TUCSON, Ariz. - In a memorable football season that almost didn't happen. Ball State finished it by making history. The Cardinals scored 27 first-quarter points and cruised the rest of the afternoon to capture the first bowl victory in school history, a 34-13 win over No. 19/22 San Jose State in the Arizona Bowl.
The bowl win caps a seven-game win streak for the Cardinals that featured a conference title and put this team in the conversation as the best in school history. In the strangest of years, Ball State was at its best. And the Cardinals brought their best effort on the biggest stage of the season, a nationally-televised bowl appearance against an undefeated ranked team.