Murray State at Middle Tennessee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Murray State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| Middle Tennessee | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:54 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jaiden Credle 14 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 5:50 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jaiden Credle 71 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:56 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jekail Middlebrook 25 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 10:49 | Murray State touchdown. Cole Rusk 12 Yd pass from DJ Williams (Matt Maldonado Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 3:56 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jekail Middlebrook 18 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 9:44 | Murray State touchdown. Cortezz Jones 3 Yd Run (Matt Maldonado Kick) |
| 8:46 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jeremy Tate Jr. 40 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Total first downs | 16 | 20 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 42 % |
| Fourth down | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Total yards | 401 | 508 |
| Total rushing yards | 207 | 217 |
| Total passing yards | 194 | 291 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 35:46 | 24:14 |
| Rushing | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Total rushing plays | 38 | 26 |
| Total rushing yards | 207 | 217 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.4 | 8.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.1 | 8.6 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 12 |
| Penalty yards | 50 | 110 |
| Turnovers | Murray State | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Murray State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Cortezz Jones | 15 | 136 | 9.1 | 1 | 55 | ||||
| Kywon Morgan | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Nick Walker | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Jayden Stinson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Kylan Galbreath | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Q'Daryius Jennings | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| DJ Williams | 9 | -5 | -0.6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jaiden Credle | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 1 | 71 | ||||
| Jekail Middlebrook | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 2 | 25 | ||||
| Nicholas Vattiato | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Zack Dobson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Murray State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| DJ Williams | 32 | 23 | 72 % | 194 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Middle Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Nicholas Vattiato | 34 | 28 | 82 % | 291 | 8.6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Murray State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Cole Rusk | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 1 | 44 | ||||
| Cortezz Jones | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Parker Perry | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Jacob Bell | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Michael Fox | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Taylor Shields | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Q'Daryius Jennings | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Kywon Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jeremy Tate Jr. | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 1 | 40 | ||||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Javonte Sherman | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Justin Olson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Zack Dobson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Elijah Metcalf | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jaiden Credle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Kalani Norris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jekail Middlebrook | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bryce Bailey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kellen Stewart | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Murray State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Cortezz Jones | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Michael Fox | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Taylor Shields | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Nicholas Vattiato | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Marley Cook | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Zaylin Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Parker Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Murray State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Zayteak McGhee | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Murray State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Kanyon Walker | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Walker | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cade Shupperd | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caldra Williford | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cody Goatley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zayteak McGhee | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Alberty | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Barnes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Hill Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donovan McBride | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Detoye Adewole | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justus Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Baker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KaVan Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Batsch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caden Jumper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kylan Galbreath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marco Collins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Sam Brumfield | 13 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tra Fluellen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parker Hughes | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jakobe Thomas | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teldrick Ross | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deonte Stanley | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Davis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quindarius Dunnigan | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrece Edwards | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Branch | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raquon Hartley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaylin Wood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Stewart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Francis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kasey Bonds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jekail Middlebrook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Buckner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrell Raby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Bynum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Da'Shawn Elder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Slade Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marley Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Murray State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Q'Daryius Jennings | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Fox | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Murray State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Michael Fox | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Zack Dobson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Kellen Stewart | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Murray State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Maldonado | 0/0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Middle Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zeke Rankin | 0/1 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Murray State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Orion Phillips | 5 | 241 | 48.2 | 0 | |||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Trey Turk | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 0 | |||||
| Miles Tillman | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 4:12 AM.