First Game BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

Sept. 20 - at Richmond - 2 p.m.

Location - Muncie, Indiana

Founded- 1918

Enrollment- 15,007

President- Dr. John J. Pruis

Athletic Director- Robert Primmer

Head Coach- Wave Myers

Assistant Coaches - Fred Kehoe, Al Faunce, Dick Nyers, Jim Morel, Dale S c rivnor , Pete Samuel s

Nickname-Cardinal s

Colors- Cardina l & White

Conference-Indepe nd ent

Stadium - Ball State Stadium 16,002 capacity

Sports Information Director- Earl Yestingsmeier: office AC 317, 285-4925 ; home AC 317, 282-4678

Lettermen - Lost 13, Returning 28

1969 Schedule

1968 Results

Sept. 27 - at Johnson City- 8 p.m.

Location- Johnson City, Tenne ssee

Enro llmen t - 9,000

Nicknam e- Buccan eers, Bucs

Colors- Blue and Gold

Conference-Ohio Valley

Athletic Director- John Robert Bell (Georgia Tech '48)

Head Coach - John Robert Bell

Assistant Coaches - Buddy Bennett (South Caro lina '59), Calvin Frey (Alabama '33), L. T. Helton (Ten n essee '58)

Trainer- J er ry Robertson (ETSU ___.... ' 64)

Lettermen - Lost 4, returning 38

1969 Schedule 1968 Results

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Ball State look s for a solid football team in 1969 . Although primarily an underclassman team, the squad doe s include 28 returning lette r men from la st year's team which won five whil e lo sing four .

Coach Wave Myers expe cts a more balanced offense and a much improved defense. Willard Rice, last year's sophomore quarterback who rewrote the Cardinals ' passin g record book, will lead the offense. He is expected to receive excellent support from fullbacks Don Burchfield and Jim Crable and tailback s Charles VanPelt and Dav e Mean s. VanPelt is a younger brother of Amos VanPelt , a college division AllAmerican last year who holds practically all Ball State rushing marks.

With 38 of 42 lettermen returning, Coach John Robert Bell has the nucleus with which to build a contending team in the tough OVC. The Bucs lost only four men from last years squad that finished the season with four victories to even their season record at 5-5 . The Bucs defense, better known as the "Hardrocks", suffered the bi ggest loss in OVC Defensive Player of the Year Ron Overbay and standout tackle Larr y Wallace.

All-OVC lin ebacker Doug Linebarger will return as the lead er and signal caller of the Hardrocks. He will be a senio r and sho uld b e a r ea l standout for the Bucs . Teamin g with Linebar ger to give the Bucs a good pair of lin ebackers will be Bubba Timms. Timms had a real good year in his sophomore season last year.