Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 | |
| Middle Tennessee | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 13:10 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Chase Cunningham 14 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:56 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Malachi Corley 3 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 2:39 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Kye Robichaux 14 Yd Run (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 0:41 | Middle Tennessee field goal. Zeke Rankin 34 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 12:15 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Austin Reed 1 Yd Run (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 2:04 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Joshua Simon 1 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 9:44 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Darius Thomas 42 Yd Interception Return (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 9:44 | Western Kentucky field goal. (Brayden Narveson Kick) |
| 5:09 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Izaiah Gathings 11 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Total first downs | 22 | 19 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Third downs attempted | 17 | 17 |
| Third downs converted | 6 | 3 |
| Third down percentage | 35 % | 18 % |
| Fourth down | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Fourth downs attempted | 5 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 40 % | 33 % |
| Offense | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Total yards | 443 | 291 |
| Total rushing yards | 165 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 278 | 228 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 32:45 | 27:15 |
| Rushing | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Total rushing plays | 36 | 63 |
| Total rushing yards | 165 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.6 | 2.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes attempted | 49 | 51 |
| Passes completed | 32 | 32 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Penalties committed | 7 | 9 |
| Penalty yards | 78 | 75 |
| Turnovers | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Kye Robichaux | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 1 | 37 | ||||
| Austin Reed | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jaylen Hall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jakairi Moses | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chase Cunningham | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Joe Ervin | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Frank Peasant | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Terry Wilkins | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Austin Reed | 49 | 32 | 65 % | 278 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Middle Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Chase Cunningham | 51 | 32 | 63 % | 228 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malachi Corley | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 1 | 47 | ||||
| Jaylen Hall | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Michael Mathison | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Joey Beljan | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Joshua Simon | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Daewood Davis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Dalvin Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Kye Robichaux | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Yusuf Ali | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Izaiah Gathings | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Frank Peasant | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Terry Wilkins | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Joe Ervin | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Andrew Paige | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Quaterrius Tolbert | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Chase Cunningham | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Talique Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jakairi Moses | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Austin Reed | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Kye Robichaux | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Teldrick Ross | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Devyn Curtis | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Darius Thomas | 1 | 42 | 1 | ||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Tra Fluellen | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| JaQues Evans | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Smith | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kahlef Hailassie | 7 | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaden Hunter | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominique Bradshaw | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juwuan Jones | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A.J. Brathwaite Jr. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Talique Allen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kaleb Oliver | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Key | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick Simpkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Virgil Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Allen | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brodric Martin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Will Ignont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Upton Stout | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| C.J. Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dareon Goodrum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lorenzo Hernandez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darius Shipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrion Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darius Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rome Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jakobe Thomas | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tra Fluellen | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Decorian Patterson | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deidrick Stanley II | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teldrick Ross | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devyn Curtis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parker Hughes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Rayam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Christian Dixon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quindarius Dunnigan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Ferguson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Mency | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Branch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrece Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Damonte Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Leak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaylin Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Francis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brody Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deonte Stanley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jorden Starling | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kinley | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| De'Arre McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marley Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Michael Mathison | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Dalvin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jaylin Lane | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Yusuf Ali | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaylen Hall | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaylin Lane | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brayden Narveson | 0/0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Middle Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zeke Rankin | 1/1 | 34 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tom Ellard | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Kyle Ulbrich | 9 | 447 | 49.7 | 1 | 4 | 72 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 4:35 AM.