Celebrating 150 Years of College Football - Day 62 - Ball State Cardinals

The Uni Watch Fans (Sports Aesthetics) Facebook page will be posting a minimum of 1 NCAA Football Team (Division I) a day to celebrate the 150 years of College Football. The teams will begin with the oldest team in their respective conference (Big Ten = Oldest Conference) until all the teams are listed. The team helmets will go back to the early 1960’s and their current logo will be used.

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. Pete Lembo was Ball State's recent head coach, the 17th in the program's history, coaching from 2010 to 2015. Ball State plays its home games on Scheumann Stadium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals compete in the Mid-American Conference as a member of the West Division.

The Cardinals have a 421–381–32 record, which ranks below the top 50 most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Ball State was originally classified as a teacher's college, participating in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) from 1937 until 1956. In 1957, they were classified as a Small College school until 1972. Ball State received Division II classification in 1973, before becoming a Division I-AA program in 1975 and a Division I-A (now FBS) program until 1981, before dropping to Division I-AA for a single season (1982), before returning to Division I-A.

All-Time Record: 421–381–32 (.524)

Special thanks to:

http://nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/

Conference: MAC

Team: Ball State Cardinals

Founded: 1924

Joined Conference: 1973

1957-1960

1961-1967

1968

1969

1970

1971-1984

1984-1985

1990-2014 Logo

1990-2014

2014

2015-Present Logo

2015

2016-2018

Current Uniforms