Middle Tennessee at UConn
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Middle Tennessee | 3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 44 | |
| UConn | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 2:46 | Middle Tennessee field goal. Zeke Rankin 20 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:56 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jimmy Marshall 14 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 10:43 | UConn touchdown. Brandon Niemenski 8 Yd pass from Steven Krajewski (Joe McFadden Kick) |
| 6:18 | UConn field goal. Joe McFadden 47 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:02 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Izaiah Gathings 25 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 1:15 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jimmy Marshall 18 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 0:00 | UConn field goal. Joe McFadden 21 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:32 | Middle Tennessee field goal. Zeke Rankin 32 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:02 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Martell Pettaway 1 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:31 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Jarrin Pierce 24 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 7:16 | Middle Tennessee field goal. Zeke Rankin 22 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Total first downs | 30 | 15 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Third downs attempted | 16 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 6 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 38 % | 29 % |
| Fourth down | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Total yards | 473 | 304 |
| Total rushing yards | 155 | 2 |
| Total passing yards | 318 | 237 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 37:22 | 22:38 |
| Rushing | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Total rushing plays | 44 | 67 |
| Total rushing yards | 155 | 2 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Passes attempted | 40 | 37 |
| Passes completed | 28 | 21 |
| Average yards per completion | 8.0 | 6.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Penalties committed | 7 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 65 | 75 |
| Turnovers | Middle Tennessee | UConn |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Martell Pettaway | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Chaton Mobley | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Chase Cunningham | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jalen Jackson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mike DiLiello | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jalen Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| UConn | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Nathan Carter | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Kevin Mensah | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jalon Ferrell | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Steven Krajewski | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Devontae Houston | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Chase Cunningham | 36 | 25 | 69 % | 297 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike DiLiello | 3 | 2 | 67 % | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JaMichael Thompson | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| UConn | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Steven Krajewski | 37 | 21 | 57 % | 237 | 6.4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Yusuf Ali | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Jimmy Marshall | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Izaiah Gathings | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Jarrin Pierce | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| CJ Windham | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Chaton Mobley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Chase Cunningham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| JaMichael Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| UConn | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Keelan Marion | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Kevens Clercius | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Devontae Houston | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Brandon Niemenski | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Aaron Turner | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Brian Brewton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kevin Mensah | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Nathan Carter | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Reed Blankenship | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Chase Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| UConn | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Aaron Turner | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Steven Krajewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Nathan Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Devontae Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Quincy Riley | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| Gregory Grate Jr. | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| UConn | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Reed Blankenship | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Grate Jr. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DQ Thomas | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jurriente Davis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raquon Hartley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kinley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ferguson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Johnathan Butler | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deidrick Stanley II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Davis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Parks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cody Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ja'Kerrius Wyatt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Yusuf Ali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teldrick Ross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jorden Starling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quincy Riley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Branch | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marley Cook | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Leak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tra Fluellen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| UConn | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Ian Swenson | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jackson Mitchell | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malik Dixon | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Durante Jones | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pierce DeVaughn | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Omar Fortt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eric Watts | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kevon Jones | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jeremy Lucien | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis Jones | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lwal Uguak | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hunter Webb | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Cross | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Wortham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dal'mont Gourdine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MarQuayveon Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Turner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tui Faumuina-Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jaylin Lane | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| UConn | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Brian Brewton | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Burns | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Devontae Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| UConn | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zeke Rankin | 3/4 | 32 | 5/5 | 14 | |||||
| UConn | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Joe McFadden | 2/2 | 47 | 1/1 | 7 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Kyle Ulbrich | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||
| UConn | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Joe McFadden | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |||
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