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.


How to enjoy: Big Ten Network


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


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


Scoring: 25.3 points per game (88th)


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


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


Rushing: 175.3 backyards enabled per game (100th)


Scoring: 40.1 points enabled per game (131st)


Purdue (2024 )


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


Passing: 183.9 yards per game (113th)


Rushing: 115.3 backyards per game (T110th)


Scoring: 15.8 points per video game (129th)


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


Passing: 252.7 lawns permitted per video game (116th)


Rushing: 200.0 yards allowed per video game (119th)


Scoring: 39.9 points permitted per game (130th)


Ball State (2024 )


Passing: Kiael Kelly, 8 backyards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 50.0 completion 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 backyards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs, 56.6 completion percentage


Rushing: Devin Mockobee, 687 backyards on 138 brings, 4 TDs


Receiving: III, 10 yards on 1 catch, 0 TDs (at Georgia)


Ball State lost 42-31 at Ohio, closing the season with 4 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 during the very first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Purdue and Indiana in West Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)