Game Notes:
-- With 117 combined points, this is the highest scoring game in the 32-game history of the series (previous high: 66 points
Ball State 35-31 11/24/01)
-- This is the first overtime game ever played at Western Michigan
-- At five overtimes this is the longest NCAA Division I-A game of the season, the longest overtime game in MAC history and the longest overtime game ever for both WMU and BSU
Overtime Records-Streak
WMU 2-4-lost 2
BSU 4-1-won 1
WMU Notes:
-- Most combined points in Western Michigan history (previous high: 103 points WMU 76-27 over Kent St in 1996)
-- Greg Jennings 11 catches give him 201 for his career (only the second Bronco to exceed 200 catches-Steve Neal) and his 244 yards gives him 3,015 in his career (only the second Bronco to exceed 3,000 career yards-Steve Neal)
-- Greg Jennings increased his school record to 34 career touchdown receptions and set a new school record with four TD receptions in one game
-- Greg Jennings increased his streak of games with at least one reception to 29 straight
-- Greg Jennings had the second 200-yard receiving game and 14th 100-yard game of his career
-- Tim Hiller became the fifth player to ever throw for 5 TD in a game-tied for second all-time
-- Louis Delmas blocked PAT return for a touchdown is the second this season and the second in program history for the Broncos (Ameer Ismail vs. Temple)
-- Brandon Ledbetter's second quarter TD reception was the first of his career
--Trovon Riley had his fourth career 100-yard rushing game
Ball State Notes:
-- Snapped a four-game losing streak
-- Ball State has won four of the last five meetings in the series and is now 12-4 all-time at WMU
-- Head coach Brady Hoke was an assistant coach in charge of the defensive line and special teams at Western Michigan from 1984-86
-- Dante Love scored his first two career touchdowns
-- RB Larry Bostic's three-yard TD run in the second quarter was Ball State's first rushing touchdown of the season
-- This is Bostic's first career three touchdown game
-- B.J. Hill had his first career 100-yard rushing game