NDSU vs. Ball State

[northdakotastate]

No. 14-ranked North Dakota State (2-0, 0-0 Great West) is scheduled to play Ball State University (1-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) at 5:30 p.m. (CST), Saturday, Sept. 23, in Scheumann Stadium (22,500, natural grass), Muncie, Ind.

The Bison improved to 2-0 on the season with a hard-fought 23-10 win over Northeastern on Sept. 16 before a crowd of 16,134 in the Fargodome ... The Cardinals opened the season with a 38-20 win over Eastern Michigan ... Ball State has lost back-to-back games to Big Ten Conference in-state opponents Indiana (24-23) in Muncie and Purdue University (38-28) in West Lafayette.

RADIO BROADCASTS: WDAY-AM 970, Fargo ... Scott Miller will handle the play-by-play. Former NDSU All-American and 11-year NFL great Phil Hansen will handle the color duties, while WDAY-TV sports director Steve Hallstrom will handle the sideline interviews ... Air time is set for 4:45 p.m. ... Bismarck (KLXX, 1270 AM) and Williston (KEYZ, 660 AM) are on the Bison Radio Network.

KNDS-LPFM 105.9, Fargo ... Jim Otis will call the play-by-play and Brad Jones will serve as the color commentator on the NDSU student radio station ... Air time is set with a pregame at 5:15 p.m. ... The free webcast is available at www.thunderradio.fm.

WLBC FM 104.1, Muncie, Ind. is in its 51st year as the flagship station for the Cardinals ... The game can be heard on Gold 95.9 (Indianapolis) and ESPN 1380 (Fort Wayne) ... Morry Mannies, who is in his 51st year as the "Voice of the Cardinals", will handle the play-by-play ... Former Ball State quarterback Mark O?Connell will provide the color commentary . . . Jaime Lemna will handle the sideline duties at all Ball State home games . . . The games can also be heard on Ball State?s student radio station WCRD-FM 91.3.

http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=610369

[amyc]

Nice, I didn't know we were ranked.  It would be awesome to see a great season this year. Go bison!

[pmp6nl]

Great win Bison!!! Awesome game!




--- Box Score ---

North Dakota State Bison at Ball State Cardinals
                   1st    2nd    3rd     4th            
NDSU (3-0)    0    13    3    13       29    FINAL
BALL (1-3)    7    7    10    0       24
September 23, 2006 - Ball State Stadium
   


     
Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER    NDSU    BALL
   TD    9:30    BJ Hill rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. Brian Jackson extra point GOOD.
Drive info: 5 plays, 55 yds in 3:00
   0    7
SECOND QUARTER    NDSU    BALL
   TD    14:53    Steve Walker pass complete to Tyler Jangula for 17 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Shawn Bibeau extra point GOOD.
Drive info: 11 plays, 80 yds in 4:55
   7    7
   TD    6:55    Joey Lynch pass complete to Dante Love for 70 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Brian Jackson extra point GOOD.
Drive info: 4 plays, 87 yds in 2:20
   7    14
   TD    0:00    Steve Walker pass complete to Kole Heckendorf for 39 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Drive info: 11 plays, 80 yds in 1:42
   13    14
THIRD QUARTER    NDSU    BALL
   FG    13:50    Shawn Bibeau 42 yard field goal GOOD.
Drive info: 4 plays, 42 yds in 0:54
   16    14
   FG    8:30    Brian Jackson 20 yard field goal GOOD.
Drive info: 13 plays, 77 yds in 5:19
   16    17
   TD    1:05    Nate Davis pass complete to Terry Moss for 81 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Brian Jackson extra point GOOD.
Drive info: 2 plays, 80 yds in 0:44
   16    24
FOURTH QUARTER    NDSU    BALL
   FG    11:17    Shawn Bibeau 29 yard field goal GOOD.
Drive info: 11 plays, 66 yds in 4:32
   19    24
   FG    6:26    Shawn Bibeau 24 yard field goal GOOD.
Drive info: 7 plays, 73 yds in 2:30
   22    24
   TD    1:25    Steve Walker pass complete to Travis White for 39 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. Shawn Bibeau extra point GOOD.
Drive info: 7 plays, 92 yds in 3:07
   29    24
   
