2014 — The Correction

2014 is a losing-side chapter for Ball State. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.1 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Colgate 30-10 L @ Iowa 13-17 L vs Indi Sta 20-27 L @ Toledo 23-34 L @ Army 24-33 L vs West Mic 38-42 W @ Cent Mic 32-29 W vs Akron 35-21 L vs Nort Ill 21-35 L @ Massac 10-24 W vs East Mic 45-30 W @ Bowl Gre 41-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Ball State 30, Colgate 10. A 20-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Ball State 21, Northern Illinois 35. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Chirp Chirp"
— Ball State fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 sits in Ball State's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.