2014 MT Game Notes.Indd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Conference Champions: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006 MIDDLETENNESSEE 2013 Armed Forces Bowl 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl 2009 New Orleans Bowl Champions 2006 Motor City Bowl GAMENINE Middle Tennessee (5-3; 4-1) vs BYU (4-4) Game 9 • Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 • Floyd Stadium (30,778) • Murfreesboro, TN VS QUICK HITTERS 2014 is the 100th season of football at MT. INSIDE THEMATCH-UP In their last 21 conference games, MT has a mark of 16-5. MT has won seven straight games at home. MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS 2014 Record: 5-3 (4-1 in C-USA) The Blue Raiders are 31-for-34 in the redzone this season 2014 Rank: nr/nr and started the year 20-for-20. Last Game: W, 34-22 vs UAB MT ranks 3rd nationally in blocked kicks this season BYU COUGARS with four. 2014 Record: 4-4 Kevin Byard is 3rd among NCAA’s active players in 2014 Rank: nr/nr interceptions per game at 0.42. He also ranks tied for Last Game: L, 55-30 at Boise State 1st in total interceptions with 14. Leighton Gasque is second all-time at MT with 21.0 SERIESINFORMATION Overall Record: BYU leads 1-0 sacks. That fi gure also ranksT2nd on the NCAA’s active PLAYERTOWATCH Games in Murfreesboro: 0-0 players list. #38 T.T. Barber Games in Provo: BYU leads 1-0 PK Cody Clark has hit 17 of his last 19 fi eld goals and he T.T. Barber, who leads the team in tackles with 56, has 21 three-pointers for his career to rank ninth all-time. is coming off an 8-tackle game that included a sack, 1.5 HEADCOACHES Middle Tennessee Over the last 21 games, the Blue Raider defense has TFLs, and an interception returned for 24 yards. For his Rick Stockstill (Florida State ‘79) forced 50 turnovers. MT ranked 5th nationally last year career, the junior has 218 total stops. Record at Middle Tennessee: 56-52 (9th Year) with 33 forced turnovers but only have 17 in 2014. Overall Record: 56-52 (9th Year) Record vs. BYU: 0-1 RB Shane Tucker has scored at least one touchdown Consecutive Starts Leaders: Isaiah Anderson 33, Kevin in nine of his last 11 regular season games. Byard 33 and Darius Johnson 33. BYU Over the last 26 games, the Blue Raider defense has Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State ‘88) Record at BYU: 86-38 (10th Year) come up with 35 interceptions. The team had 15 picks MT-BYU SERIES NOTES Overall Record: 86-38 (10th Year) in 2013 by eight diff erent players and own11 this year. Saturday’s game will mark the second meeting all-time Record vs. Middle Tennessee: 1-0 Kevin Byard has 327 career interception return yards to between the two schools. The Blue Raiders traveled to own the MT record and rank fi rst on the NCAA active list. Provo last year and fell to the Cougars, 37-10. BROADCASTINFORMATION Television The NCAA all-time record is 501 by FSU’s Terrell Buckley. CBS Sports Network 2014 is the 16th season of FBS (1-A) football for MT as Play by Play: Rich Waltz its fi rst season was 1999. Analyst: Jay Feely Sideline: Cassie Gallo SAVANNAH STATE NONE W, 61-7 A30 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/MT leads 3-0 Local Radio MINNESOTA BTN L, 24-35 Network: Blue Raider Network with Chip Walters (pxp) S6 MINNEAPOLIS, MN/TCF BANK STADIUM (50,805)/UM leads 2-0 and former MT linebacker Dennis Burke (analyst) WKU (BLACKOUT GAME) My30 W, 50-47 S13 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/MT LEADS 34-29-1 MEMPHIS ESPN3 L, 17-36 MEDIAINFORMATION MEMPHIS, TN/LIBERTY BOWL STADIUM (61,000)/MT LEADS 17-9-1 Middle Tennessee S20 OLD DOMINION FS1 W, 41-28 Mark Owens (Twitter: @markowens5) NORFOLK, VA/S.B. BALLARD STADIUM (20,118)/MT LEADS 1-0 Office: 615-898-5057 | Cell: 615-631-9520 S26 SOUTHERN MISS ASN W, 37-31 [email protected] MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/MT LEADS 3-0 Tony Stinnett O4 Office: 615-898-5272 | Cell: 615-631-9521 MARSHALL FSN L, 24-49 [email protected] O11 HUNTINGTON, WV/JOAN EDWARDS STADIUM (38,224)/MARSHALL LEADS 3-1 Live Stats: GoBlueRaiders.com UAB FCS W, 34-22 O18 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/MT LEADS 3-2 BYU CBS SN 2:30 PM SOCIALMEDIA MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/BYU LEADS 1-0 Game Hashtag: #TRUEGrit N1 Twitter: @MTAthletics FIU ASN 2:30 PM N15 MIAMI, FL/ALFONSO FIELD (20,000)/MT LEADS 6-3 Facebook.com/BlueRaiderAthletics FLORIDA ATLANTIC ASN 6:00 PM Instagram: MTAthletics N22 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM (30,788)/MT LEADS 7-3 UTEP ASN 6:00 PM N29 EL PASO, TX/SUN BOWL STADIUM (51,500)/MT LEADS 1-0 Conference Champions: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006 THIS’N’THAT WHO’SUP?WHO’SDOWN? Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have been in- Press Box volved in 15 games that were decided in the fi nal minute David Bibee, Safeties of regulation or overtime. Tommy West, Defensive Line Rick Mallory, Off ensive Tackles/Tight Ends Head Coach Rick Stockstill is third on the school’s all-time Buster Faulkner, Off ensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 2014C-USASTANDINGS wins list with 56 victories. East Division C-USA Overall MT has scored a touchdown on its opening drive of the Sidelines Marshall 4-0 8-0 game 26 times under Stockstill. Rick Stockstill, Head Coach Middle Tennessee 4-1 5-3 Steve Ellis, Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks UAB 2-2 4-4 In 108 games under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders are Tyrone Nix, Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers FAU 2-2 3-5 +33 in turnover margin. Geep Wade, Off ensive Line FIU 2-2 3-5 Justin Watts, Wide Receivers MT was +10 in turnover margin in 2012 and fi nished WKU 1-3 3-4 Mike Polly, Running Backs Old Dominion 1-4 3-5 +12 in 2013 to rank 12th nationally. The Blue Raiders are +3 in 2014 to rank 42nd. The unit had a season-best 583 yards vs USM. West Division C-USA Overall Marcus Henry’s 93-yard touchdown catch at UAB went The unit is 31-for-34 in the red zone with 23 touch- LA Tech 4-0 5-3 downs and eight fi eld goals. Rice 2-1 4-3 down as the fourth longest scoring pass in school history UTEP 2-1 4-3 and was the 10th longest in the NCAA in 2013. MT’s 323 rushing yards against WKU went down as the Southern Miss 1-3 3-5 The longest off ensive drive in the Rick Stockstill era was third highest rushing total under Rick Stockstill and the UTSA 1-3 2-6 North Texas 0-4 2-6 9:33 at North Texas in 2006. It resulted in a TD. sixth time the Raiders have topped the 300-yard mark. Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more points 45 times The off ense has41 regulation scoring drives this season under Rick Stockstill. The most 30-point games in a season and 22 have been fewer than two minutes in duration. C-USASCHEDULE under Stockstill is nine (2009). QB Austin Grammer is the fi rst quarterback under SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Rick Stockstill to throw for over 200 yards in each of his MT’s 33 turnovers forced in 2013 ranked tied for the Rice at FIU 11:00a fi rst seven games. most under Stockstill. In 2009 they also forced 33 and in BYU at Middle Tennessee 2:30p WR Ed’Marques Batties has been targeted 39 times UAB at Florida Atlantic 6:00p 2007 the Raiders forced 30. Southern Miss at UTEP 7:00p this season and hauled in 29 receptions. Sixteen of his 29 WKU at Louisiana Tech TBA MT’s 15 interceptions gained in 2013 was the most since receptions have gone for fi rst downs. 2009 and third most under Stockstill. Old Dominion at Vanderbilt TBA The off ense has amassed over400 yards of total off ense in 10 of its last 13 regular season games. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 BLUE RAIDERS AT FLOYD STADIUM Louisiana Tech at UAB 11:00a The 2014 off ense is well ahead of last year’s near record FIU at Old Dominion 2:30p Since Floyd Stadium opened in 1933, the Blue Raiders pace in total yards and points scored. The 2013 unit posted Florida Atlantic at North Texas 6:00p have compiled an overall mark of 275-115-13 (.698), 5,298 total yards which ranked as the second most in Marshall at Southern Miss 6:00p including a record 31-game win streak from 1987-94. UTSA at Rice TBA school history and was just 185 yards shy of breaking the UTEP at WKU TBA Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders are 28-17 overall school record set in 2009. The off ense also scored 377 at Floyd Stadium and 19-12 in conference games (4-1 vs points to rank as the fi fth highest total and was 40 points THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Southern Miss at UTSA 7:00p C-USA). from a new school mark. Since 2007, MT has had home games against Virginia, Middle Tennessee is averaging 461.5 yards per game SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Maryland, Mississippi State, Minnesota, and Georgia Tech and that fi gure would rank as the third highest in school Army at WKU 11:00a and hosts BYU in 2014, Vandy in 2015, 2017 and Duke history if season ended today.