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Football Falls in Thriller at Central Michigan

at James Madison

9/28/2024 | 1:30 p.m.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Kadin Semonza had a career-high 285 passing yards and Tanner Koziol had a career-high 109 receiving yards to lead Ball State in its Mid-American Conference opener at Central Michigan on Saturday. And it was fitting that Semonza's 16-yard pass to Koziol with 53 seconds remaining staked Ball State to a 34-30 lead.

The Semonza-to-Koziol aerial was their eighth connection of the day and it capped a 5-play, 97-yard drive that began improbably at their own 3-yard line, facing defeat with just 1:59 left in regulation.