FINAL SCORE
Ball State Cardinals at Buffalo Bulls game details
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Broadview Stadium · Attendance 12,708
Put the final score in perspective.
Buffalo finished 3 points ahead. The teams combined for 99 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Ball State 28, Buffalo 24. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Buffalo outscored its opponent in 1 and Ball State in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Ball State | 7 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 48 |
 Buffalo | 7 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 51 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 26 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-15 | 4-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Total Yards | 520 | 470 |
| Passing | 331 | 264 |
| Comp/Att | 25/37 | 19/37 |
| Yards per pass | 8.9 | 7.1 |
| Rushing | 189 | 206 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 41 |
| Yards per rush | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Penalties | 5-57 | 4-35 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 2 |
| Possession | 33:24 | 26:36 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Ball State Cardinals
passing
| Kadin Semonza | 25/37 | 331 | 8.9 | 4 | 1 | 83.9 |
rushing
| Kadin Semonza | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 49 |
| Cam Pickett | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | 22 |
| TJ Horton | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Vaughn Pemberton | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 1 | 8 |
| Braedon Sloan | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Malcolm Gillie | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Tanner Koziol | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kiael Kelly | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Spegal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
receiving
| Justin Bowick | 7 | 148 | 21.1 | 2 | 53 |
| Tanner Koziol | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 1 | 20 |
| Cam Pickett | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | 65 |
| Malcolm Gillie | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| TJ Horton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tyce Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaughn Pemberton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| George Udo | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DD Snyder | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Tolsma | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keionte Newson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Norwood | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Stemler | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Coleman | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric McClain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Reichert | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Yates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caden Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thai Baldwin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Berger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalib Gilmore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braedon Sloan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darin Conley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cole Earlewine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Hohlt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Beebe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| DD Snyder | 2 | 61 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Malcolm Gillie | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 30 | 0 |
kicking
| Jackson Courville | 2/2 | 100.0 | 36 | 6/6 | 12 |
punting
| Brian Cooey Jr. | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Kadin Semonza | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| DD Snyder | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Buffalo Bulls
passing
| C.J. Ogbonna | 19/37 | 264 | 7.1 | 3 | 2 | 61.1 |
rushing
| Al-Jay Henderson | 27 | 126 | 4.7 | 2 | 29 |
| C.J. Ogbonna | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 2 | 26 |
| Victor Snow | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Messiah Burch | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Lamar Sperling | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| JJ Jenkins | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 1 | 49 |
| Victor Snow | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 1 | 41 |
| Jake Orlando | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Al-Jay Henderson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Lamar Sperling | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 |
fumbles
defensive
| Red Murdock | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun Dolac | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Brown | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe Stewart | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Crawford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen McNair | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Cooper | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malin White | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pershaun Fann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell Evans | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daishon Folsom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Colclough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Fuqua | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Souza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pleasant III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Sperling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Tabansi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnell Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clevester Hines III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Upton Bellenfant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Keough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Shaun Dolac | 1 | 42 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Terrance Shelton Jr. | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tadd Barr | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 23 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Victor Snow | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
kicking
| Upton Bellenfant | 1/1 | 100.0 | 27 | 4/4 | 7 |
punting
| Ethan Duane | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 7:47 | C.J. Ogbonna 3 Yd Run (Upton Bellenfant Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 4:34 | Justin Bowick 23 Yd pass from Kadin Semonza (Jackson Courville Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 14:55 | Tanner Koziol 2 Yd pass from Kadin Semonza (Jackson Courville Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:06 | Upton Bellenfant 27 Yd Field Goal | 14 – 10 |
| 2 | 8:14 | Vaughn Pemberton 1 Yd Run (Jackson Courville Kick) | 21 – 13 |
| 2 | 3:40 | Al-Jay Henderson 6 Yd Run (Upton Bellenfant Kick) | 21 – 20 |
| 2 | 1:12 | Justin Bowick 22 Yd pass from Kadin Semonza (Jackson Courville Kick) | 28 – 20 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Victor Snow 2 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna (Upton Bellenfant Kick) | 28 – 24 |
| 3 | 5:56 | Al-Jay Henderson 4 Yd Run (Upton Bellenfant Kick) | 28 – 31 |
| 3 | 2:46 | Cam Pickett 65 Yd pass from Kadin Semonza (Jackson Courville Kick) | 35 – 31 |
| 4 | 14:56 | Cam Pickett 9 Yd Run (Jackson Courville Kick) | 42 – 31 |
| 4 | 7:08 | Jackson Courville 27 Yd Field Goal | 45 – 31 |
| 4 | 5:43 | C.J. Ogbonna 26 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed) | 45 – 37 |
| 4 | 1:49 | JJ Jenkins 33 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna (C.J. Ogbonna Pass to Jake Orlando for Two-Point Conversion) | 45 – 45 |
| 5 | 0:00 | Jackson Courville 36 Yd Field Goal | 48 – 45 |
| 5 | 0:00 | Lamar Sperling 14 Yd pass from C.J. Ogbonna | 48 – 51 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 7:05 PM UTCData methodology