2008 Woodie Awards
FOOTBALL: Cards beat Western Kentucky, improve to 7-0
Ryan Wood
Playing its first-ever game as a nationally ranked program, 30 minutes for Ball State to roll Saturday before pulling away with a 24-7 win against Western Kentucky.
Leaning on the running game, the Cardinals scored 17 points in the second half. The defense stepped up with another strong effort and was 58 seconds away from posting its first back-to-back shutouts since 1978.
Ball State running back MiQuale Lewis led the offensive attack with 112 rushing yards and a touchdown. He ran for 75 yards in the first two possessions of the second half.
Junior quarterback Nate Davis added 155 passing yards and threw for two touchdowns, including a 20-yard touchdown to Louis Johnson with 6:31 left in the fourth quarter. The score pushed Ball State's lead to 24-0 and sent many of the 16,319 Hilltopper fans to the gates.
Senior Trey Buice, Ball State's starting cornerback, broke his left hand in the first quarter and did not play the rest of the game. Coach Brady Hoke said Buice's status was unknown after the game and he did not know whether Buice's hand required surgery.
Western Kentucky quarterback David Wolke completed 17-of-29 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown. Receiver Jake Gaebler caught 10 balls for 100 yards and scored the lone Western Kentucky touchdown.
Read Monday's edition of The Ball State Daily News for further coverage of the Cardinals seventh victory of the season.
Leaning on the running game, the Cardinals scored 17 points in the second half. The defense stepped up with another strong effort and was 58 seconds away from posting its first back-to-back shutouts since 1978.
Ball State running back MiQuale Lewis led the offensive attack with 112 rushing yards and a touchdown. He ran for 75 yards in the first two possessions of the second half.
Junior quarterback Nate Davis added 155 passing yards and threw for two touchdowns, including a 20-yard touchdown to Louis Johnson with 6:31 left in the fourth quarter. The score pushed Ball State's lead to 24-0 and sent many of the 16,319 Hilltopper fans to the gates.
Senior Trey Buice, Ball State's starting cornerback, broke his left hand in the first quarter and did not play the rest of the game. Coach Brady Hoke said Buice's status was unknown after the game and he did not know whether Buice's hand required surgery.
Western Kentucky quarterback David Wolke completed 17-of-29 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown. Receiver Jake Gaebler caught 10 balls for 100 yards and scored the lone Western Kentucky touchdown.
Read Monday's edition of The Ball State Daily News for further coverage of the Cardinals seventh victory of the season.
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