The Blue Raiders playing in their first home conference game of the season, facing the 25th ranked Houston. Houston has been playing terrific defense this year, while their offense has been struggling. that was the pace the game the game in the first half, both teams struggled to get past the 50 yard line. it took until the middle of the 2nd quarter before The Blue Raiders were able to get some points on the board, a 42 yard FG. Houston answered with a 33 yard FG of their own. MTSU was able to drive down the field and got inside the Houston 5, but had to settle on the FG instead. 6-3 lead at the half for the Blue Raiders.

Third quarter started out similar to the 2nd quarter, MTSU was able to drive close enough to attempt a 33 yard FG, and it was successful. after a Houston Int, MTSU was able to get the first TD of the game, a 26 yard strike from Lance Williams to Brandon Banks. MTSU lead 16-3 at that time, heading into the 4th.

Heisman hopeful QB, Lance Williams had a great day, throwing for a TD, and in the 4th rushing for a 24 yard TD. Williams had 126 yard passing and 107 yard rushing. The Blue Raiders will move to 5-0(3-0) and will face the 1-4(1-2) UTEP Miners next week.

Houston (4-0) at Middle Tennssee State (4-0)
, 1 2 3 4 F #25 Houston 0 3 0 0 3 #6 Middle Tennssee State 0 6 10 7 23 TOP PERFORMERS Houston Tye Daniels - 16/30 245 yards 1 Int Steve Young - 6 catches for 116 yards Jermaine Slaughter - 1 FG, long of 34 Middle Tennssee State Lance Williams - 12/18 126 yards, 107 rush yards, 2 total TDs Mike Mansfield - 5 tackles, 4 sacks Dallas Fowler - 3/4 FGs, 2/2 XP, long of 43 yards	TEAM STAT COMPARISON Hou MTSU First Downs 13 17 3rd Down Efficiency 4-12 6-12 4th Down Efficiency 0-4 0-0 Total Yards 392 416 Passing Yards 245 126 Rushing Yards 24 249 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-15 1-15 Turnovers 1 0 Possession Time 11:56 16:55
SCORING SUMMARY SECOND QUARTER Hou MTSU MTSU 4:28 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 42 Yd FG 0 3 Hou 2:18 FG Hou: J. Slaughter, 33 Yd FG 3 3 MTSU 0:00 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 19 Yd FG 3 6 THIRD QUARTER Hou MTSU MTSU 5:19 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 33 Yd FG 3 9 MTSU 2:04 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 26 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 3 16 FOURTH QUARTER Hou MTSU MTSU 3:13 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 24 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 3 23
Houston Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 12/18 126 1 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jonathan Smith 16 70 4.3 0 Mario Rogers 14 72 5.1 0 Lance Williams 8 107 13.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steven Triplett 4 44 11.0 0 Brandon Banks 2 39 19.5 1 Kevin Weldon 2 21 10.5 0 Tyler Nelson 2 17 8.5 0 Richard Mason 1 5 5.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Keith Givens 7 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 6 0 0 0 Ross Davis 5 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 5 4 0 0 Allen Winston 5 1 0 0 Blake Davis 4 0 0 0 Mike Smith 4 0 0 0 Corey Morgan 4 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 2 0 1 0 Thomas Morris 2 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 2 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 1 22 0 22 Morris Allen 1 19 0 19 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 1 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 3/4 2/2 11 43 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 3 111 37 2	Middle Tennssee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT John McMahan 16/30 245 0 1 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Tye Daniels 15 44 2.9 0 Chris Bray 2 25 12.5 0 Kody Jackson 1 3 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steve Young 6 116 19.3 0 Chris Bray 3 39 13.0 0 Kody Jackson 2 30 15.0 0 Tye Daniels 2 35 17.5 0 Jeremy Turner 1 12 12.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Matt Kendrick 12 0 0 0 Marvin Baker 8 0 0 0 Pierre Rogers 6 0 0 0 Jamal Johnson 6 0 0 0 Antonio Campbell 6 0 0 0 Chip Ball 5 0 0 0 Evan Quinn 5 0 0 0 Kory Bradley 4 0 0 0 Tyler Anderson 4 0 0 0 Trey Wilkerson 3 0 0 0 Daniel Andrews 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Chaz Davis 3 77 0 28 Bo Joyce 2 46 0 26 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Bo Joyce 0 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Jermaine Slaughter 1/1 0/0 3 34 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Michael Campbell 3 127 42 2