The Central Michigan Chippewas (7-4, 6-3 MAC) pulled off one of the most fantastic upset victories of the season to take home a much-needed win on the road against the hosting Ball State Cardinals (4-6, 3-3 MAC) to stay alive in the MAC West divisional race.
The Chippewas had to close three 17-point leads to find themselves in contention for victory on what would prove to be the deciding drive, when Tommy Lazzaro ran untouched into the endzone for a touchdown to put CMU up 45-44 with 1:01 to go on a read-option look set up by a Quinten Dormady run into goal line territory a couple plays earlier.