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

Ball State at Purdue, Saturday, twelve noon EDT.


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


How to see: Big Ten Network


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


Passing: 245.0 yards per video game (43rd)


FILE - Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne aims to toss during warmups before playing Oregon in an NCAA college football video 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 game (88th)


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


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


Rushing: 175.3 lawns permitted per game (100th)


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


Purdue (2024 )


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


Passing: 183.9 backyards per video game (113th)


Rushing: 115.3 yards per game (T110th)


Scoring: 15.8 points per game (129th)


Overall defense: 452.3 lawns permitted per video game (123rd)


Passing: 252.7 backyards allowed per video game (116th)


Rushing: 200.0 yards permitted 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 brings, 2 TDs


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


Purdue


Passing: Ryan Browne, 532 backyards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 56.6 completion 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 sees Auburn on Sept. 6.


Purdue hosts Southern Illinois on Sept. 6.


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