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Conference Champions: 1935, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006 RAIDERS FOOTBALL 2016 Hawaii Bowl 2015 Bahamas Bowl 2013 Armed Forces Bowl 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl 2009 New Orleans Bowl Champions 2006 Motor City Bowl MIDDLE TENNESSEE (0-1; 0-0) vs SYRACUSE (1-0; 0-0) ON THE AIR • • • Sat., 9/9/2017 2:30 PM Carrier Dome (49,262) Syracuse, NY TELEVISION ACC NETWORK Doug Sherman (play-by-play) MIDDLE TENNESSEE SYRACUSE QUICK HITTERS TBA (analyst) BLUE RAIDERS ORANGE RAIDERS HIT ROAD FOR FIRST TIME Middle Tennessee will hit the road for the RADIO fi rst me in 2017 as it travels to Syracuse to BLUE RAIDER NETWORK Chip Walters (play-by-play), 27th year face the Orange Saturday. The Raiders are try- Wes Counts (analyst), 2nd year ing to rebound from a tough opening day loss Wayne Groce (spo er), 37th year to Vanderbilt as they venture into the Carrier THE BASICS Nashville: 102.5 FM Dome for the fi rst me in school history. Mid-state: 89.5 FM Record ...................0-1 (0-0) Record ...................1-0 (0-0) Local: 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM, 1450 AM Last Game.......Sep. 2,2017 Last Game..... Sept. 1,2017 Na onal: Sirius: 119, XM: 203 Lost vs Vandy, 28-6 Beat C. Conn. St., 50-7 The 2017 season will be the 103rd for Blue TuneIn App: Search Middle Tennessee Coach ........... Rick Stocks ll Coach .............. Dino Babers Raider football and the 19th at the FBS level. Career Record: ........ 72-67 Career Record: ...........42-25 Middle Tennessee has won at least eight Career Conf. Rec: ... 54-31 Syracuse Record:.........5-8 games in a season three mes in the last fi ve Brent Stocks ll, Shane Tucker). MT averaged 47.6 points a game at home STATISTICAL LEADERS years. WR Richie James has three straight 100-yard and 34.8 on the road in 2016. Rushing ...Maurice Gordon Rushing ...........Eric Dungey receiving games and nine in his last 10 games. In their last 40 conference games, the Blue 7 a , 26 yds, 0 TD 9 a , 51 yds, 2 TD Raiders have a mark of 28-12. Passing ......Brent Stocks ll Passing ............Eric Dungey QB Brent Stocks ll has thrown at least one 18-31, 166 yds, 1 TD 28-36, 328 yds, 3 TD TD pass in 17 straight games, which ranks as Over the last 57 games, the Blue Raiders have Receiving ...... Richie James Receiving .....Steve Ishmael the second longest streak in the country. come up with 65 intercep ons. The team had 10 rec, 112 yds, 1 TD 12 rec, 134 yds, 0 TD 15 picks in 2013 by eight diff erent players, 13 Tackling ......... Wesley Bush Tackling ..Randall Laguerre WR Richie James ranks 15th on the C-USA 8 tackles 7 tackles all- me recep ons list with 223 and needs 7 in 2014, 17 in 2015 but only 11 in 2016. Sacks ..............Walter Brady Sacks ................................ NA more to move into 14th. Consecu ve Starts Leaders: Mike Minter 1.0 sacks 0.0 sacks INTs .................................. NA INTs .................................. NA WR Richie James ranks 14th on the C-USA’s (25), Richie James (21), Chandler Brewer (19) 0 Intercep ons 0 Intercep ons all- me receiving yardage list with 3,083 yards. and DJ Sanders (14). WR Ty Lee’s 63 recep ons led all freshmen Under Rick Stocks ll, the Blue Raiders have INSIDE THE SERIES na onally in 2016. been involved in 20 games that were decided in the fi nal minute of regula on or over me. Overall .............................0-0 Most MT Pts .................. NA PK Canon Rooker has hit 13 of his last 14 In the Boro .....................0-0 Most SU Pts ................... NA The team is 12-8 in those games and have won fi eld goals da ng back to 2016. He has not In Syracuse .....................0-0 3 Points or Less ............. NA eight of the last 10. Current Streak ............... NA 7 Points or Less ........... NA a empted one in 2017. Long Win Streak ........... NA Biggest Win ..................... NA Head Coach Rick Stocks ll is third on the QB Brent Stocks ll broke his own school school’s all- me wins list with 72 victories. record by throwing for 31 touchdowns in 2016. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS In 138 games under Rick Stocks ll, the Blue QB Brent Stocks ll threw for 3,233 yards Shipping Address ..................................1500 Greenland Drive in 2016 despite missing three games with an Raiders are +20 in turnover margin. Murfreesboro, TN 37132 injury. That went down as the most ever by a Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more Phone ........................................................................615.898.2968 points 62 mes under Rick Stocks ll. The Blue Web site .........................................................GoBlueRaiders.com sophomore at MT. Raiders had 10 games of 30 or more points in Associate AD/Communica ons ........................ Mark Owens QB Brent Stocks ll became the fi rst QB in Email ............................................owens@goblueraiders.com 2016 to set a new single-season high under school history to throw for over 400 yards in a Offi ce ....................................................................615.898.5057 Rick Stocks ll. The previous mark was nine Cell .........................................................................615.631.9520 game twice in a season when he did it in 2016. in 2009. Twi er ...............................................................@MarkOwens5 In MT’s last 14 wins it has averaged 588.5 Associate (secondary football) ...........................Tony S nne yards of total off ense and allowed 399.9. Assistant ......................................................................Eric Beovich Middle Tennessee is 20-6 in its last 26 home A RAIDER WIN WOULD ... Social Media Coord./Photographer ............ Brent Beerends Media Specialists/Video .................................Nathan Wallach games. Give Rick Stocks ll his 73rd win at MT Staff Writer ........................................................... Josh Vardaman The Blue Raiders have been bowl eligible Give MT its 5th win under Rick Stocks ll over Interns ...Janelle Johnson, Brendan English, Dominic LoBianco eight mes in 11 years and partcipated in six Students ..................................................Ma Posey, Tyler Lamb a Power 5 program bowls during the FBS era. Give MT its 4th win over an ACC team Middle Tennessee has 7 players entering Be the 567th all- me for the program MT_FB @MTAthle cs @MT_FB the 2017 season with a degree in hand, ed for 39th in the na on. (Peter Bailey, Alex Dale, BlueRaiderAthle cs GoBlueRaidersTV Lucas Hamilton, Myles Harges, Max Linder, Conference Champions: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006 CUSA STANDINGS VANDERBILT CBS SN L, 6-28 S2 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/VU leads 15-3 East Division SYRACUSE ACCN 2:30 PM Overall C-USA S9 SYRACUSE, NY/CARRIER DOME/FIRST MEETING Marshall 1-0 0-0 MINNESOTA BTN 2:30 PM Old Dominion 1-0 0-0 S16 MINNEAPOLIS, MN/TCF BANK STADIUM/UM LEADS 2-0 WKU 1-0 0-0 Middle Tennessee 0-1 0-0 BOWLING GREEN ESPN3 6 PM MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 1-0 Charlo e 0-1 0-0 S23 FAU 0-1 0-0 FLORIDA ATLANTIC STADIUM 6 PM FIU 0-1 0-0 S30 BOCA RATON, FL/FAU STADIUM/MT LEADS 11-3 FIU ESPN3 2 PM West Division O7 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 8-4 Overall C-USA UAB beIN 5:30 PM Louisiana Tech 1-0 0-0 O14 BIRMINGHAM, AL/MEMORIAL STADIUM/MT LEADS 3-2 North Texas 1-0 0-0 MARSHALL ESPN2 6 PM UAB 1-0 0-0 O20 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MU LEADS 4-2 UTSA 0-0 0-0 UTEP beIN 6:30 PM Southern Miss 0-1 0-0 N4 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/TIED 1-1 UTEP 0-1 0-0 CHARLOTTE ESPN3 1 PM Rice 0-1 0-0 N11 CHARLOTTE, NC/RICHARDSON STADIUM/MT LEADS 2-0 WKU CBS SN 7 PM UPCOMING CUSA SCHEDULE N17 BOWLING GREEN, KY/HOUCHENS STADIUM/MT LEADS 34-31-1 OLD DOMINION ESPN3 2 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 N25 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 1-0 Charlo e at Kansas State Alcorn State at FIU Florida Atlan c at Wisconsin Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech A LOOK AT THE SERIES Marshall at NC State This will be the fi rst mee ng in the series COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Middle Tennessee at Syracuse North Texas at SMU between the two schools. It will also be the CollegePressBox.com is the offi cial media Old Dominion at Massachuse s Raiders’ fi rst game against an ACC member website for Conference USA football. Ac- Rice at UTEP since facing UNC in 2013. cess and download weekly game notes, Southern at Southern Miss opponent notes, quotes, depth charts, UAB at Ball State UTSA at Baylor RAIDERS VS ACC complete fi nal game books, media guides, WKU at Illinois Middle Tennessee will be playing its 14th head shots, and more for the conference and each of its 14-member schools. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 game against a team from the Atlan c Coast Arizona at UTEP Conference when it travels to Syracuse Sat- The site also has a complete list of confer- urday. The Blue Raiders are 3-10 in games ence beat writers, radio broadcasters, and SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 played against ACC members with the most much more. North Carolina A&T at Charlo e Apply for access at www.collegepress- FIU at Indiana recent mee ng being 2013 at North Carolina. Two wins have come against Maryland with box.com/password. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MT winning at Floyd Stadium in 2008 (24- 14) and then upse ng the Terps in College Saturday. Shafer was the defensive coordi- Press Conference nator for Syracuse from 2009 to 2012 then On Mondays at 10:30 AM, in the Kennon Sports Hall of Park in 2009 (32-31).