It was a cold and rainy night as the Blue Raiders hosted the UTEP Miners. The ground game once again came to life for the Blue Raiders, as it was a big part in their offensive production for this game. Jonathan Smith had a terrific game, finishing with 122 yards and 3 rushing TDs. Mario Rogers would end up with 60 rush yards with 1 TD, and Lance Williams with 55 rush yards.

Lance Williams had an efficient game at QB, going 13/18 for 186 yards 2 TDs. MTSU's defense played great for the majority of the game, but they did allow 21 points late in the game when they started to slack off. However, MTSU was in no danger of losing.

The Blue Raiders will move on to 6-0(4-0), and will face the 1-4(0-3) Rice Owls in Houston next week.

on the recruiting front, The Blue Raiders got commitments from 4 players after the UTEP game. the biggest of the group being the #1 HB(5*) of the class Steve Murphy, a 5'11" 209lbs Power back out of Winter Haven, FL. MTSU also got a commitment from the #2 CB(5*) of the class, Kyle Bean, a 6'2" 164lbs Balanced DB from Arcadia, CA. also committing, the #7(3*) Kicker, Matt Woods from Newport Beach, CA and the #3(4*) DE Anthony Dorsey, a 6'4" 231lbs Balanced DE from Rocky Mount, NC.

UTEP (1-4) at Middle Tennssee State (5-0)
October 5, 2019 1 2 3 4 F UTEP 0 3 7 14 24 #7 Middle Tennssee State 7 14 14 10 45 TOP PERFORMERS UTEP Oscar Rouse - 20/31 258 yards, 2 TDs Will Cook - 22 carries 90 yards 1 TD John Nealy - 7 catches 95 yards 1 TD Middle Tennssee State Lance Williams - 13/18 186 yards 2 TDs, 55 rush yards Jonathan Smith - 11 carries 122 yards 3 TDs Mike Mansfield - 11 tackles 1 sack	TEAM STAT COMPARISON UTEP MTSU First Downs 18 15 3rd Down Efficiency 6-14 4-7 4th Down Efficiency 2-5 0-0 Total Yards 505 494 Passing Yards 258 186 Rushing Yards 77 238 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-35 3-45 Turnovers 0 0 Possession Time 15:43 13:48
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER UTEP MTSU MTSU 4:35 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 7 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 0 7 SECOND QUARTER UTEP MTSU MTSU 6:28 TD: MTSU: M. Rogers, 2 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 0 14 UTEP 4:24 FG UTEP: G. Taylor, 24 Yd FG 3 14 MTSU 0:08 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 21 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 3 21 THIRD QUARTER UTEP MTSU MTSU 5:16 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 2 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 3 28 MTSU 2:33 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 54 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 3 35 UTEP 0:43 TD UTEP: J. Nealy, 14 Yd pass from O. Rouse (G. Taylor kick) 10 35 FOURTH QUARTER UTEP MTSU MTSU 5:10 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 6 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 10 42 UTEP 3:47 TD UTEP: J. Morgan, 5 Yd pass from O. Rouse (G. Taylor kick) 17 42 MTSU 2:46 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 34 Yd FG 17 45 UTEP 0:54 TD UTEP: W. Cook, 9 Yd run (G. Taylor kick) 24 45
UTEP Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Oscar Rouse 20/31 258 2 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Will Cook 22 90 4.0 1 Myron Smiley 9 6 0.6 0 Tye Brookes 1 4 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD John Nealy 7 95 13.5 1 Jarod Morgan 3 33 11.0 1 Will Cook 2 14 7.0 0 Corey Brooks 2 34 17.0 0 George Thurman 1 21 21.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Timmy Broussard 9 1 0 0 Josh Rogers 8 0 0 0 Rocky Turner 6 0 0 0 Vernon Lynch 5 0 0 0 Brent Robinson 4 1 0 0 Dan Jones 4 0 0 0 David Downing 4 1 0 0 John Allen 4 0 0 0 Mario White 3 1 0 0 Davon Stewart 3 0 0 0 James Thomas 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Michael Adams 6 126 0 27 Zach Grant 2 41 0 21 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Zach Grant 1 3 0 3 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Grant Taylor 1/1 3/3 6 25 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 John Thompson 2 57 28 0	Middle Tennssee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 13/18 186 2 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Mario Rogers 12 60 5.0 1 Jonathan Smith 11 122 11.0 3 Lance Williams 5 55 11.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steven Triplett 5 69 13.8 1 Brandon Banks 4 45 11.2 1 Kevin Weldon 3 19 9.5 0 Tyler Nelson 2 53 26.5 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Mike Mansfield 11 1 0 0 Craig McCoy 8 0 0 0 Blake Davis 7 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 7 0 0 0 Mike Smith 6 0 0 0 Ross Davis 6 0 0 0 Allen Winston 6 1 0 0 Corey Morgan 5 0 0 0 Keith Givens 4 0 0 0 Tony Griffin 4 0 0 0 Mathew Ross 3 1 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Morris Allen 2 42 0 21 Jarrett Denman 1 20 0 20 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 1 5 0 5 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 1/1 6/6 9 34 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 2 75 37 0