Team Stat Comparison
 
NDSU   Ball State       
1st Downs    22    13
3rd down efficiency
   4-14    6-15
4th down efficiency
   2-2    0-1
Total Yards    545    409
Passing    462    395
Comp-Att
   29-47    18-32
Yards per pass
   9.8    12.3
Rushing    83    14
Rushing Attempts
   23    24
Yards per rush
   3.6    0.6
Penalties    7-55    5-35
Turnovers    1    0
Fumbles lost
   1    0
Interceptions thrown
   0    0
Possession    29:54    28:41


North Dakota State Passing
     C/ATT    YDS    AVG    TD    INT
Steve Walker    29/47    462    9.8    3    0
Team    29/47    462    9.8    3    0
   

Ball State Passing
     C/ATT    YDS    AVG    TD    INT
Joey Lynch    13/21    272    13.0    1    0
Nate Davis    5/11    123    11.2    1    0
Team    18/32    395    12.3    2    0


North Dakota State Rushing
     CAR    YDS    AVG    TD    LG
Kyle Steffes    18    76    4.2    0    17
Steve Walker    3    4    1.3    0    5
Pete Blincoe    2    3    1.5    0    2
Team    23    83    3.6    0    17
   

Ball State Rushing
     CAR    YDS    AVG    TD    LG
BJ Hill    8    29    3.6    1    12
Larry Bostic    6    3    0.5    0    3
Nate Davis    2    1    0.5    0    12
Daryll Stott    1    -1    -1.0    0    0
Joey Lynch    5    -4    -0.8    0    4
Dante Love    2    -14    -7.0    0    0
Team    24    14    0.6    1    12


North Dakota State Receiving
     REC    YDS    AVG    TD    LG
Travis White    5    109    21.8    1    39
Kole Heckendorf    7    105    15.0    1    39
John Majeski    2    55    27.5    0    48
Kyle Steffes    5    54    10.8    0    36
Jerimiah Wurzbacher    4    46    11.5    0    16
Tyler Roehl    1    41    41.0    0    41
Nick Jackson    3    32    10.7    0    17
Tyler Jangula    1    17    17.0    1    17
Ryan Parsons    1    3    3.0    0    3
Jamar Champ    1    3    3.0    0    3
Team    29    462    15.9    3    48
   

Ball State Receiving
     REC    YDS    AVG    TD    LG
Darius Hill    4    118    29.5    0    52
Dante Love    5    116    23.2    1    70
Terry Moss    1    81    81.0    1    81
Larry Bostic    3    34    11.3    0    14
BJ Hill    2    26    13.0    0    21
Louis Johnson    3    20    6.7    0    10
Team    18    395    21.9    2    81



North Dakota State Kick Returns
     NO    YDS    AVG    LG    TD
John Majeski    2    87    43.5    18    0
Joe Mays    1    4    4.0    4    0
Team    3    91    30.3    0    0
   

Ball State Kick Returns
     NO    YDS    AVG    LG    TD
Dante Love    3    27    9.0    14    0
Terry Moss    1    17    17.0    16    0
Michael Steinhaus    1    0    0.0    0    0
Team    5    44    8.8    0    0



North Dakota State Punt Returns
     NO    YDS    AVG    LG    TD
Travis White    1    2    2.0    2    0
Team    1    2    2.0    0    0
   

Ball State Punt Returns
     NO    YDS    AVG    LG    TD
BJ Hill    3    26    8.7    8    0
Team    3    26    8.7    0    0



North Dakota State Kicking
     FG    PCT    LG    XP    PTS
Team    3/4    75.0    0    2/2    11
   

Ball State Kicking
     FG    PCT    LG    XP    PTS
Brian Jackson    0/0    0.0    0    1/1    1
Team    1/1    100.0    0    3/3    6



North Dakota State Punting
     NO    YDS    AVG    TB    -20    LG
Mike Dragosavich    4    205    0.0    0    1    50
Team    4    205    0.0    0    0    63
   

Ball State Punting
     NO    YDS    AVG    TB    -20    LG
Chris Miller    7    344    0.0    0    0    30
Team    7    344    0.0    0    0    79

http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=262662050

[amyc]

AWESOME!  Thanks for the stats.  It must have been a great game, especially for Walker.  Who knows, maybe they will go undefeated this year...

[HDnE gal]

I just read about this win today in the paper and I almost fell over.  They have a great article in the Forum.  Sounded like we were really on our game and staged a good comeback in the 3rd.  I hope that we have a home game that exciting this year.  Wow.