Regular season ·

Central Michigan beat Ball State

Ball State1-234
Central Michigan2-237Final
Sat, Sep 21 · Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Mount Pleasant, Mich. · Crowd 18,011 · 83°, clearESPN+

Records are after this game.

Central Michigan beat Ball State by 3 points.

How the game turned

Central Michigan aheadBall State aheadBiggest swingLow: 21%

Q4 0:53 Central Michigan 30, Ball State 34

Central Michigan 28% to win

Semonza 16-yd TD pass to Koziol, Ball State goes ahead 34-30

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 7:21 · Central Michigan 0, Ball State 3Central Michigan's win chance fell from 56% to 55%.Holmer 31-yd field goal, Ball State goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 5:37 · Central Michigan 14, Ball State 10Central Michigan's win chance rose from 45% to 66%.Emanuel 7-yd TD pass to Parker, Central Michigan goes ahead 14-10
  3. 3Q3 8:56 · Central Michigan 23, Ball State 24Central Michigan's win chance fell from 77% to 61%.Sloan 22-yd TD run, Ball State goes ahead 24-23
  4. 4Q4 5:02 · Central Michigan 30, Ball State 27Central Michigan's win chance rose from 31% to 61%.Emanuel 16-yd TD run, Central Michigan goes ahead 30-27
  5. 5Q4 0:53 · Central Michigan 30, Ball State 34Central Michigan's win chance fell from 57% to 28%.Semonza 16-yd TD pass to Koziol, Ball State goes ahead 34-30
  6. 6Q4 0:16 · Central Michigan 37, Ball State 34Central Michigan's win chance rose from 22% to 51%.Labas 20-yd TD pass to Parker, Central Michigan goes ahead 37-34

Central Michigan's lowest chance to win was 21 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

With 0:53 left in the 4th quarter, Ball State's chance to win went from 43 percent to 73 percent when Ball State scored a touchdown.

The score went from Central Michigan 30, Ball State 27 to Central Michigan 30, Ball State 34.

The play: Semonza 16-yd TD pass to Koziol, Ball State goes ahead 34-30.

What happened next

  1. Central Michigan's next game: W 22-21 vs San Diego State, Sep 28

    7 days later
  2. Ball State's next game: L 7-63 at James Madison, Sep 28

    7 days 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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