Blue Raiders win is great fashion on the road against Rice winning 31-7. the Defense gave up a lot of yardage, but held Rice's offense to only 7 points. Rice looked to be able to keep pace in the first quarter, tieing the Blue Raiders 7-7 at the end of the 1st.

MTSU would pull away slightly in the 2nd, score 14 more points to lead 21-7 at the half. MTSU's defense continued to keep Rice out of the endzone, while the offense kept the ball away from Rice's offense, scoring 10 more point in the 2nd half to end up with the 31-7 win.

The Blue Raider are now 7-0(5-0) and ranked 5th in the first BCS rankings that was release this week, with Florida, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Florida State all ahead of MTSU. Next week MTSU will play the 2-4(1-2) Memphis Tigers in Murfreesboro, TN.

Middle Tennessee State (6-0) at Rice (1-4)
October 12, 2019 1 2 3 4 F #6 Middle Tennessee State 7 14 7 3 31 Rice 7 0 0 0 7 TOP PERFORMERS Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 18/25 244 yards 4 TDs, 32 rush yards Steven Triplett - 6 catches 96 yards 2 TDs Mike Mansfield - 6 tackles 2 sacks Rice Cole Swan - 19/33 271 yards Aaron Hampton - 5 catches 81 yards Devin Schmidt - 13 tackles	TEAM STAT COMPARISON MTSU Rice First Downs 23 17 3rd Down Efficiency 8-12 8-13 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-3 Total Yards 515 452 Passing Yards 244 271 Rushing Yards 210 34 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-10 2-20 Turnovers 1 1 Possession Time 17:13 12:04
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER MTSU Rice MTSU 3:34 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 17 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler) 7 0 Rice 0:08 TD Rice: S. Stover, 1 Yd run (J. Hill kick) 7 7 SECOND QUARTER MTSU Rice MTSU 4:59 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 7 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 14 7 MTSU 1:08 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 20 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 21 7 THIRD QUARTER MTSU Rice MTSU 4:47 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 1 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 28 7 FOURTH QUARTER MTSU Rice MTSU 6:16 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 29 Yd FG 31 7
Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 18/25 244 4 1 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jonathan Smith 18 101 5.6 0 Mario Rogers 15 77 5.1 0 Lance Williams 5 32 6.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steven Triplett 6 96 16.0 2 Brandon Banks 4 69 17.2 1 Tyler Nelson 3 41 13.6 1 Kevin Weldon 2 29 14.5 0 Richard Mason 1 7 7.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Mike Mansfield 6 2 0 0 Blake Davis 6 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 6 1 0 0 Tony Griffin 5 0 0 0 Mike Smith 5 0 0 0 Corey Morgan 5 0 0 0 Ross Davis 5 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 4 0 0 0 Allen Winston 4 1 0 0 Rashad Foster 3 1 0 0 Keith Givens 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Morris Allen 2 50 0 28 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 2 11 0 10 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 1/1 4/4 7 30 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 1 47 47.0 1	Rice Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Cole Swan 19/33 281 0 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Gary Green 8 21 2.6 0 Steve Stover 8 29 3.6 1 Cole Swan 7 -16 -2.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Aaron Hampton 5 81 16.2 0 Ben Mullins 4 37 9.2 0 Gary Green 3 28 9.3 0 Jamaal Burns 2 36 18.0 0 Steve Stover 2 15 7.5 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Devin Schmidt 13 0 0 0 Joel Smith 9 0 0 0 Ryan Kirk 8 0 1 0 Isaac Campbell 8 1 0 0 Junior Salas 7 0 0 0 Marshall Smith 6 0 0 0 Roderick Murray 5 0 0 0 Brian Young 5 0 0 0 Jonathan Hall 4 0 0 0 Caleb Singleton 3 0 0 0 Harry Goodman 2 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jamaal Burns 4 100 0 28 Ben Mullins 2 47 0 27 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jamaal Burns 0 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Jonathan Hill 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Jonathan Hill 2 75 37.5 0