Penn State has been on a downward spiral the last 3 weeks, losing to Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, all of who are currently ranked in the top 25. They had to host the #3 team of Middle Tennessee State. The game was dominated by the Blue Raiders on both sides of the ball, even with the Blue Raiders having trouble with turnovers.

Penn State would strike first with a 1 yard run by HB Aaron Denman. The Blue Raiders would answer back on a 20 yard pass from Lance Williams to Steven Triplett. After throwing an Int, MTSU would eventually rebound from that with a 9 yard TD run by Jonathan Smith to take a 14-7 lead into the half.

The Blue Raiders would control the 2nd half with a great rushing attack followed by a great defense. MTSU would add another TD early in the 3rd with a 30 yard TD pass to Kevin Weldon from Lance Williams. MTSU would not look back from that and would go on to win with a score of 21-7.

The #1 team Florida Gators, ended up losing at #12 South Carolina, and would fall down to 7th. Oklahoma becomes the #1 team in the BCS with MTSU right behind with Utah in 3rd. These 3 teams are now the only undefeated teams left. Utah ends the season with 3 tough opponents, ECU, TCU, and BYU. all hanging around the top 25 with TCU currently ranked at 14th. OU has the easier road, but will still have to win the Big 12 first.

The Blue Raiders move to 10-0(7-0) and will face the 4-5(3-4) Tulsa next week, then ending the regular season at #17 Miami. On the MTSU recruiting front, their class is pretty much set, only having to replace 10 seniors, 9 players have already committed, leaving the Blue Raiders only looking for another DE to finish the class.

Middle Tennessee State (9-0) at Penn State (5-4)
November 2, 2019 1 2 3 4 F #3 Middle Tennessee State 7 7 7 0 21 Penn State 7 0 0 0 7 TOP PERFORMERS Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 19/28 193 yards 2 TDs, 52 rush yards Jonathan Smith - 62 rush yards 1 TD Mario Rogers - 72 rush yards, 11 receiving yards Penn State Aaron Denman - 38 rush yards 1 TD, 41 receiving yards Kenny Smith - 9 tackles 1 Int Lou Chandler - 8 tackles 2 sacks	TEAM STAT COMPARISON MTSU PSU First Downs 26 6 3rd Down Efficiency 11-13 1-7 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0 Total Yards 468 240 Passing Yards 193 88 Rushing Yards 207 48 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-15 1-15 Turnovers 3 1 Possession Time 22:12 8:50
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER MTSU PSU PSU 4:44 TD PSU: A. Denman, 1 Yd run (T. Green kick) 0 7 MTSU 2:14 TD MTDU: S. Triplett, 20 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 7 7 SECOND QUARTER MTSU PSU MTSU 4:18 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 9 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 14 7 THIRD QUARTER MTSU PSU MTSU 5:20 TD MTSU: K. Weldon, 30 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 21 7
Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 19/28 193 2 2 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jonathan Smith 14 62 4.4 1 Mario Rogers 13 72 5.5 0 Lance Williams 10 52 5.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Steven Triplett 5 57 11.4 1 Kevin Weldon 4 49 12.2 1 Brandon Banks 4 43 10.7 0 Richard Mason 2 10 5.0 0 Tyler Nelson 2 20 10.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Mike Mansfield 7 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 5 0 0 0 Corey Morgan 4 0 0 0 Ross Davis 4 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 4 0 0 0 Zach McBride 3 0 0 0 Allen Winston 3 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 3 0 0 0 Blake Davis 3 0 0 0 Derrick Bishop 2 0 0 0 Cornelius Triplett 1 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 2 34 0 20 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 4 34 0 9 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 0/0 3/3 3 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 1 58 58 0	Penn State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Chris Williams 10/12 88 0 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Aaron Denman 18 38 2.1 1 Wallace Smith 3 10 3.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Aaron Denman 3 41 13.6 0 Mike Culp 2 22 11.0 0 Albert Parker 1 11 11.0 0 Allan Brittain 1 4 4.0 0 Brandon Patton 1 4 4.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Kurt Smith 11 0 0 0 Joe Hunter 10 0 0 0 Kenny Smith 9 0 1 0 Lou Chandler 8 2 0 0 John Harvey 8 0 0 0 James Thompson 8 0 0 0 Brian Robinson 6 0 0 0 Dennis Mackey 6 0 0 0 Howard Martin 5 0 0 0 Ryan Cannon 4 0 0 0 Erik Blanco 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Mike Culp 3 71 0 27 Travis Ryan 1 33 0 33 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Ryan Culp 0 0 0 0 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Taylor Green 0/0 1/1 1 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Ricky Tate 6 221 36.8 1