The 2016 season's largest margin: Ball State 41, Eastern Kentucky 14. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2016 — The Correction
2016 is a losing-side chapter for Ball State. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Riley NealQB2,541 passing yards
- James GilbertRB1,332 rushing yards
- Darian GreenRB311 rushing yards
- Kevonn MabonWR972 receiving yards
- Damon HazeltonWR505 receiving yards
- Corey LacanariaWR341 receiving yards
- Sean WigginsLB109 tackles
- Aaron TaylorLB85 tackles
- Corey HallS78 tackles
- Anthony WinbushDE8.5 sacks
- Kevin ThurmonDT4.5 sacks
- Joshua PosleyDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2016.
The season's deepest loss: Ball State 20, Western Michigan 52. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Chirp Chirp"
2016 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.