It was a snowy night in Tennessee, but the offenses did not notice it as both defenses had trouble, especially in the 2nd quarter. both teams started out slow, both getting a FG on their first drives. MTSU added a TD right before the end of the first quarter to lead 10-3 going into the 2nd quarter.

the 2nd quarter was wide open, as both teams would score 3 time in the 2nd quarter for a total of 38 points between them. Vandy's QB Michael Hall would throw 3 TD passes, 2 of the to WR Taylor Hart. for MTSU, QB Lance Williams would throw 1 TD and run for a TD. MTSU would add a FG at the end of the half to go into the locker room leading 27-24.

3rd quarter was MTSU's quarter as the would add 10 points to their lead with another TD pass from Williams and a 41 yard FG. Vanderbilt would close the gap to 37-30 with a TD of their own early in the 4th. but MTSU would add 14 more points before the end of the game to win 51-30.

The Blue Raiders will move to 9-0(6-0), and will host 5-4(3-4) Georgia next week.

Vanderbilt (1-8) at Middle Tennessee State (8-0)
November 17, 2020 1 2 3 4 F Vanderbilt 3 21 0 6 30 #1 Middle Tennessee State 10 17 10 14 51 TOP PERFORMERS Vanderbilt Michael Hall - 21/27 324 yards 4 TDs Taylor Hart - 94 receive yards 2 TDs Antonio Herring - 9 tackles 1 sack Middle Tennessee State Lance Williams - 19/27 181 yards 3 TDs, 108 rush yards 2 TDs Terrance Oliver - 8 tackles 1 sack Brandon Banks - 77 receiving yards 1 TD	TEAM STAT COMPARISON Vand MTSU First Downs 13 25 3rd Down Efficiency 5-10 9-13 4th Down Efficiency 1-2 1-1 Total Yards 534 554 Passing Yards 339 181 Rushing Yards 30 261 Penalties-Penalty Yards 1-10 2-15 Turnovers 2 0 Possession Time 10:55 18:22
SCORING SUMMARY FIRST QUARTER Vand MTSU MTSU 5:44 FG MTSU: M. Woods, 38 Yd FG 0 3 Vand 3:27 FG Vandy: J. Whitehead, 23 Yd FG 3 3 MTSU 0:45 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 2 Yd run (M Woods kick) 3 10 SECOND QUARTER Vand MTSU Vand 6:15 TD Vandy: B. Thompson, 10 Yd pass from M. Hall(J. Whitehead kick) 10 10 MTSU 4:02 TD MTSU: B. Banks, 12 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 10 17 Vand 2:23 TD Vandy: T. Hart, 11 Yd pass from M. Hall(J. Whitehead kick) 17 17 MTSU 1:05 TD MTSU: L. Williams, 29 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 17 24 Vand 0:47 TD Vandy: T. Hart, 64 Yd pass from M. Hall (J. Whitehead kick) 24 24 MTSU 0:00 FG MTSU: M. Woods, 38 Yd FG 24 27 THIRD QUARTER Vand MTSU MTSU 5:01 FG MTSU: M. Woods, 41 Yd FG 24 30 MTSU 1:02 TD MTSU: T. Nelson, 10 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 24 37 FOURTH QUARTER Vand MTSU Vand 6:09 TD Vandy: A. Stephens, 0 Yd pass from M. Hall (missed XP) 30 37 MTSU 5:13 TD MTSU: A. Joseph, 7 Yd pass from L. Williams (M. Woods kick) 30 44 MTSU 1:15 TD MTSU: J. Wade, 5 Yd run (M. Woods kick) 30 51
Vanderbilt Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Michael Hall 21/27 324 4 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Ben Thompson 18 32 1.7 0 Nate McCoy 3 18 6.0 0 Michael Hall 3 -20 -6.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Danny Brown 5 86 17.2 0 Ben Thompson 3 34 11.3 1 Courtney Lawson 3 28 9.3 0 Taylor Hart 3 94 31.3 2 Antwan Stephens 3 28 9.3 1 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Jonathan Smith 11 0 0 0 Chris Butler 10 0 0 0 Antonio Herring 9 1 0 0 Gavin Weiss 8 0 0 0 J.R. Jones 8 0 0 0 Joey Williams 7 1 0 0 Paul Reddick 6 0 0 0 Garrett Battle 5 0 0 0 Donald Ellis 5 0 0 0 Matt Bennett 4 1 0 0 Donovan Tayler 3 0 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Joe Bell 5 100 0 24 Taylor 3 65 0 27 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Jason Whitehead 1/1 3/3 5 24 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Jason Whitehead 2 87 43.5 0	Middle Tennessee State Boxscore PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Lance Williams 19/27 181 3 0 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Jarrett Denman 18 85 4.7 0 Jerome Wade 16 68 4.2 1 Lance Williams 11 108 9.8 2 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Brandon Banks 7 77 11.0 1 Tyler Nelson 6 57 9.5 1 Richard Mason 4 39 9.7 0 Austin Joseph 2 8 4.0 1 DEFENSE TKL SCK INT TD Terrance Oliver 8 1 0 0 Rashad Foster 5 1 0 0 Thomas Morris 5 0 0 0 Mike Smith 5 0 0 0 Joe Swain 4 0 0 0 Keith Givens 4 0 0 0 Derrick Bishop 4 0 0 0 Aaron Hines 4 0 0 0 Craig McCoy 3 0 0 0 Mike Mansfield 3 1 0 0 Zach McBride 2 1 0 0 KICK RETURNING NO. YDS TD LG Morris Allen 2 33 0 21 Tyler Hughes 2 49 0 26 KICKING FGM/A XPM/A PTS LG Matt Woods 3/3 6/6 15 42 PUNTING TOT YDS AVG IN20 Kellen Mooney 1 41 41.0 1

The Blue Raiders would add 3 more commitments to their recruiting class. the #1 HB in the class, 5* Ronald Arnold from Bedford, Oh. 4* TE Drew Thibodeaux from Statesboro, GA. and 4* CB Doug Hall from Williamsport, PA.

UCF continues winning and now moves up to #3 with a 9-0 record. to road games and a home game versus #16 USF is left on their schedule. Georgia Tech made the biggest move in the BCS standings after beating Virginia(currently ranked #25), from 13th to 8th. Clemson fell from 6th to 10th after losing to currently ranked #5 Florida State. the current BCS top 10 is now: MTSU, ND, UCF, Ohio St, Forida St, Michigan, Iowa, GT, USC, and Clemson. Miami fell the most spots after losing to Maryland, went from 11th to 23rd.