Sophomore James Gilbert already had 13 rushing yards when he took the handoff with 3:13 left in the first quarter.
The 5-foot-8-inch running back bursted through the line and veered left, leaving the Miami defense in the dust. He was eventually caught 40 yards downfield, but the run moved him from sixth place on Ball State's single-season rushing yards list to fourth.
Gilbert finished the game with 117 rushing yards and the season with 1,332 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, but he finished four different games with less than 20 carries, including Tuesday's 21-20 season-ending loss to the RedHawks.