1998 Ferris State Football
Season Results
Record
Overall: 5- 6
Midwest Intercollegiate FB: 5- 5
Date Opponent Score Record Site Attend
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9/ 5 Winona State 10-17 L 0- 1 A Winona, Minn. 1140
9/12 * SAGINAW VALLEY ST. 20-34 L 0- 2 H Big Rapids, Mich. 8600
9/19 * Findlay 7-24 L 0- 3 A Findlay, Ohio 2500
9/26 * Northwood 21-35 L 0- 4 A Midland, Mich. 2911
10/ 3 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 29-19 1- 4 H Big Rapids, Mich. 4275
10/10 * WAYNE STATE W 37-13 2- 4 H Big Rapids, Mich. 5128
10/17 * Ashland 37-59 L 2- 5 A Ashland, Ohio 4000
10/24 * Michigan Tech W 67-46 3- 5 A Houghton, Mich. 1177
10/31 * HILLSDALE W 24-21 4- 5 H Big Rapids, Mich. 3347
11/ 7 * St. Francis W 50-22 5- 5 A Joliet, Ill. 700
11/14 * GRAND VALLEY STATE 53-56 L 5- 6 H Big Rapids, Mich. 4965
* - Midwest Intercollegiate FB
Record W L Pct Attendance # Total Average
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All Games 5 6 .455 Home 5 26315 5263
Midwest Intercollegiate F 5 5 .500 Away 6 12428 2071
Home 3 2 .600 Neutral 0 0 0
Away 2 4 .333 Total 11 38743 3522
Neutral 0 0 .000
Day Games 5 5 .500
Night Games 0 1 .000
Overtime Games 0 1 .000
Team Statistics
Ferris State Opponents
98 First Downs Rushing 141
145 First Downs Passing 80
15 First Downs by Penalty 25
782 Total Offensive Plays 832
4976 Total Yards Gained 4799
452.36 Average Yards per Game 436.27
6.36 Average Yards per Play 5.77
342 Plays Rushing 571
1760 Yards Rushing 2735
160.00 Yards Rushing per Game 248.64
3216 Yards Passing 2064
292.36 Yards Passing per Game 187.64
440 Passes Attempted 261
244 Passes Completed 142
10 Passes Had Intercepted 6
36.5 Net Yards per Punt 31.0
17- 7 Fumbles-Fumbles Lost 23- 8
66-512 Penalties-Yards 68-611
64-152 3rd Down Conversions 74-179
.421 3rd Down Conversion Percentage .413
11- 26 4th Down Conversions 26- 46
.423 4th Down Conversion Percentage .565
Scoring by Period
1 2 3 4 OT Tot
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Ferris State 68 96 71 117 3 355
Average 6.2 8.7 6.5 10.6 0.3 32.3
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Opponents 77 69 67 127 6 346
Average 7.0 6.3 6.1 11.5 0.5 31.5
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Possession Time by Period
1 2 3 4 OT Total
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Ferris State 70:05 72:29 74:06 65:55 0:00 282:35
Average 6:22 6:35 6:44 5:59 0:00 25:41
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Opponents 94:55 92:31 90:54 99:05 0:00 377:25
Average 8:37 8:24 8:15 9:00 0:00 34:18
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