The Blue Raiders continue on their winning streak, now at 9 in a row, beating ECU 42-28. ECU kept it close for the first quarter and a half and was tied 14-14 at one point. 2 costly turnover for ECU help pull MTSU to a 28-14 lead going into the half.

Neither team looked that great in the 2nd half. MTSU did add 7 point in the 3rd to make it 35-14, then early in the 4th to make it 42-14. ECU would mount a charge late in the 4th and score 14 points, with help from a lost fumble by MTSU, but would run out of time as MTSU would hang on to win 42-28. With this win, MTSU clinches the C-USA West Division. they will play Southern Miss in the C-USA Championship game, as they have already clinched the East.

The Blue Raiders move on to 9-0(7-0), and now became the #3 ranked team in the BCS rankings due to Wisconsin losing to Iowa. Florida and Oklahoma are still ahead of MTSU, and Utah is right behind MTSU in 4th. Next game for the Blue Raiders is a tough road game at 5-4 Penn State, who have lost 2 in a row and is now unranked.

on the awards front, Lance Williams remains #2 in the Heisman race, he is also in the running for the Maxwell, and leading for the O'Brien award. LE Mike Mansfield is leading for the Lombardi Award, with 50 tackles, 11 sacks. K Dallas Fowler is currently in the running(4th) for the Groza Award.

Middle Tennessee State (8-0) at ECU (5-3)
October 25, 2019 1 2 3 4 F #4 Middle Tennessee State 7 21 7 7 42 ECU 7 7 0 14 28 TOP PERFORMERS Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 19/25 226 yards 4 TDs, 25 rush yards Craig McCoy - 6 tackles 1 Int Brandon Banks - 5 catches 71 yards 1 TD ECU Jason Reed - 5 catches 109 yards 1 TD Cedric Williams - 7 tackles 1 fumble recovery Lamarr Hughes - 22 carries 88 yards 2 TDs, 18 rec. yards	TEAM STAT COMPARISON MTSU ECU First Downs 22 13 3rd Down Efficiency 7-10 6-12 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 2-2 Total Yards 468 507 Passing Yards 226 228 Rushing Yards 153 77 Penalties-Penalty Yards 4-25 3-19 Turnovers 2 2 Possession Time 16:48 12:55
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER MTSU ECU ECU 4:42 TD ECU: L. Hughes, 11 Yd run (M. Black kick) 0 7 MTSU 2:31 TD MTSU: C. Bellamy, 2 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 7 7 SECOND QUARTER MTSU ECU MTSU 6:42 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 4 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 14 7 ECU 5:18 TD ECU: J. Handy, 41 Yd pass from M. Sanders (M. Black kick) 14 14 MTSU 3:34 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 30 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 21 14 MTSU 3:00 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 24 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 28 14 THIRD QUARTER MTSU ECU MTSU 4:00 TD MTSU: M. Rogers, 3 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 35 14 FOURTH QUARTER MTSU ECU MTSU 5:00 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 14 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 42 14 ECU 2:07 TD ECU: L. Hughes, 1 Yd run (M. Black kick) 42 21 ECU 1:40 TD ECU: J. Reed, 8 Yd pass from M. Sanders (M. Black kick) 42 28
Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 19/24 226 4 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jonathan Smith 19 74 3.8 1 Mario Rogers 11 54 4.9 1 Lance Williams 8 25 3.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandon Banks 5 71 14.2 1 Tyler Nelson 3 28 9.3 1 Steven Triplett 3 33 11.0 1 Kevin Weldon 2 21 10.5 0 Richard Mason 2 38 19.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Corey Morgan 8 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 7 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 6 0 1 0 Allen Winston 5 0 0 0 Mike Smith 5 0 1 0 Matthew Ross 5 0 0 0 Ross Davis 5 0 0 0 Blake Davis 4 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 4 1 0 0 Tony Griffin 3 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 3 1 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 2 50 0 28 Morris Allen 1 13 0 13 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 3 26 0 15 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 0/0 6/6 6 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 2 84 42.0 1	ECU Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Marcus Sanders 16/28 228 2 2 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Lamarr Hughes 20 88 4.4 2 Marcus Sanders 3 -5 -1.6 0 Logan Vaughn 2 -1 -0.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Jason Reed 5 109 21.8 1 Seth Cox 5 44 8.8 0 Tramon Thompson 2 13 6.5 0 Lamarr Hughes 2 18 9.0 0 Joe Handy 1 41 41.0 1 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Joe Justice 10 0 0 0 Jeff Russell 10 0 0 0 Chris Pollard 7 0 0 0 Robert Singletary 7 0 0 0 Marques Cary 7 0 0 0 Cedric Williams 7 0 0 0 Marcus Fletcher 5 0 0 0 Jay Martin 5 0 0 0 Rashaud Bennett 3 0 0 0 Aaron Banks 3 0 0 0 Raul Carr 3 1 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Chad Rogers 6 171 0 40 Jason Reed 1 23 0 23 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jason reed 1 8 0 8 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Matt Black 0/1 4/4 4 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Matt Black 3 118 39.3 0