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▼ Below its 5-year level -9▲ Up 7 this season
Career52since 1936
Peak692008
Last 550seasons
#133 nationally · 1-5 (0-2 conf)
Résumé #133
Schedule so far #51
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Ball State Cardinals
Mid-American · Muncie, IN · Scheumann Stadium · Head coach Mike Uremovich
Rival
Western Michigan · also Toledo
Established rivalry
22-30 all time (52 meetings since 1971)
Western Michigan leads
Last: lost 42-0 (2025) · Western Michigan has won 4 straight
Wants it back
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
2All-Americans
15NFL picks
47.8%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1973. Every season →
Chemistry
54
60Foundation
46Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +4Trending up
early · #89 of 138
HC year2
Ret. starters27%
QB yrs w/ OC—
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 1-5 | Mid-American | — | #133 | 41 | Mike Uremovich |
| 2025 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #132 | 39 | Mike Uremovich |
| 2024 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #123 | 51 | Mike Neu; Colin Johnson |
| 2023 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #115 | 51 | Mike Neu |
| 2022 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #110 | 52 | Mike Neu |
| 2021 | 6-7 | Mid-American | — | #97 | 56 | Mike Neu |
| 2020 | 7-1 | Mid-American | #23 | — | — | Mike Neu |
| 2019 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #83 | 60 | Mike Neu |
| 2018 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #117 | 50 | Mike Neu |
| 2017 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #129 | 29 | Mike Neu |
| 2016 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #106 | 53 | Mike Neu |
| 2015 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #106 | 51 | Pete Lembo |
| 2014 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #96 | 55 | Pete Lembo |
| 2013 | 10-3 | Mid-American | — | #63 | 65 | Pete Lembo |
| 2012 | 9-4 | Mid-American | — | #71 | 60 | Pete Lembo |
| 2011 | 6-6 | Mid-American | — | #97 | 55 | Pete Lembo |
| 2010 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #111 | 42 | Stan Parrish |
| 2009 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #109 | 47 | Stan Parrish |
| 2008 | 12-2 | Mid-American | — | #42 | 69 | Brady Hoke; Stan Parrish |
| 2007 | 7-6 | Mid-American | — | #72 | 61 | Brady Hoke |
| 2006 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #75 | 60 | Brady Hoke |
| 2005 | 4-7 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 54 | Brady Hoke |
| 2004 | 2-9 | Mid-American | — | #112 | 38 | Brady Hoke |
| 2003 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 52 | Brady Hoke |
| 2002 | 6-6 | Mid-American | — | #90 | 55 | Bill Lynch |
| 2001 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #88 | 55 | Bill Lynch |
| 2000 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #92 | 54 | Bill Lynch |
| 1999 | 0-11 | Mid-American | — | #111 | 33 | Bill Lynch |
| 1998 | 1-10 | Mid-American | — | #110 | 34 | Bill Lynch |
| 1997 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #81 | 57 | Bill Lynch |
| 1996 | 8-4 | Mid-American | — | #67 | 61 | Bill Lynch |
| 1995 | 7-4 | Mid-American | — | #72 | 59 | Bill Lynch |
| 1994 | 5-5-1 | Mid-American | — | #94 | 52 | Paul Schudel |
| 1993 | 8-3-1 | Mid-American | — | #86 | 53 | Paul Schudel |
| 1992 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #96 | 51 | Paul Schudel |
| 1991 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #82 | 55 | Paul Schudel |
| 1990 | 7-4 | Mid-American | — | #86 | 53 | Paul Schudel |
| 1989 | 7-3-2 | Mid-American | — | #84 | 54 | Paul Schudel |
| 1988 | 8-3 | Mid-American | — | #78 | 56 | Paul Schudel |
| 1987 | 4-7 | Mid-American | — | #87 | 52 | Paul Schudel |
| 1986 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #93 | 46 | Paul Schudel |
| 1985 | 4-7 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 42 | Paul Schudel |
| 1984 | 3-8 | Mid-American | — | #102 | 26 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1983 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #94 | 42 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1982 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #100 | 36 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1981 | 4-7 | Mid-American | — | #109 | 50 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1980 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #91 | 56 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1979 | 6-5 | Mid-American | — | #70 | 61 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1978 | 10-1 | Mid-American | — | #61 | 65 | Dwight Wallace |
| 1977 | 9-2 | Mid-American | — | #59 | 65 | Dave McClain |
| 1976 | 8-3 | Mid-American | — | #66 | 62 | Dave McClain |
| 1975 | 9-2 | Mid-American | — | #58 | 65 | Dave McClain |
| 1974 | 2-0 | Mid-American | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | 0-3-1 | Mid-American | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.