Regular season ·

Kent State beat Ball State

Ball State4-738
Kent State5-641Final
Sat, Nov 23 · Dix Stadium, Kent, Ohio · Crowd 8,825 · 42°ESPN+

Records are after this game.

Kent State beat Ball State by 3 points.

How the game turned

Kent State aheadBall State aheadLow: 16%

Q3 7:27 Kent State 31, Ball State 24

Kent State 60% to win

Crum 2-yd TD run, Kent State goes ahead 31-24

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 7:23 · Kent State 0, Ball State 7Kent State's win chance fell from 43% to 26%.Huntley 1-yd TD run, Ball State goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 14:51 · Kent State 7, Ball State 10Rimmler 31-yd field goal, Ball State goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q2 2:11 · Kent State 21, Ball State 17Kent State's win chance rose from 37% to 51%.Williams 2-yd TD run, Kent State goes ahead 21-17
  4. 4Q2 0:53 · Kent State 21, Ball State 24Kent State's win chance fell from 49% to 31%.Plitt 33-yd TD pass to Fletcher, Ball State goes ahead 24-21
  5. 5Q3 7:27 · Kent State 31, Ball State 24Kent State's win chance rose from 59% to 60%.Crum 2-yd TD run, Kent State goes ahead 31-24
  6. 6Q4 7:55 · Kent State 38, Ball State 31Kent State's win chance rose from 59% to 80%.Crum 24-yd TD pass to McKoy, Kent State goes ahead 38-31
  7. 7Q4 4:14 · Kent State 38, Ball State 38Kent State's win chance fell from 81% to 45%.Huntley 42-yd TD run, ties it 38-38
  8. 8Q4 0:19 · Kent State 41, Ball State 38Trickett 22-yd field goal, Kent State goes ahead 41-38

Kent State's lowest chance to win was 16 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Kent State took the lead for good with 0:19 left in the 4th quarter, Kent State 41, Ball State 38.

What happened next

  1. Kent State's next game: W 34-26 at Eastern Michigan, Nov 29

    6 days later
  2. Ball State's next game: W 41-27 vs Miami (OH), Nov 29

    6 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 23, 2019: Ball State 27, Kent State 20, Nov 1, 2022

    about 3 years later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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