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 yards per game (103rd in FBS)


Passing: 245.0 backyards per 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 yards per video game (120th)


Scoring: 25.3 points per video game (88th)


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


Passing: 279.6 lawns permitted per video game (129th)


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


Scoring: 40.1 points permitted per game (131st)


Purdue (2024 )


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


Passing: 183.9 lawns 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 enabled per video game (116th)


Rushing: 200.0 lawns permitted per video game (119th)


Scoring: 39.9 points allowed per video game (130th)


Ball State (2024 )


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


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


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


Purdue


Passing: Ryan Browne, 532 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 56.6 conclusion portion


Rushing: Devin Mockobee, 687 lawns on 138 carries, 4 TDs


Receiving: III, 10 yards 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 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 with 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)