Ball State-Miami (Oh) football rivalry

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Red Bird Rivalry

Ball State Cardinals Miami (Ohio) Redhawks
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 3, 1931 Miami 47, Ball State 0
Latest meeting	November 22, 2022 Miami 18, Ball State 17
Next meeting	TBA
Trophy	Red Bird trophy
Statistics
All-time series	36
Largest victory	Miami, 47–0 (1931)
Longest win streak	Miami, 5 (1979-1987) Ball State, 3 (2008-2013)
Current win streak	Miami, 3 (2020-present)

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Locations of Ball State and Miami (Ohio)

The Ball State-Miami Ohio football rivalry or The Red Bird Rivalry is a college football rivalry game with Miami University and Ball State University. So far there have been 36 meeting between each team. The next meeting will take place in 2023 and will be 37th installment of the rivalry.

Series overview

Statistic	Miami	Ball State
Games played	35
Wins	21	33
Ties	1
Home wins	12	7
Road wins	9	6
Neutral site wins	0
Total points scored in the series	774	699
Most points scored in a game by one team	49 (2003)	55 (2013)
Most points scored in a game by both teams	69 (2019 – Miami 38, Ball ST 31)
Fewest points scored in a game by both teams	0 (1940)
Fewest points scored in a game by one team in a win	14 (2007)	15 (2000)
Most points scored in a game by one team in a loss	27 (2019)	31 (2020)
Largest margin of victory	47 (1931)	41 (2013)
Smallest margin of victory	1 (2016, 2022)	3 (1999)
Shut-outs of opposing team	0	1

Game results

Ball State victories

Miami victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 3, 1931	Oxford	Miami	47–0
2	September 21, 1940	Oxford	Tie	0–0
3	September 27, 1975	Oxford	Miami	35–28
4	September 18, 1976	Oxford	Ball State	23–6
5	September 9, 1978	Muncie	Ball State	38–14
6	September 8, 1979	Oxford	Miami	27–3
7	September 27, 1980	Muncie	Miami	42–9
8	September 14, 1985	Muncie	Miami	17–13
9	September 6, 1986	Oxford	Miami	45–7
10	October 3, 1987	Oxford	Miami	30–20
11	October 1, 1988	Muncie	Ball State	45–14
12	October 7, 1989	Muncie	Ball State	37–9
13	October 6, 1990	Oxford	Miami	24–10
14	August 31, 1991	Oxford	Miami	15–7
15	September 26, 1992	Muncie	Ball State	19–9
16	November 6, 1993	Muncie	Ball State	21–0
17	November 5, 1994	Oxford	Miami	24–21
18	August 31, 1995	Oxford	Ball State	17–15
19	September 7, 1996	Muncie	Miami	16–6

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
20	August 30, 1997	Oxford	Miami	27–10
21	October 17, 1998	Muncie	Miami	28–17
22	October 7, 2000	Oxford	Ball State	15–10
23	September 29, 2001	Muncie	Miami	38–20
24	October 18, 2003	Muncie	Miami	49–3
25	October 28, 2006	Oxford	Ball State	20–17
26	August 30, 2007	Muncie	Miami	14–13
27	November 11, 2008	Oxford	Ball State	31–16
28	November 23, 2012	Oxford	Ball State	31–24
29	November 29, 2013	Muncie	Ball State	55–14
30	November 22, 2016	Oxford	Miami	21–20
31	November 21, 2017	Muncie	Miami	28–7
32	November 20, 2018	Oxford	Miami	42–21
33	November 29, 2019	Muncie	Ball State	41–27
34	November 4, 2020	Oxford	Miami	38–31
35	October 23, 2021	Muncie	Miami	24–17
36	November 22, 2022	Oxford	Miami	18–17
Series: Miami leads 22–13–1

Sources

See Also

List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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