Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Sam Houston Bearkats

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	10	0	3	7	20
Sam Houston Bearkats	3	6	7	7	23

Scoring

Q1 10:41

MTSUFrank Peasant 3 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick)7–0

Q1 5:42

SHSUColby Sessums 26 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 1:29

MTSUZeke Rankin 32 Yd Field Goal 10–3

Q2 12:28

SHSUColby Sessums 51 Yd Field Goal 10–6

Q2 2:43

SHSUColby Sessums 26 Yd Field Goal 10–9

Q3 10:28

MTSUZeke Rankin 31 Yd Field Goal 13–9

Q3 8:35

SHSUTrevor Williams 31 Yd Interception Return (Colby Sessums Kick)13–16

Q4 2:50

MTSUDJ Riles 5 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick)20–16

Q4 0:57

SHSUJohn Gentry 3 Yd Run (Colby Sessums Kick)20–23

Passing

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Nicholas Vattiato	29/37	241	6.5	3	19.8
Holden Willis	1/1	23	23.0	0	99.8
DJ Riles	1/1	12	12.0	0	93.7

Sam Houston Bearkats

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Keegan Shoemaker	31/48	198	4.1	0	1	32.6
Noah Smith	1/1	1	1.0	0	0	13.3

Rushing

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Frank Peasant	9	29	3.2	1	7
Jaiden Credle	4	18	4.5	0	10
DJ Riles	3	16	5.3	1	7
Nicholas Vattiato	12	3	0.3	0	7

Sam Houston Bearkats

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
John Gentry	17	67	3.9	1	19
Simeon Evans	1	9	9.0	0	9
Keegan Shoemaker	7	6	0.9	0	4
Adrian Murdaugh	3	3	1.0	0	7

Receiving

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Zack Dobson	5	98	19.6	43
DJ England-Chisolm	5	48	9.6	13
Holden Willis	5	40	8.0	12
Javonte Sherman	7	32	4.6	9
Elijah Metcalf	2	28	14.0	23
Frank Peasant	4	13	3.3	8
Jaiden Credle	2	12	6.0	8
Jaylen Ward	1	5	5.0	5

Sam Houston Bearkats

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Simeon Evans	11	110	10.0	19
Malik Phillips	3	28	9.3	17
Al'vonte Woodard	3	27	9.0	11
Thomas Jewett	6	18	3.0	5
Noah Smith	2	8	4.0	4
John Gentry	5	5	1.0	5
Adrian Murdaugh	1	2	2.0	2
Keegan Shoemaker	1	1	1.0	1

Team stats

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders		Sam Houston Bearkats
18	1st Downs	20
3-12	3rd down efficiency	10-20
0-0	4th down efficiency	1-1
342	Total Yards	284
276	Passing	199
31/39	Comp/Att	32/49
7.1	Yards per pass	4.1
66	Rushing	85
28	Rushing Attempts	28
2.4	Yards per rush	3.0
7-63	Penalties	5-41
3	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles lost	0
3	Interceptions thrown	1
29:02	Possession	30:58

Drives 25

MTSUTouchdown10 plays · 62 yds · 4:13MTSU 38 → SHSU 0

SHSUField Goal13 plays · 62 yds · 4:53SHSU 29 → MTSU 9

MTSUField Goal10 plays · 60 yds · 4:13MTSU 25 → SHSU 15

SHSUField Goal9 plays · 44 yds · 3:54SHSU 22 → MTSU 34

MTSUPunt3 plays · -5 yds · 1:49MTSU 25 → MTSU 20

SHSUPunt3 plays · -2 yds · 1:34SHSU 40 → SHSU 38

MTSUInterception6 plays · 17 yds · 2:44MTSU 26 → MTSU 43

SHSUField Goal9 plays · 34 yds · 3:38MTSU 43 → MTSU 9

MTSUPunt5 plays · 8 yds · 1:11MTSU 25 → MTSU 33

SHSUPunt6 plays · 15 yds · 0:58SHSU 23 → SHSU 38

MTSUPunt3 plays · 4 yds · 0:28MTSU 12 → MTSU 16

SHSUEnd of Half1 play · 19 yds · 0:06SHSU 46 → MTSU 35

SHSUInterception6 plays · 25 yds · 2:24SHSU 15 → SHSU 40

MTSUField Goal4 plays · 4 yds · 2:02SHSU 17 → SHSU 13

SHSUPunt3 plays · 9 yds · 1:17SHSU 25 → SHSU 34

MTSUInterception Touchdown3 plays · 4 yds · 0:36MTSU 22 → MTSU 26

MTSUPunt6 plays · 16 yds · 4:06MTSU 26 → MTSU 42

SHSUPunt3 plays · 0 yds · 1:31SHSU 13 → SHSU 13

MTSUInterception4 plays · 15 yds · 1:53MTSU 31 → MTSU 46

SHSUPunt7 plays · -5 yds · 3:55MTSU 36 → MTSU 41

MTSUPunt3 plays · 9 yds · 1:35MTSU 20 → MTSU 29

SHSUPunt8 plays · 21 yds · 4:36SHSU 29 → 50

MTSUTouchdown6 plays · 97 yds · 2:56MTSU 3 → SHSU 0

SHSUTouchdown12 plays · 72 yds · 1:48SHSU 28 → MTSU 0

MTSUMissed FG7 plays · 47 yds · 0:52MTSU 24 → SHSU 29

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