10.7

Scoring Plays

Field Goal

Jesus Gomez 53 yd FG GOOD

05:54 1Q

Field Goal

Jackson Courville 37 yd FG GOOD

03:06 1Q

Touchdown

Samson Evans run for 2 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)

12:57 2Q

Touchdown

Austin Smith pass complete to JB Mitchell III for 3 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)

06:36 2Q

Touchdown

Layne Hatcher pass complete to Tanner Koziol for 13 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)

02:32 2Q

Touchdown

Austin Smith pass complete to Hamze El-Zayat for 50 yds for a TD (Jesus Gomez KICK)

10:33 3Q

Team Stats

Per Game

Team

Ball State

Eastern Michigan

18.25

Points For

19.54

24.42

Points Against

26.69

-6.17

Point Diff

-7.15

308.08

Total Yards

264.08

315.83

Total Yards Allowed

401.54

-0.42

Turnover Margin

0.08

32.25

Possession Minutes

28.38

Stat Rankings

Ball State

Offense

Eastern Michigan

Defense

Rank

122nd of 133

scoring

70th of 133

123rd of 133

total yards

95th of 133

96th of 133

ppa

85th of 133

100th of 133

success rate

97th of 133

126th of 133

explosiveness

43rd of 133

Team Ratings

Elo Ratingof 133 ranked

BALL

126

KENT1150 127

HI1148

128

BALL1147

EMU

EMU1363

Talent Ratingof 238 ranked

BALL

109

MIOH408.2 110

HI407.8

111

BALL403.5

EMU

116

EMU377.1

117

NM375.4 118

KENT373.3

Season Leaders

passing

Layne Hatcher

YDS

583

ATT

COMP

PCT

0.7%

INT

Austin Smith

YDS

1775

ATT

298

COMP

171

PCT

0.6%

INT

rushing

Marquez Cooper

YDS

1043

ATT

227

YPA

4.6

LONG

FUM

Samson Evans

YDS

635

ATT

142

YPA

4.5

LONG

FUM

receiving

Qian Magwood

YDS

358

REC

YPC

8.7

LONG

FUM

Tanner Knue

YDS

479

REC

YPC

9.6

LONG

FUM

defense

Cole Pearce

STKL

TFL

ATKL

SACK

INT

FUM

Joe Sparacio

STKL

TFL

8.5

ATKL

SACK

2.5

INT

FUM

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