The Blue Raiders offense was on a roll in Birmingham against conference foe UAB. Lance Williams was nearly perfect in his few attempts at pass, going 10/13 for 231 yards 4 passing TDs, also running for 55 yards and a rushing TD.

The Blue Raiders offense put up 14 points in each of the first 3 quarters, and lead 28-14 at the half. A FG in the 4th would give them a 45-21 lead which would be more than enough to beat the Blazers. MTSU will move on to 4-0 and play the now 25th ranked Houston Cougars who are also 4-0. It will be the 3rd team in the first 5 game that the Blue Raiders will face that has been ranked.

Middle Tennessee State (3-0) at UAB (3-0)
September 21, 2019 1 2 3 4 F #6 Middle Tennessee State 14 14 14 3 45 UAB 7 7 7 0 21 TOP PERFORMERS Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 10/13 231 yards 3 TDs 55 rush yards, 1 rush TD Tyler Nelson - 4 catches 88 yards 2 TDs Steven Triplett - 2 catches 91 yards 1 TD UAB James Love - 26/41 271 yards 1 TD 1 Int Anthony Hartman - 6 catches 55 yards 1 TD Walter Jenkins - 14 carries 56 yards 1 TD	TEAM STAT COMPARISON MTSU UAB First Downs 16 22 3rd Down Efficiency 3-5 8-16 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 3-6 Total Yards 513 548 Passing Yards 231 271 Rushing Yards 201 92 Penalties-Penalty Yards 2-20 1-15 Turnovers 0 1 Possession Time 12:25 16:15
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER MTSU UAB MTSU 4:32 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 17 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 7 0 UAB 2:13 TD UAB: A. Hartman, 1 Yd pass from J. Love (G. Townsend kick) 7 7 MTSU 1:01 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 1 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 14 7 SECOND QUARTER MTSU UAB MTSU 6:12 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 48 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 21 7 MTSU 3:18 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 4 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 28 7 UAB 0:12 TD UAB: P. Tally, 5 Yd run ( G. Townsend kick) 28 14 THIRD QUARTER MTSU UAB MTSU 5:01 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 2 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler Kick) 35 14 UAB 2:07 TD UAB: W. Jenkins, 6 Yd run (G. Townsend kick) 35 21 MTSU 1:04 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 32 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 42 21 FOURTH QUARTER MTSU UAB MTSU 1:56 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 49 Yd FG 45 21
Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 10/13 231 4 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Mario Rogers 15 77 5.1 0 Jonathan Smith 10 69 6.9 1 Lance Williams 9 55 6.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Nelson 4 88 22.0 2 Brandon Banks 2 29 14.5 1 Kevin Weldon 2 23 11.5 0 Steven Triplett 2 91 45.5 1 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Corey Morgan 8 0 0 0 Ross Davis 8 0 0 0 Allen Winston 8 2 0 0 Keith Givens 7 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 7 0 0 0 Mike Smith 6 0 0 0 Derrick Bishop 6 0 0 0 Blake Davis 6 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 6 0 0 0 Matthew Ross 5 0 0 0 Tony Griffin 5 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 2 38 0 23 Morris Allen 2 33 0 19 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 1 10 0 10 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 1/1 6/6 9 49 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 1 37 37 1	UAB Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT James Love 26/41 271 1 1 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Walter Jenkins 14 56 4.0 1 Paul Talley 11 34 3.0 1 Chris Nelson 5 18 3.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Anthony Hartman 6 55 9.1 1 Chris Nelson 4 47 11.7 0 Connor Glover 4 46 11.5 0 Walter Jenkins 3 44 14.6 0 Paul Jones 3 30 10.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Jason Harrell 9 0 0 0 Jason Evans 9 0 0 0 Joe Fields 7 0 0 0 Cedric Williams 6 0 0 0 Collin Ewing 5 0 0 0 Sean Cabral 5 0 0 0 Matthew Williams 4 0 0 0 Michael Smith 3 0 0 0 Tommy Jackson 2 0 0 0 Keenan Smith 2 0 0 0 Tim Pittman 2 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Paul Jones 5 109 0 25 Chris Nelson 2 50 0 28 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Chris Nelson 0 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Gemara Townsend 0/0 3/3 3 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Patrick Foster 2 78 39 0