1933 Ball State Cardinals football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1933
| team = Ball State Cardinals
| sport = football
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| conference = Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
| short_conf = IIC
| record = 1–6–1
| conf_record = 1–6–1
| head_coach = Lawrence McPhee
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Ball State Field
}}
{{1933 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings}}
The 1933 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) in the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) during the 1933 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lawrence McPhee, the Cardinals compiled a 1–6–1 record (overall and in conference), finished in 14th place out of 15 teams in the IIC, and were outscored by a total of 90 to 20.{{cite web|title=2007 Ball State Football Media Guide|publisher=Ball State University |year=2007 |page=96|url=http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/194436/2007Football.pdf;jsessionid=0B37326FBDE020AA536399711948B1E4?sequence=1|accessdate=September 16, 2019}} The team played its home games at Ball State Field in Muncie, Indiana.
Schedule
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|September 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}|Fairview Bowl|Indianapolis, IN|L 2-19|4,000|{{cite news|title=Butler Gridiron Warriors Turn Back Ball State by 19-to-2 Margin: Crowd of 4,000 Witnesses Game|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=September 30, 1932|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119061991/butler-gridiron-warriors-turn-back-ball/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 7|at|DePauw|Blackstock Field|Greencastle, IN|L 0-9||{{cite news|title=Ball State Loses, 9 To 0: Bit of Hollow Win for Tigers|newspaper=The Muncie Sunday Star|date=October 8, 1933|pages=II-1, II-2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119062233/ball-state-loses-9-to-0-bit-of-hollow/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13||{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Central Normal Purple Warriors|title=Central Normal}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 6-0||
|October 20||{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|L 0-20||
|October 28||{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Manchester Spartans|title=Manchester}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|L 0-7||
|November 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Indiana State Sycamores|title=Indiana State}}||Terre Haute, IN (rivalry)|L 6-9||
|November 11||{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Franklin Grizzlies|title=Franklin (IN)}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|T 6-6||
|November 18|at|{{cfb link|year=1933|team=Hanover Panthers|title=Hanover}}||Hanover, IN|L 0-20||
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