Ball State Beats Stony Brook 41-17 After a Wild Last Four Minutes
Ball State was up 21-3 after three quarters, and the fourth looked like it would be a quiet one. Then four touchdowns went up in about a minute of game clock, and the Cardinals won 41-17. The fireworks did not change who won: it was 27-3 with six minutes left, and the final margin was the same 24 points.
The first half was Keldric Luster throwing short and long to three different receivers: three yards to Tate Hoover, 23 to Jabari Smith, 23 to Jalen Bonds. Michael Mannino's 45-yard field goal for Stony Brook was the only answer, and nothing scored in the third. Brody Boehm kicked field goals of 38 and 30 yards in the fourth for 27-3.
Then it got loud. Jeremiah Coney ran in from three yards at 3:18 and Stony Brook converted a two-point try to make it 27-11. Fifteen seconds later Bonds ran 49 yards for a touchdown, 34-11. Coney broke a 66-yard run at 2:26, 34-17, with a failed two-point try. Nine seconds after that, TJ Horton ran 54 yards for 41-17. Four touchdowns, 28 points, and 61 seconds from the first one to the last.
Ball State had 486 yards, 256 passing and 230 rushing on 34 carries, with one interception and no lost fumbles, and sacked the Stony Brook quarterback twice. It is 1-1 and Stony Brook is 0-1.
Luster was 27 of 32 with three touchdowns and one interception, and led all scorers with 29.6 points. Bonds and Horton, the two backs with the long runs, were next at 23 and 21.1, so the top three scorers on the day were all Cardinals.