Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Western Kentucky | 10 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 31 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 7:34 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Davion Ervin-Poindexter 18 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 3:23 | Western Kentucky field goal. Lucas Carneiro 45 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 9:58 | Middle Tennessee field goal. Zeke Rankin 23 Yd Field Goal |
| 5:17 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Easton Messer 8 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Lucas Carneiro Kick) |
| 0:09 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Austin Reed 1 Yd Run (Lucas Carneiro PAT failed) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:03 | Middle Tennessee touchdown. Frank Peasant 16 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 5:52 | Western Kentucky touchdown. Elijah Young 14 Yd Run (Austin Reed Pass to Dalvin Smith for Two-Point Conversion) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Total first downs | 20 | 22 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Third downs attempted | 16 | 19 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 10 |
| Third down percentage | 31 % | 53 % |
| Fourth down | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Total yards | 373 | 444 |
| Total rushing yards | 121 | 147 |
| Total passing yards | 252 | 297 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 28:07 | 31:53 |
| Rushing | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Total rushing plays | 28 | 28 |
| Total rushing yards | 121 | 147 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Penalties committed | 7 | 8 |
| Penalty yards | 40 | 68 |
| Turnovers | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Frank Peasant | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Jaiden Credle | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Nicholas Vattiato | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| L.T. Sanders | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 56 | ||||
| Elijah Young | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Austin Reed | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Markese Stepp | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Nicholas Vattiato | 45 | 27 | 60 % | 252 | 5.6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Western Kentucky | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Austin Reed | 52 | 30 | 58 % | 297 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Justin Olson | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Holden Willis | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Elijah Metcalf | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Jaiden Credle | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Kalani Norris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Peasant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malachi Corley | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Easton Messer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Jimmy Holiday | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Moussa Barry | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Craig Burt Jr. | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Markese Stepp | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| River Helms | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Dalvin Smith | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Elijah Young | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Kalani Norris | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Western Kentucky | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Bryson Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Tra Fluellen | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Takulve Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bryson Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Tra Fluellen | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Francis | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnathan Butler | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Brumfield | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Deonte Stanley | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Teldrick Ross | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrell Raby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jakobe Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devyn Curtis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| De'Arre McDonald | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Parker Hughes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marley Cook | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raquon Hartley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trevon Ferrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Branch | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaylin Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quindarius Dunnigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Western Kentucky | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Takulve Williams | 12 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JaQues Evans | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryson Washington | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hosea Wheeler | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendrick Simpkins | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kylan Guidry | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Loving | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Upton Stout | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Talique Allen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Key | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Virgil Marshall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deante McCray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Brackenridge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rome Weber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devon Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Naughton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Niko Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Terrion Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Moussa Barry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rickie Davis Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| DJ England-Chisolm | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Kellen Stewart | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Easton Messer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Zack Dobson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| K.D. Hutchinson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zeke Rankin | 1/1 | 23 | 1/1 | 4 | |||||
| Western Kentucky | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Lucas Carneiro | 1/1 | 45 | 2/3 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Trey Turk | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 0 | |||||
| Miles Tillman | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | |||||
| Western Kentucky | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tom Ellard | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 3:10 AM.