Ball State 15, Liberty 51 · Box Score

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Final · Week 3 · Sat, Sep 19, 2026

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BALL	7	0	8	0	15
LIB	13	10	14	14	51

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Team stats

BALL		LIB
17	First downs	23
261	Total yards	460
93	Passing yards	248
10-21	Comp-Att	16-24
4.4	Yards per pass	10.3
168	Rushing yards	212
35	Rushes	40
4.8	Yards per rush	5.3
1-9	3rd down	10-13
1-1	4th down	1-1
11-107	Penalties-yards	3-25
1	Turnovers	1
1	Fumbles lost	1
0	Interceptions thrown	0
28:01	Time of possession	31:59
1	Sacks	3
3	Tackles for loss	6
2	QB hurries	1
2	Passes defended	4
0	Defensive TDs	0
40	Kick return yards	22
—	Punt return yards	0
0	Passing TDs	4
2	Rushing TDs	3
1	Kicking points	9

Advanced stats

BALL		LIB
+0.10	EPA per play	+0.56
40%	Success rate	53%
1.09	Explosiveness	1.46
+0.15	Rushing EPA per play	+0.41
48%	Rushing success rate	50%
+0.10	Passing EPA per play	+0.78
33%	Passing success rate	60%
48%	Standard downs success	47%
25%	Passing downs success	73%
2.78	Line yards per rush	3.93
1.22	Second-level yards	1.38
1.26	Open-field yards	1.59
17%	Stuff rate	6%
100%	Power success	75%
10%	Havoc caused	26%
4	Scoring chances	8
3.75	Points per chance	6.38
Own 27	Avg. starting field position	Own 38
4	Explosive plays	5
1%	Postgame win expectancy	99%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q110:16
LibertyTD
(10:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Purdie pass complete short middle to #2 M.Jackson caught at BSU00, for 12 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:16, 1ST DOWN #42 C.Reeves kick attempt failed (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 7 plays, 45 yds
0-6
Q15:47
Ball StateTD
(05:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Horton rush middle for 2 yards gain to the LU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:47 #38 B.Boehm kick attempt good (H: #32 C.Stumbaugh, LS: #45 C.Britton)
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yds
7-6
Q13:46
LibertyTD
(03:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Purdie pass complete short left to #3 J.Person caught at BSU04, for 16 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:46, 1ST DOWN #42 C.Reeves kick attempt good (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 4 plays, 75 yds
7-13
Q28:48
LibertyFG
(08:53) #42 C.Reeves field goal attempt from 46 yards GOOD (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera), clock 08:48
Drive: 14 plays, 60 yds
7-16
Q20:13
LibertyTD
(00:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Purdie pass complete short middle to #3 J.Person caught at BSU00, for 7 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:13 #42 C.Reeves kick attempt good (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 7 plays, 62 yds
7-23
Q311:17
LibertyTD
(11:20) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 E.Vasko rush left for 4 yards gain to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:17 #42 C.Reeves kick attempt good (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 6 plays, 77 yds
7-30
Q36:59
LibertyTD
(07:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 K.Davis rush middle for 14 yards gain to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:59, 1ST DOWN #42 C.Reeves kick attempt good (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 6 plays, 69 yds
7-37
Q32:42
Ball StateTD
(02:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Horton rush middle for 1 yard gain to the LU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:42 #6 K.Luster rush attempt Successful
Drive: 8 plays, 75 yds
15-37
Q47:29
LibertyTD
(07:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 J.Henderson pass complete short left to #11 T.Kellman caught at BSU24, for 21 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:29, 1ST DOWN #98 T.Black kick attempt good (H: #49 S.Crossan, LS: #41 G.Rivera)
Drive: 11 plays, 80 yds
15-44
Q45:02
LibertyTD
(05:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #26 J.Belford rush middle for 1 yard gain to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:02 #98 T.Black kick attempt good (H: #27 C.Shepler, LS: #45 C.Comer)
Drive: 4 plays, 16 yds
15-51

Score shown BALL-LIB.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Keldric Luster	10/21	93	4.4	0	0	20.0

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
TJ Horton	8	79	9.9	2	25
Keldric Luster	10	42	4.2	0	12
Johnny Thompson Jr.	7	41	5.9	0	20
Elijah Jackson	2	5	2.5	0	4
Jalen Bonds	4	4	1.0	0	3
Tyler Mizzell	3	-1	-0.3	0	8
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
Isaiah Thacker	4	44	11.0	14
Donovan Hamilton	2	19	9.5	12
Tate Hoover	1	13	13.0	13
Jamarion McDougle	1	9	9.0	9
Jalen Bonds	1	7	7.0	7
Johnny Thompson Jr.	1	1	1.0	1

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Stu Smith	9	6	0	1	1	0
Cincear Lewis	7	4	0	0	0	0
Willizhuan Yates	5	5	0	0	0	0
Gavin Forsha	5	4	1	1	0	1
Kaleb Stewart	3	2	0	0	0	0
Anthony Pinnace III	3	1	0	0	0	0
Derek Fields Jr.	2	2	0	0	0	0
Cedric Franklin II	2	2	0	0	1	0
Keilan Smith	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sam Feeney	2	2	0	0	0	0
Layton Starks	2	2	0	0	0	0
Gabe Aramboles	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kamari Williams	2	2	0	0	0	0
Quentavius Scandrett	2	1	0	0	0	0
Justin Thomas	2	1	0	1	0	0
Johnny Thompson Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Deondre Shepherd	1	1	0	0	0	0
Stone Perkins	1	1	0	0	0	0
Austin Stief	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ka'Shawn Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Vaka	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maverick Gracio	0	0	0	0	0	1

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Keldric Luster	1	1	0
Ameir Glenn	0	0	1

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Brody Boehm	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Cole Stumbaugh	6	235	39.2	1	1	47

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
TJ Horton	2	40	20.0	27	0
Eli Hohlt	1	0	0.0	0	0