2023 Ball State Cardinals Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2023 Ball State Cardinals went 4-8 (3-5 in the Mid-American). They scored 18.2 and allowed 24.4 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 7-4-1; games went 4-8-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 118 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Mid-American
Record: 4-8
Conference record: 3-5
Against the spread: 7-4-1
Over/under: 4-8-0
SP+ rank: No. 118

2023 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score	Spread	ATS	O/U
1	at Kentucky	2023-09-02	L	14-44	+26	L	O 49
2	at Georgia	2023-09-09	L	3-45	+42	P	U 52.5
3	Indiana State	2023-09-16	W	45-7	-26	W	O 45
4	Georgia Southern	2023-09-23	L	3-40	+6	L	U 61
5	at Western Michigan	2023-09-30	L	24-42	+1.5	L	O 51
6	at Eastern Michigan	2023-10-07	L	10-24	+2.5	L	U 43.5
7	Toledo	2023-10-14	L	6-13	+17.5	W	U 48
8	Central Michigan	2023-10-21	W	24-17	+5	W	U 41.5
10	at Bowling Green	2023-11-01	L	21-24	+5	W	O 39.5
11	at Northern Illinois	2023-11-08	W	20-17	+9.5	W	U 43
12	Kent State	2023-11-18	W	34-3	-11.5	W	U 42
13	Miami (OH)	2023-11-25	L	15-17	+4.5	W	U 34

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Layne Hatcher	6	65	98	583	4	0
Kadin Semonza	4	50	82	480	3	5

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Marquez Cooper	12	227	1043	4
Kiael Kelly	12	134	723	7
Vaughn Pemberton	6	23	139	1
Rico Barfield	7	25	96	1
Charlie Spegal	7	15	71	1

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Qian Magwood	11	41	358	1
Ahmad Edwards	11	31	354	1
Tanner Koziol	11	34	295	3
Ty Robinson	2	6	111	1
Malcolm Gillie	10	9	81	0

Defensive leaders

Player	G	Tackles	TFL	Sacks	INT	PD
Keionte Newson	11	80	6.5	2.5		2
Cole Pearce	12	78	10	3	1	2
Jordan Riley-Scott	12	61	3	0		8
Sidney Houston Jr.	12	59	17	8		1
Aljareek Malry	12	54	3	0	1	2

2023 Ball State players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Tanner Koziol	TE	JAX	2026 R5 #164	2022–2024
Loren Strickland	SAF	DET	2024 UDFA	2022–2023

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com