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

Ball State at Purdue, Saturday, noon EDT.


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


How to watch: Big Ten Network


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


Passing: 245.0 yards per game (43rd)


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


Rushing: 102.8 lawns per video game (120th)


Scoring: 25.3 points per video game (88th)


Overall defense: 454.9 backyards permitted per game (124th)


Passing: 279.6 yards allowed per video game (129th)


Rushing: 175.3 backyards permitted per game (100th)


Scoring: 40.1 points permitted per game (131st)


Purdue (2024 )


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


Passing: 183.9 yards per game (113th)


Rushing: 115.3 backyards per video game (T110th)


Scoring: 15.8 points per game (129th)


Overall defense: 452.3 yards permitted per game (123rd)


Passing: 252.7 backyards enabled per game (116th)


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


Scoring: 39.9 points allowed per game (130th)


Ball State (2024 )


Passing: Kiael Kelly, 8 backyards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 50.0 conclusion percentage


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


Receiving: Qian Magwood, 207 yards 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 carries, 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 four straight losses.


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


Ball State check outs Auburn on Sept. 6.


Purdue hosts Southern Illinois on Sept. 6.


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FILE - Purdue football coach Barry Odom talks with the crowd during 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)