| TEAM | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | FINAL |
| Southern Miss (0-12) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Middle Tennessee State (7-5) | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34
Team Statistics | USM | MTSU
First Downs | 11 | 25
Rushing | 7 | 12
Passing | 4 | 12
Penalty | 0 | 1
3rd-down Efficiency | 4-18 | 3-14
4th-down Efficiency | 0-2 | 0-0
Total Net Yards | 255 | 465
Total plays | 72 | 81
Average gain | 3.5 | 5.7
Net Yards Rushing | 104 | 177
Rushes | 31 | 50
Average per rush | 3.4 | 3.5
Net Yards Passing | 151 | 288
Completed-attempted | 16-37 | 20-27
Yards per pass | 4.1 | 10.7
Sacked-yards lost | 4-8 | 4-21
Had intercepted | 1 | 1
Punts-average | 9-40 | 6-37.5
Return Yardage | 127 | 93
Punts-returns | 3-27 | 7-30
Kickoffs-returns | 5-94 | 2-40
Interceptions-returns | 1-6 | 1-23
Penalties-yards | 6-54 | 6-55
Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 2-2
Touchdowns | 2 | 4
Rushing | 2 | 2
Passing | 0 | 2
Extra Points | 2-2 | 4-4
Field Goals | 0-1 | 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 6-7-85.7%
Time Of Possession | 28:03 | 31:57
First Quarter
MTSU | TD | 12:21 | 7-0 | Tywan Fischer 12 YD Run (Brandon Highsmith Kick).
MTSU | FG | 03:35 | 10-0 | Brandon Highsmith 22 YD
Second Quarter
MTSU | TD | 09:12 | 17-0 | Perry Adams 8 YD Pass from Chance Lind (Brandon Highsmith Kick).
MTSU | TD | 00:51 | 24-0 | Tony Armstrong 14 YD Pass from Chance Lind (Brandon Highsmith Kick).
Third Quarter
MTSU | FG | 13:12 | 27-0 | Brandon Highsmith 25 YD
MTSU | TD | 09:09 | 34-0 | Jonathan Jordan 1 YD Run (Brandon Highsmith Kick).
USM | TD | 00:00 | 34-7 | Eric Starnes 13 YD Run (Joshua Edwards Kick).
Fourth Quarter
USM | TD | 06:28 | 34-14 | Austin Jones 2 YD Run (Joshua Edwards Kick).
USM PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB D. Wycheck | 16/37 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 4-8
MTSU PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB C. Lind | 20/27 | 288 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 4-21
USM RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB A. Jones | 13 | 67 | 5.15 | 1 | 27
RB E. Starnes | 8 | 24 | 3.00 | 1 | 13
QB D. Wycheck | 3 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 | 18
FB S. Flores | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 5
TE J. Layne | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0
MTSU RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB T. Fischer | 18 | 111 | 6.17 | 1 | 24
RB K. Chisolm | 16 | 81 | 5.06 | 0 | 15
WR B. Gay | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 7
FB J. Jordan | 4 | 6 | 1.50 | 1 | 3
QB C. Lind | 5 | -9 | -1.80 | 0 | 0
USM RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR C. McFadden | 7 | 4 | 67 | 16.75 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0
WR J. Johnson | 12 | 6 | 42 | 7.00 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1
TE C. Brown | 6 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1
WR G. Solis | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1
RB A. Jones | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0
RB E. Starnes | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
WR T. Bonamego | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
MTSU RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR B. Gay | 4 | 4 | 99 | 24.75 | 26 | 0 | 62 | 0
TE T. Armstrong | 11 | 5 | 71 | 14.20 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 0
WR P. Adams | 6 | 5 | 47 | 9.40 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0
FB J. Jordan | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40.00 | 32 | 0 | 40 | 0
FB P. Tuggle | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0
RB K. Chisolm | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0
WR J. Harper | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0
USM O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
C D. Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG I. Busofsky | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0
OG A. Herndon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
OT B. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
MTSU O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT B. Thomason | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
FB P. Tuggle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG C. Hill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
C W. Detmer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG H. Everett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
TE L. McPeak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
USM FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
RB A. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
QB D. Wycheck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
RB H. Lawson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
WR J. Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR C. McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
C D. Holmes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
TE C. Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0
DE T. Word | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0
OG A. Herndon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
MTSU FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
RB T. Fischer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0
OG N. Vines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
USM KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K J. Edwards | 0/1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2
MTSU KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K B. Highsmith | 2/3 | 25 | 4/4 | 10
USM PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P N. Lipps | 9 | 40.00 | 34.40 | 0 | 1 | 53
MTSU PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P C. Nielsen | 6 | 37.50 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 54
USM KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
RB H. Lawson | 4 | 19.50 | 0 | 31
SS M. Rhett | 1 | 16.00 | 0 | 16
MTSU KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
CB J. Harper | 2 | 20.00 | 0 | 23
USM PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR C. McFadden | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | 18 | 1
WR M. Ammons | 2 | 4.50 | 0 | 8 | 0
MTSU PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
CB B. Simpson | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 9 | 0
WR J. Harper | 6 | 3.50 | 0 | 7 | 0
USM DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
ILB C. Moore | 7-3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OLB T. Diaz | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS D. Hurley | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB D. Hensley | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
SS J. Alfaro | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS C. Braun | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE T. Word | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE A. Bailey | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS M. Rhett | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS O. Morris | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT M. Faine | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
OLB K. Harden | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB D. McCarty | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB I. Edward | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
MTSU DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
ILB J. Salaam | 7-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
ILB G. Hamlin | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
DE C. Owens | 4-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB W. Moore | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2
SS K. Proffitt | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DE K. Hammond | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB H. Murrell | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
DT D. Cameron | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB J. Harper | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
CB M. Galloway | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS B. Richardson | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
OG N. Vines | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
OLB G. Morgan | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Player of the Game
| Chad Owens, Defensive End
TAK | SCK | HUR | STF | FF
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0
Game Information
Attendance: 18,373
Temperature: 65
Weather: Overcast