The Blue Raider brought their 2nd ranked rush offense in the game against Tulsa. Tulsa played tough in the first quarter however, shutting out MTSU in the first quarter, while Tulsa scoring a FG to lead 3-0 after the 1st.

The Blue Raiders offense exploded in the 2nd quarter, scoring 24 points with 2 TD by HB Jonathan Smith, with the third TD being a pass from Lance Williams to Steven Triplett. Tulsa added a TD of their own but MTSU would lead 24-10 at the half.

The Blue Raiders would mostly use their run game in the 2nd half, and it would pay off as the T.O.P. would keep the Golden Hurricanes off the field. MTSU would score a TD in the 3rd to take a 31-10 lead into the final quarter. Tulsa would try to start a comeback by scoring a TD with 4:44 left to trim the lead down to a 31-17, but MTSU would run down most the clock and then put up the final TD of the game to win 38-17.

MTSU moves on to 11-0(8-0), and will face the 14th ranked 7-3 Miami Hurricanes in Miami Gardens, FL. looks to be a great match-up with Miami having a top 10 ranked defense. the BCS would shake up some, as Utah ended up losing to BYU 29-28. Michigan is now ranked #3 with LSU and Florida in 4th and 5th. Oklahoma is still ranked 1st with MTSU 2nd, OU and MTSU are the only undefeated teams left and 8 teams have 1 loss.

Tulsa (4-5) at Middle Tennessee State (10-0)
November 9, 2019 1 2 3 4 F Tulsa 3 7 0 7 17 #2 Middle Tennessee State 0 24 7 7 38 TOP PERFORMERS Tulsa Joe West - 25/36 223 yards 2 TDs Barrett Jenkins - 11 tackles Bryan Martindale - 5 catches 60 yards 1 TD Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 17/23 252 passing yards 1 TD, 35 rush yards 1 TD Jonathan Smith - 89 rush yards 2 TDs Steven Triplett - 4 catches 68 yards 1 TD	TEAM STAT COMPARISON Tuls MTSU First Downs 16 22 3rd Down Efficiency 6-14 5-7 4th Down Efficiency 1-2 0-0 Total Yards 409 557 Passing Yards 279 252 Rushing Yards 24 187 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0-0 0-0 Turnovers 0 1 Possession Time 12:36 17:02
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER Tuls MTSU Tuls 4:03 FG Tulsa: T. Harris, 24 Yd FG 3 0 SECOND QUARTER Tuls MTSU MTSU 6:44 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 4 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 3 7 MTSU 4:19 TD MTSU: S. Triplett, 34 Yd pass from L. Williams (D. Fowler kick) 3 14 MTSU 1:26 TD MTSU: J. Smith, 14 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 3 21 Tuls 0:31 TD Tulsa: B. Martindale, 2 Yd pass from J. West (T. Harris kick) 10 21 MTSU 0:00 FG MTSU: D. Fowler, 26 Yd FG 10 24 THIRD QUARTER Tuls MTSU MTSU 3:13 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 6 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 10 31 FOURTH QUARTER Tuls MTSU Tuls 4:44 TD Tulsa: D. Terrell, 8 Yd pass from J. West (T. Harris kick) 17 31 MTSU 1:21 TD MTSU: M. Rogers, 1 Yd run (D. Fowler kick) 17 38
Tulsa Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Mark Hudson 4/5 51 0 0 Joe West 25/36 223 2 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Hunter Williams 9 37 4.1 0 Joe West 6 -11 -1.8 0 Darren Walker 1 1 1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Hunter Williams 5 50 10.0 0 Bryan Martindale 5 60 12.0 1 David Terrell 5 38 7.6 1 Travis McCloud 5 58 11.6 0 Michael Sims 2 25 12.5 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Barrett Jenkins 11 0 0 0 George Pettway 10 0 0 0 Lorenzo Dorsey 7 0 0 0 Lawrence Lowery 7 0 0 0 Chris Herring 6 0 0 0 Leigh Patrick 6 0 0 0 Travis Edwards 5 0 0 0 Landon Walker 4 0 0 0 Reggie Mason 4 0 0 0 Andrew Treangen 4 1 0 0 Brent Jackson 4 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Michael Sims 3 73 0 25 Hunter Williams 1 28 0 28 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Hunter Williams 1 5 0 5 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG T.J. Harris 1/1 2/2 5 24 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Reggie Mason 4 196 42.2 1	Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 17/23 252 1 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jonathan Smith 15 89 5.9 2 Mario Rogers 13 63 4.8 1 Lance Williams 8 35 4.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Nelson 6 97 16.1 0 Steven Triplett 4 68 17.0 1 Brandon Banks 3 38 12.6 0 Richard Mason 2 22 11.0 0 Kevin Weldon 1 23 23.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Ross Davis 9 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 6 0 0 0 Tony Griffin 6 0 0 0 Keith Givens 5 0 0 0 Blake Davis 5 0 0 0 Mario Griffin 4 2 0 0 Morey Morgan 4 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 4 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 4 0 0 0 Mike Smith 4 0 0 0 Matthew Ross 2 1 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 4 90 0 24 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Jarrett Denman 4 28 0 11 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Dallas Fowler 1/1 5/5 8 26 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Dallas Fowler 2 88 44.0 1