New Coaches Trying To Snap Losing Streaks As Ball State And Purdue

Ball State at Purdue, Saturday, midday EDT.


BetMGM College Football Odds: Purdue by 17 1/2.


How to watch: Big Ten Network


Overall offense: 347.8 lawns per game (103rd in FBS)


Passing: 245.0 backyards per game (43rd)


FILE - Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne wants to throw during warmups before playing Oregon in an NCAA college football game in West Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)


Rushing: 102.8 lawns per game (120th)


Scoring: 25.3 points per game (88th)


Overall defense: 454.9 yards enabled per game (124th)


Passing: 279.6 lawns enabled per game (129th)


Rushing: 175.3 yards enabled per video game (100th)


Scoring: 40.1 points enabled per video game (131st)


Purdue (2024 )


Overall offense: 299.2 yards per video game (127th in FBS)


Passing: 183.9 yards per video game (113th)


Rushing: 115.3 backyards per video game (T110th)


Scoring: 15.8 points per game (129th)


Overall defense: 452.3 backyards enabled per game (123rd)


Passing: 252.7 yards enabled per game (116th)


Rushing: 200.0 yards allowed per video game (119th)


Scoring: 39.9 points per game (130th)


Ball State (2024 )


Passing: Kiael Kelly, 8 lawns, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 50.0 conclusion portion


Rushing: TJ Horton, 107 yards on 17 carries, 2 TDs


Receiving: Qian Magwood, 207 backyards on 23 catches, 4 TDs


Purdue


Passing: Ryan Browne, 532 backyards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 56.6 conclusion percentage


Rushing: Devin Mockobee, 687 yards on 138 brings, 4 TDs


Receiving: Michael Jackson III, 10 backyards on 1 catch, 0 TDs (at Georgia)


Ball State lost 42-31 at Ohio, closing the season with 4 straight losses.


Purdue lost 66-0 at Indiana, extending the country's second-longest active losing streak to 11.


Ball State visits Auburn on Sept. 6.


Purdue hosts Southern Illinois on Sept. 6.


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FILE - Purdue football coach Barry Odom talks to the crowd throughout the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Purdue and Indiana in West Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)