Regular season ·

Ball State beat Northern Illinois

Ball State3-720
Northern Illinois4-617Final
Tue, Nov 7 · Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Ill. · Crowd 6,282 · 45°, cloudyCBS Sports Network

Records are after this game.

Ball State beat Northern Illinois by 3 points.

How the game turned

Ball State aheadNorthern Illinois aheadLow: 26%

Q4 0:00 Ball State 20, Northern Illinois 17

Ball State 100% to win

Courville 36-yd field goal, Ball State wins it 20-17

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 10:49 · Ball State 7, Northern Illinois 0Ball State's win chance rose from 36% to 45%.Kelly 6-yd TD run, Ball State goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q2 1:04 · Ball State 10, Northern Illinois 7Courville 37-yd field goal, Ball State goes ahead 10-7
  3. 3Q4 10:00 · Ball State 10, Northern Illinois 17Ball State's win chance fell from 41% to 32%.Rudolph 35-yd TD run, Northern Illinois goes ahead 17-10
  4. 4Q4 3:44 · Ball State 17, Northern Illinois 17Ball State's win chance rose from 58% to 74%.Kelly 6-yd TD pass to Koziol, ties it 17-17
  5. 5Q4 0:00 · Ball State 20, Northern Illinois 17Ball State's win chance rose from 96% to 100%.Courville 36-yd field goal, Ball State wins it 20-17

Ball State's lowest chance to win was 26 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

Ball State took the lead for good with 0:00 left in the 4th quarter, Ball State 20, Northern Illinois 17.

What happened next

  1. Northern Illinois's next game: W 24-0 vs Western Michigan, Nov 14

    7 days later
  2. Ball State's next game: W 34-3 vs Kent State, Nov 18

    11 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 7, 2023: Ball State 25, Northern Illinois 23, Oct 26, 2024

    about 12 months 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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