The 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team represented

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

in the

2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season The 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on August 26, 2016 and ended on Dec ...

. They were led by first-year head coach

Mike Neu Michael David Neu (born December 29, 1970) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the current head football coach of the Ball State Cardinals. He played college football at Ball State for Paul Schudel from 1990 to 1993 and ...

and played their home games at

Scheumann Stadium Scheumann Stadium (officially, the "John B. and June M. Scheumann Stadium"), formerly known as Ball State Stadium, is in Muncie, Indiana. It is primarily used for football, and it is the home field of the Ball State University Cardinals. The st ...

. They were a member of the West Division of the

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. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Georgia State

At Indiana

Eastern Kentucky

At Florida Atlantic

Northern Illinois

At Central Michigan

At Buffalo

Akron

Western Michigan

Eastern Michigan

At Toledo

At Miami (OH)

References

Ball State Ball State Cardinals football seasons

Ball State Cardinals football The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football. Mike Neu is the head coach. ...

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