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

Ball State at Purdue, Saturday, midday EDT.


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


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


Passing: 245.0 yards per video game (43rd)


FILE - Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne looks to throw throughout warmups before playing Oregon in an NCAA college football 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 lawns permitted per video game (124th)


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


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


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


Purdue (2024 )


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


Passing: 183.9 backyards per video game (113th)


Rushing: 115.3 backyards per game (T110th)


Scoring: 15.8 points per video game (129th)


Overall defense: 452.3 backyards allowed per game (123rd)


Passing: 252.7 yards permitted per game (116th)


Rushing: 200.0 backyards allowed 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 portion


Rushing: TJ Horton, 107 yards on 17 carries, 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 brings, 4 TDs


Receiving: Michael Jackson III, 10 lawns 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 sees 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 in between Purdue and Indiana in West Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)