2018 Ball State Cardinals football team

The 2018 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.

2018 Ball State Cardinals football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
2018 record4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoey Lynch (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Elson (2nd season)
Home stadiumScheumann Stadium
(Capacity: 22,500)
2018 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Buffalo x  7 –1     10 –4  
Miami  6 –2     6 –6  
Ohio  6 –2     9 –4  
Akron  2 –6     4 –8  
Bowling Green  2 –6     3 –9  
Kent State  1 –7     2 –10  
West Division
Northern Illinois x$  6 –2     8 –6  
Western Michigan  5 –3     7 –6  
Eastern Michigan  5 –3     7 –6  
Toledo  5 –3     7 –6  
Ball State  3 –5     4 –8  
Central Michigan  0 –8     1 –11  
Championship: Northern Illinois 30, Buffalo 29
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2017 season 2–10, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[1] Andrew Poenitsch C JR
Maxwell Award[2] James Gilbert RB JR
Fred Biletnikoff Award[3] Justin Hall WR SO
John Mackey Award[4] Nolan Givan TE SO
Paul Hornung Award[5] Malik Dunner RB/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy[6] Riley Neal QB SR

Preseason media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 24, 2018, with the Cardinals predicted to finish in last place in the West Division.[7]

West Division
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Northern Illinois133 (15)
2Toledo125 (7)
3Western Michigan87 (1)
4Eastern Michigan67
5Central Michigan58 (1)
6Ball State34

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*
ESPN+W 42–69,801
September 83:30 p.m.at No. 8 Notre Dame*
NBCL 16–2477,622
September 1512:00 p.m.at Indiana*
BTNL 10–3840,240
September 223:00 p.m.Western Kentucky*
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN3L 20–2815,873
September 293:00 p.m.Kent State
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN+W 52–249,367
October 63:00 p.m.Northern Illinois
ESPN3L 16–247,159
October 133:00 p.m.at Central Michigan
ESPN3W 24–2310,255
October 203:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN+L 20–4214,022
October 257:00 p.m.at Ohio
CBSSNL 14–5213,774
October 317:30 p.m.at Toledo
ESPN2L 13–4515,214
November 136:00 p.m.Western Michigan
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN
ESPN2W 42–41 OT5,503
November 207:00 p.m.at Miami (OH)
ESPNU/ESPN+L 21–4217,639
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Source:[8]

Roster
2018 Ball State Cardinals football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 68 T.J. Beltavski OL 6-0 297 R-So. Strongsville, Ohio Cleveland Benedictine HS 37 RJ Benkelman WR 6-0 180 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. Lutheran HS South 4 Malik Dunner RB 5-11 193 Jr. Carpentersville, Ill. Dundee Crown HS 83 Luke Endsley WR 5-8 168 So. Cape Coral, Fla. Ida S. Baker HS 30 Tye Evans RB 5-11 248 Fr. Macedonia, Ohio Nordonia HS 43 Wes Obermeier TE 6-5 245 Fr. Fort Branch, Ind. Gibson Southern HS
Pos.#NameClass
OL 55 Chris Beech  So
OL 62 Curtis Blackwell So
WR 25 Jaylen Flemmons Fr
QB 15 Riley Neal  Jr
WR 14 Khalil Newton So
QB 18 John Paddock Fr
 Defense 51 Christian Albright OLB 6-2 233 So. Kennesaw, Ga. North Cobb HS 23 Brett Anderson II S 6-0 187 So. 44 Brock Burns OLB 6-3 217 R-Fr. Fishers, Ind. Hamilton Southeastern HS 41 Vince Campbell DB 6-0 205 Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Snider HS 36 Hunter Causey CB 6-0 180 Fr. 56 Shannon Hall DE 6-0 255 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. College of DuPage 90 Sean Hammonds Jr. DE 6-1 250 R-Jr. Louisville, Ky. Ballard HS 20 Myles Hannah S 5-11 176 R-Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. Stephenson HS 54 Sam Helm OLB 6-0 215 R-Fr. 58 Davion Tyson OLB 6-3 202 Fr. Delphos, Ohio Delphos Jefferson HS 57 Trey Uetrecht ILB 6-1 225 Fr. Oregonia, Ohio Clinton Massie HS 96 Tre Underwood DL 6-2 260 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. Davenport Univ. 25 Amechi Uzodinma II CB 5-11 176 Fr. Orlando, Fla. University HS 31 Romero Wade S 6-0 196 R-Jr. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Lyman HS 2 Jacob White ILB 6-0 230 R-Jr. Clarendon Hills, Ill. Hinsdale Central HS 11 Ray Wilborn OLB 6-4 224 Jr. Lansing, Mich. Garden City CC
Pos.#NameClass
S 10 Lamar Anderson Jr
OLB 98 Mitchell Carter Fr
CB 7 Marc Walton Sr
OLB 13 Jordan Williams  Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 22 Morgan Hagee Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 0 0 6 6
Cardinals 7 14 14 7 42
See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 3 0 10 16
No. 8 Fighting Irish 7 7 10 0 24
See also: 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

at Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 0 7 0 10
Hoosiers 3 21 7 7 38
See also: 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Western Kentucky
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 7 7 14 28
Cardinals 7 3 3 7 20
See also: 2018 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

Kent State
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Flashes 7 10 7 0 24
Cardinals 21 14 7 10 52
See also: 2018 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Northern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 7 7 3 24
Cardinals 0 6 3 7 16
See also: 2018 Northern Illinois Huskies football team and Bronze Stalk Trophy

at Central Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 17 24
Chippewas 3 17 0 3 23
See also: 2018 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Eastern Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 14 14 7 42
Cardinals 0 6 7 7 20
See also: 2018 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

at Ohio
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 0 0 7 14
Bobcats 0 31 21 0 52
See also: 2018 Ohio Bobcats football team

at Toledo
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 7 0 6 13
Rockets 21 7 3 14 45
See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

Western Michigan
1 2 3 4OT Total
Broncos 7 10 3 156 41
Cardinals 7 14 7 77 42
See also: 2018 Western Michigan Broncos football team

at Miami (OH)
1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 14 7 0 0 21
RedHawks 7 14 14 7 42
See also: 2018 Miami RedHawks football team

References
  1. "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  2. "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  3. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. http://getsomemaction.com/news/2018/7/23/niu-ohio-picked-as-divisional-winners-in-2018-mac-football-media-preseason-poll.aspx
  8. 2018 Ball State Cardinals football schedule. ballstatesports.com. Accessed February 27, 2018.
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