Ball State Cardinals

Ball State Cardinals
	Ball State Cardinals
	File:BallStateCardinals.png
University	Ball State University
Conference(s)	MAC
NCAA	Division I
Athletics director	Bill Scholl
Location	Muncie, IN
Varsity teams	18
Football stadium	Scheumann Stadium
Basketball arena	Worthen Arena
Baseball stadium	Ball Diamond
Mascot	Charlie Cardinal
Nickname	Cardinals
Fight song	Fight, Team, Fight
Colors	Cardinal and White
Homepage	www.ballstatesports.com

Ball State University's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Mid-American Conference and located in Muncie, Indiana. Charlie Cardinal is the team mascot.

The Ball State University Pride of Mid-America Marching Band performs at all home football games, many home basketball games, and various other athletic and spirit events across campus.

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Sarah and Christian Schinbeckler posing with Charlie Cardinal at a home football game during Ball State's Family Weekend.

Football[]

The Ball State Cardinals football team competes in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mid-American Conference. The current head coach is Pete Lembo.^[1] The Cardinals play at Scheumann Stadium. On October 5, 2008, Ball State was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time in team history, and reached a ranking as high as 12th in the nation during the course of the season. Ball State completed their 2008 regular season with a record of 12-1 and a conference record of 8-1. They won the MAC West Division Championship before falling to Buffalo in the MAC Championship at Ford Field in Detroit. Shortly after the departure of the head coach, Brady Hoke, Ball State lost to Tulsa University in the GMAC Bowl on January 6, 2009 by a score of 45-13.

All-Time Win-Loss Record as of 2011[]

426-378-32

Conference Championships[]

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference[]

1942

Heartland Collegiate Conference[]

1964
1965
1966
1967

Mid-American Conference[]

1976
1978
1989
1993
1996

Bowl games[]

The Cardinals have gone to six Division I bowl games. They have an 0-6 record in these games being outscored by a total score of 222-114.

Date Played	Bowl Game	Winning Team		Losing Team
December 9, 1989	California Bowl	Fresno State	27	Ball State	6
December 17, 1993	Las Vegas Bowl	Utah State	42	Ball State	33
December 18, 1996	Las Vegas Bowl	Nevada	18	Ball State	15
January 5, 2008	International Bowl	Rutgers	52	Ball State	30
January 6, 2009	GMAC Bowl	Tulsa	45	Ball State	13
December 21, 2012	2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl	UCF	38	Ball State	17

Men's basketball[]

Ball State men's basketball is affiliated with NCAA division 1. They were founded in 1920-1921.

2011-2012 Men's Basketball Coaches:

James Whitford - Head Coach

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Bob Simmons- Associate Head Coach

Mitch Gilfillan- Assistant Coach

Jay Newberry- Assistant Coach

Mickey Hosier- Director of Basketball Operations

Michael Bennett- Video Coordinator

2011-2012 Statistics

Women's basketball[]

The Ball State Cardinals' women's basketball team won their first MAC tournament in 2009 and subsequently went to their first-ever NCAA Tournament. In the first round, they beat the Tennessee Lady Volunteers 71-55 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 12th-seeded Ball State's win over 5th-seeded Tennessee was the Lady Volunteers' first first round loss in the 28-year history of the women's NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals earned a lot of attention for their historic first round win and briefly became the Cinderella, feel-good story of the NCAA Tournament before losing to the Iowa State Cyclones 57-71 in the second round. On March 21, 2012, Kelly Packard, the head coach, resigned^[2] On May 12, 2012, Brady Sallee, the former coach at Eastern Illinois University, was named the eleventh head coach in the program's history.^[3]

Baseball[]

The Ball State baseball team plays in the MAC West Division. They play on Ball Diamond. Their head coach is Rich Maloney, who formerly coached the Cardinals, with an extended stint with the University of Michigan in between. The team began play in 1918.

Nickname[]

Ball State athletics teams received the "Cardinals" nickname in 1927, after the name was suggested by then-athletic director Paul "Billy" Williams and voted upon by the student body. In years prior, the school's teams were known as the "Hoosieroons".^[4]

Fight Song[]

The Ball State fight song was written by Carl Hofer in 1930. ^[5]

Fight, Team, Fight
Fight team fight for Ball State
We must win this game
Onward now you Cardinals
Bring glory to your name
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Here's to both our colors
Cardinal and White
Praying for a victory
So fight, fight, fight

References[]

↑ Source: Pete Lembo Named Head Football Coach
↑ St. Myer, Thomas (March 21, 2012). "Kelly Packard resigns as Ball State women's basketball coach". The Star Press. http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20120321/SPORTS20/120321018/Kelly-Packard-resigns-Ball-State-women-s-basketball-coach?odyssey=nav%7Chead.
↑ http://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=205425808
↑ ""Cardinals" New Name for Teams". The Easterner. December 2, 1927. http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/BSUDlyNws&CISOPTR=1585&REC=1. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
↑ "Who wrote the Ball State School Songs". http://vgncds.bsu.edu:82/library/article/0,1894,-5572-31309,00.html.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ball State University athletics.

Official website
Ball State football official website
MLB players from Ball State University. Baseball-Reference
NBA players from Ball State University. Basketball-Reference
NFL players from Ball State University. DatabaseFootball

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Coordinates: 40°11′58″N 85°24′45″W / 40.19944°N 85.4125°W / 40.19944; -85.4125

[1] Source: Pete Lembo Named Head Football Coach

[2] St. Myer, Thomas (March 21, 2012). "Kelly Packard resigns as Ball State women's basketball coach". The Star Press. http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20120321/SPORTS20/120321018/Kelly-Packard-resigns-Ball-State-women-s-basketball-coach?odyssey=nav%7Chead.

[3] ttp://ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14200&ATCLID=205425808

[4] ""Cardinals" New Name for Teams". The Easterner. December 2, 1927. http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/BSUDlyNws&CISOPTR=1585&REC=1. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

[5] "Who wrote the Ball State School Songs". http://vgncds.bsu.edu:82/library/article/0,1894,-5572-31309,00.html.

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