Blue Raiders were able to put away North Texas pretty easily. at one point leading 35-3. North Texas had a couple of big plays in the 4th which set up their 2 TDs, otherwise, MTSU's defense play a terrific game. MTSU's QB Lance Williams play a great game, throwing for 219 yards and rushing for another 57 and racking up a total of 4 TDs.

Williams would surpass the school record for career passing yards in this game. Williams now has 8,131 passing yards, and his current 77 TDs also is a school career record. Williams also has 1,983 career rushing yards and 27 career rushing TDs. He has started every game since stepping on campus and has been a big reason why MTSU has been so great over the last 4 seasons.

In the top 25, #1 Oklahoma lost to #17 Penn State and would drop to 9th. #2 Michigan would also drop to 8th, losing to #8 Notre Dame. #15 Maryland would drop out of the top 25 after losing to unranked Washington. #25 Utah would drop out after losing to unranked Air Force. Miami would become the new #1 team, followed by LSU, MTSU, Notre Dame, and Clemson.

North Texas (0-0) at Middle Tennessee State (1-0)
September 5, 2020 1 2 3 4 F North Texas 0 3 0 13 16 #5 Middle Tennessee State 14 0 14 14 42 TOP PERFORMERS North Texas Josh Johnson - 72 rush yards 1 TD Jerome Sherman - 13 tackles Jimmy Cleveland - 10 tackles 1 sack Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 19/25 219 yards, 57 rush yards, 4 total TDs Jarrett Denman - 81 rush yards 1 TD Tyler Nelson - 86 receiving yards 1 TD	TEAM STAT COMPARISON NT MTSU First Downs 9 22 3rd Down Efficiency 2-9 8-11 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0 Total Yards 401 511 Passing Yards 165 219 Rushing Yards 72 222 Penalties-Penalty Yards 2-10 0-0 Turnovers 1 1 Possession Time 9:13 21:38
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER NT MTSU MTSU 3:43 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 4 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 0 7 MTSU 1:32 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 14 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 0 14 SECOND QUARTER NT MTSU NT 3:55 FG NT: R. Ball, 22 Yd FG 3 14 THIRD QUARTER NT MTSU MTSU 4:31 TD MTSU: R. Mason, 21 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 3 21 MTSU 2:28 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 33 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 3 28 FOURTH QUARTER NT MTSU MTSU 5:11 TD MTSU: J. Wade, 1 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 3 35 NT 4:36 TD NT: E. Dixson, 46 Yd pass from R. Goodman (missed kick) 9 35 MTSU 1:51 TD MTSU: J. Denman, 4 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 9 42 NT 0:34 TD NT: J. Johnson, 7 Yd run (R. Ball kick) 16 42
North Texas Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Ross Goodman 6/13 118 1 1 Peter Parker 6/13 47 0 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Josh Johnson 11 72 6.5 1 Kevin James 1 12 12.0 Peter Parker 2 -3 -1.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Eric Dixson 2 68 34.0 1 Scott Johnson 2 36 18.0 0 Bubba Scott 2 26 13.0 0 Brad Weaver 2 22 11.0 0 Derrick Watson 2 8 4.0 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Jerome Sherman 13 0 0 0 David Johnson 10 0 0 0 Jimmy Cleveland 10 1 0 0 Brad Cook 9 1 0 0 Buck Wheeler 7 0 0 0 Ben Morris 6 0 0 0 James Douglas 6 0 0 0 Marcus Jackson 6 0 0 0 Trent Everett 5 0 0 0 Nate Campbell 3 1 0 0 Aaron Cannon 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Josh Johnson 4 85 0 23 Kevin James 2 50 0 26 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Kevin James 1 6 0 6 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Reggie Ball 1/1 1/2 4 22 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Charles Thompson 6 235 39.1 1	Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 19/25 219 2 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jarrett Denman 15 81 5.4 1 Jerome Wade 13 76 5.8 1 Lance Williams 12 57 4.7 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Tyler Nelson 6 86 14.3 1 Richard Mason 4 51 12.7 1 Brandon Banks 3 32 10.6 0 Austin Joseph 2 13 6.5 0 Kevin Weldon 2 17 8.5 0 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Rod Marshall 5 0 0 0 Zach McBride 4 0 1 0 Keith Givens 4 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 4 1 0 0 Joe Swain 3 0 0 0 Thomas Morris 3 0 0 0 Derrick Bishop 3 0 0 0 Tony Griffin 3 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 2 0 0 0 Terrance Oliver 2 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 2 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Morris Allen 2 23 0 14 Austin Joseph 1 3 0 3 PUNT RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Tyler Hughes 5 43 0 14 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Matt Woods 0/2 6/6 6 0 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Kellen Mooney 1 42 42.0 1