2017 Ball State Cardinals football team


The 2017 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2016 season 4–8, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Coaching staff

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Schedule

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Game summaries

at Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02007ILL, 28–17

UAB

Tennessee Tech

at WKU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12008WKU, 24–17

at Western Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–242016WMU, 52–20

at Akron

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–11–12016AKR, 35–25

Central Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
24–24–12016CMU, 24–21

Toledo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
19–22–12016TOL, 37–19

at Eastern Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
34–22–32016EMU, 48–41

at Northern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
20–22–22016NIU, 31–24

Buffalo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–12016BSU, 31–21

Miami (OH)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–17–12016MIA, 21–20