Ball State (4-4, 3-1 MAC) at Western Michigan (4-3, 2-1 MAC)
November 5, 2019 • 8 pm • ESPN2
Kalamazoo, Mich. • Waldo Stadium (30,200 • FieldTurf)

• Western Michigan plays its final home game of the 2019 season and kicks off midweek action by hosting Ball State ... The Broncos will hold their second annual Indoor Tailgate on Tuesday, November 5
• In its last game, on October 26, WMU hosted Bowling Green and won 49-10 behind six rushing touchdowns ... The Cardinals faced Ohio on the same day and suffered a 34-21 setback
•  The Broncos and Cardinals will meet for the 46th time in program history Tuesday with Western Michigan leading the all-time series 25-20 ... WMU has won four of the last five, and six of the last nine, meetings ... Ball State's last win in Kalamazoo was a 38-17 triumph on October 19, 2013
•  Points have been plentiful recently against Ball State as Western Michigan has scored 40 or more points in each of the last five meetings
•  Head coach Tim Lester went 3-1 in his playing career versus the Cardinals, capturing three consecutive victories in 1997, 1998 and 1999
•  This year's senior class owns 31 victories, tied for the third most in program history and four shy of the 2017 group for the program record
• WMU heads into Tuesday looking for an undefeated home season, its first since 2016, and just the third 6-0 home campaign since 2000: 2008 (6-0) and 2016 (6-0)
• In five home games this fall, Western Michigan has scored 223 points for an average of 44.60 per tilt ... The Broncos have outscored their opponents 133-26 in opening halves at home this season ... Defensively, the Broncos have allowed just 41 points during the last 15 quarters inside Waldo Stadium, and no visiting squad has reached 20 points in a game this fall ... WMU is outscoring its opponents by an average of 31.80 points per home contest this season
• Tuesday's game features the two highest-scoring teams in the Mid-American Conference with Western Michigan averaging 36.0 and Ball State 33.0 ... The two are the only programs in the MAC to surpass 30.5 points per game this fall
• Senior RB LeVante Bellamy has scored at least two rushing touchdowns in each of the last three contests, and in five games this fall ... Bellamy has 17 ground scores in 2019, the second most in the country and the fourth most in a single season in program history ... Bellamy paces the conference in scoring, averaging 11.30 points per contest and is second in rushing yards per game at 117.22 yards ... He now owns the seventh most career rushing yards in program history (3,303)
• Junior LB Treshaun Hayward is the first Bronco with 100+ tackles in a season since Robert Spillane booked 111 in 2016
• Sophomore CB Patrick Lupro has an interception in three consecutive home games and is tied for second in the MAC with three INTs


1,055 — Rushing yards by senior RB LeVante Bellamy, the sixth most in the country and tops in the Mid-American Conference
102 — Points by Bellamy, tied for the third most in the country and tops in the MAC
48 — Consecutive games started by senior C Luke Juriga, every game of his career and tied for the longest streak in the country
44 — Total touchdowns scored by Western Michigan, the most in the league in 2019
34 — Plays of 30+ yards from scrimmage by Western Michigan's offense, 11 plays ahead of second-place Ball State and Central Michigan
16 — Points scored by Miami (Ohio), the most against the Broncos in a home game this season
11 — Interceptions by WMU this year, tied for the ninth most in the country and surpassing the team's 2018 total of nine
8.7 — Fewer points per game allowed by Western Michigan's defense in 2019 than in 2018
6 — Western Michigan MAC West Division Players of the Week this fall
4 — Ranking of junior LB Treshaun Hayward among FBS players in tackles per game (11.78) ... Hayward has 10+ tackles in seven of the last eight games

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