All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

The Game Army–Navy Holy War Iron Bowl Red River The Game (Ivy)

Western Michigan vs

Ball State

Series

27–22

Western Michigan leads

Average Score

25.7–21.1

49 games

Current Streak

Western Michigan

Longest Streak

Western Michigan, 1971–1976 · Western Michigan, 1997–2000 · Western Michigan, 2014–2017

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2022	2022-09-13	Western Michigan	37–30
2021	2021-10-12	Ball State	20–45
2020	2020-12-15	Ball State	27–30
2019	2019-11-12	Western Michigan	35–31
2018	2018-11-20	Ball State	41–42
2017	2017-10-03	Western Michigan	55–3
2016	2016-11-08	Western Michigan	52–20
2015	2015-11-10	Western Michigan	54–7
2014	2014-10-14	Western Michigan	42–38
2013	2013-10-22	Ball State	17–38
2012	2012-10-16	Ball State	24–30
2011	2011-11-01	Western Michigan	45–35
2010	2010-10-12	Western Michigan	45–16
2009	2009-12-01	Ball State	17–22
2008	2008-12-02	Ball State	22–45
2007	2007-10-23	Ball State	23–27
2006	2006-10-24	Western Michigan	41–27
2005	2005-10-11	Ball State	57–60
2004	2004-09-28	Ball State	14–41
2003	2003-11-11	Western Michigan	28–20
2002	2002-11-05	Ball State	7–17
2001	2001-11-27	Ball State	31–35
2000	2000-11-07	Western Michigan	42–3
1999	1999-10-26	Western Michigan	28–0
1998	1998-11-10	Western Michigan	24–23
1997	1997-10-07	Western Michigan	21–13
1996	1996-10-08	Ball State	5–28
1995	1995-09-26	Ball State	0–10
1994	1994-10-18	Ball State	13–16
1992	1992-10-06	Western Michigan	21–14
1991	1991-10-08	Western Michigan	25–16
1990	1990-10-23	Western Michigan	14–13
1989	1989-10-24	Ball State	13–14
1988	1988-11-08	Western Michigan	16–13
1987	1987-11-10	Western Michigan	31–16
1986	1986-10-28	Ball State	10–24
1985	1985-10-29	Western Michigan	34–0
1984	1984-10-23	Ball State	20–23
1983	1983-10-25	Ball State	20–24
1982	1982-10-26	Ball State	6–13
1981	1981-10-27	Western Michigan	14–3
1980	1980-10-28	Western Michigan	17–15
1979	1979-11-13	Western Michigan	20–10
1978	1978-11-14	Ball State	14–20
1977	1977-11-15	Ball State	25–29
1976	1976-11-16	Western Michigan	24–10
1973	1973-11-13	Western Michigan	30–13
1972	1972-11-14	Western Michigan	31–14
1971	1971-09-21	Western Michigan	9–0

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