All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

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Ball State vs

Western Michigan

Series

22–24

Western Michigan leads

Average Score

21.9–25.9

46 games

Current Streak

Western Michigan

Longest Streak

Western Michigan, 1997–2000 · Western Michigan, 2014–2017

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2022	2022-09-13	Western Michigan	30–37
2021	2021-10-12	Ball State	45–20
2020	2020-12-15	Ball State	30–27
2019	2019-11-12	Western Michigan	31–35
2018	2018-11-20	Ball State	42–41
2017	2017-10-03	Western Michigan	3–55
2016	2016-11-08	Western Michigan	20–52
2015	2015-11-10	Western Michigan	7–54
2014	2014-10-14	Western Michigan	38–42
2013	2013-10-22	Ball State	38–17
2012	2012-10-16	Ball State	30–24
2011	2011-11-01	Western Michigan	35–45
2010	2010-10-12	Western Michigan	16–45
2009	2009-12-01	Ball State	22–17
2008	2008-12-02	Ball State	45–22
2007	2007-10-23	Ball State	27–23
2006	2006-10-24	Western Michigan	27–41
2005	2005-10-11	Ball State	60–57
2004	2004-09-28	Ball State	41–14
2003	2003-11-11	Western Michigan	20–28
2002	2002-11-05	Ball State	17–7
2001	2001-11-27	Ball State	35–31
2000	2000-11-07	Western Michigan	3–42
1999	1999-10-26	Western Michigan	0–28
1998	1998-11-10	Western Michigan	23–24
1997	1997-10-07	Western Michigan	13–21
1996	1996-10-08	Ball State	28–5
1995	1995-09-26	Ball State	10–0
1994	1994-10-18	Ball State	16–13
1992	1992-10-06	Western Michigan	14–21
1991	1991-10-08	Western Michigan	16–25
1990	1990-10-23	Western Michigan	13–14
1989	1989-10-24	Ball State	14–13
1988	1988-11-08	Western Michigan	13–16
1987	1987-11-10	Western Michigan	16–31
1986	1986-10-28	Ball State	24–10
1985	1985-10-29	Western Michigan	0–34
1984	1984-10-23	Ball State	23–20
1983	1983-10-25	Ball State	24–20
1982	1982-10-26	Ball State	13–6
1981	1981-10-27	Western Michigan	3–14
1980	1980-10-28	Western Michigan	15–17
1979	1979-11-13	Western Michigan	10–20
1978	1978-11-14	Ball State	20–14
1977	1977-11-15	Ball State	29–25
1976	1976-11-16	Western Michigan	10–24

Scores read Ball State first. Dates are the ranking release that included the game. Games come from the published weekly rankings.