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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 (5-6; 3-4) vs OLD DOMINION (5-6; 3-4) ON THE AIR Sat., 11/25/2017 • 2 PM CT • Floyd Stadium (30,778) • Murfreesboro, TN TELEVISION ESPN3 Jake Rose (play-by-play) MIDDLE TENNESSEE OLD DOMINION QUICK HITTERS TBA (analyst) BLUE RAIDERS MONARCHS Sara Cardona (sideline) BOWL ELIGIBILITY ON THE LINE } Middle Tennessee closes out the regular sea- RADIO son against Old Dominion as both teams look to BLUE RAIDER NETWORK Chip Walters (play-by-play), 27th year become bowl eligible. This marks the first-ever Wes Counts (analyst), 2nd year visit to Murfreesboro for the Monarchs. Wayne Groce (spotter), 37th year THE BASICS Nashville: 102.5 FM SENIOR DAY Mid-state: 89.5 FM Record ...................5-6 (3-4) Record ...................5-6 (3-4) } Local: 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM, 1450 AM Last Game....Nov. 17,2017 Last Game....Nov. 18,2017 Middle Tennessee will honor 14 seniors in a National: Sirius: NA, XM: NA at WKU, L, 38-41 (3OT) vs Rice, W, 00-00 pregame ceremony prior to the ODU contest. TuneIn App: Search Middle Tennessee Coach ........... Rick Stockstill Coach ............Bobby Wilder The Raiders will recognize DE Peter Bailey, Career Record: ........ 77-72 Career Record: ...........72-36 WR Ricky Blair, H Jim Cardwell, S Alex Dale, Career Conf. Rec: ... 57-35 ODU Record: .......... 72-36 OL Lucas Hamilton, LB Myles Harges, LB Malik } Middle Tennessee has 7 players entering STATISTICAL LEADERS Hawkins, CB Mike Minter, PK Canon Rooker, the 2017 season with a degree in hand, tied LB DJ Sanders, OL Conner Trent, WR Shane for 39th in the nation. (Peter Bailey, Alex Dale, Rushing ......Brad Anderson Rushing ..............Ray Lawry Tucker, CB Jermel Walker and CB Charvarius Lucas Hamilton, Myles Harges, Max Linder, 89 att, 491 yds, 0 TD ........118 att, 645 yds, 7 TD Ward. Passing ............. John Urzua Passing ..............S. Williams Brent Stockstill, Shane Tucker). 136-220-9, 1522 yds, 7 TD 137-250-11, 1445 yds, 6 TD } MT averaged 47.6 points a game at home Receiving .................. Ty Lee Receiving ........ Isaiah Harper } LB Khalil Brooks ranks 17th nationally in TFLs and 34.8 on the road in 2016. In 2017, they are 66 rec, 846 yds, 5 TD 31 rec, 379 yds, 0 TD and 43rd nationally in sacks. Tackling ....Jovante Moffatt Tackling ......Marvin Branch averaging 22.2 at home and 24.8 on the road. 88 tackles 88 tackles } Tavares Thomas has 355 rushing yards the } In their last 47 conference games, the Blue Sacks ..............Khalil Brooks Sacks ........Oshane Ximines last three games combined and is averaging 6.5 sacks 7.5 sacks 6.3 yards a touch. Raiders have a mark of 31-16. INTs ....... Reed Blankenship INTs .J. Headen & S. Carter } Over the last 67 games, the Blue Raiders have 2 Interceptions 2 Interceptions } The 2017 season is the 103rd for Blue Raider football and the 19th at the FBS level. come up with 69 interceptions. The team had 15 picks in 2013 by eight different players, 13 INSIDE THE SERIES } Middle Tennessee has won at least eight games in a season three times in the last five in 2014, 17 in 2015 but only 11 in 2016. Overall .............................1-0 Most MT Pts ................... 41 } In the Boro .....................0-0 Most ODU Pts ................ 28 years. Consecutive Start Leader: DJ Sanders (24). In Norfolk .......................1-0 3 Points or Less .............0-0 } MT is 25-14 all-time in C-USA play and is } Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have Current Streak .............. W1 7 Points or Less ...........0-0 been involved in 20 games that were decided averaging 199.5 yards rushing per game. Long Win Streak ...............1 Biggest Win ..........13 points in the final minute of regulation or overtime. } The Blue Raiders have lost the turnover battle The team is 12-9 in those games and have won ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS in eight of 11 games this season and currently eight of the last 11. stand -10 (119th nationally). Shipping Address .................................. 1500 Greenland Drive } Head Coach Rick Stockstill is third on the Murfreesboro, TN 37132 } QB Brent Stockstill has thrown at least one Phone ........................................................................615.898.2968 TD pass in 21 straight games, which ranks as school’s all-time wins list with 77 victories. Web site .........................................................GoBlueRaiders.com the third longest streak in the country. } In 149 games under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Associate AD/Communications ........................ Mark Owens Raiders are +11 in turnover margin. Email ............................................ [email protected] } PK Canon Rooker has hit 26 of his last 30 Office ....................................................................615.898.5057 field goals dating back to 2016. He is 13-for-16 } Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more Cell .........................................................................615.631.9520 in 2017 and is 7-for-7 from beyond 45 yards. points 67 times under Rick Stockstill. The Blue Twitter ............................................................... @MarkOwens5 Raiders had 10 games of 30 or more points in } QB Brent Stockstill became the first QB in 2016 to set a new single-season high under Associate (secondary football) ...........................Tony Stinnett school history to throw for over 400 yards in a Assistant ......................................................................Eric Beovich Rick Stockstill. The previous mark was nine game twice in a season when he did it in 2016. Social Media Coord./Photographer ............ Brent Beerends in 2009. Media Specialists/Video .................................Nathan Wallach } In MT’s last 18 wins it has averaged 547.1 Staff Writer ........................................................... Josh Vardaman yards of total offense and allowed 366.7. Interns ...Janelle Johnson, Brendan English, Dominic LoBianco A RAIDER WIN WOULD ... } Middle Tennessee is 23-7 in its last 30 home Students ..................................................Matt Posey, Tyler Lamb } Make MT bowl eligible games. } Give Rick Stockstill his 78th win at MT } The Blue Raiders have been bowl eligible MT_FB @MTAthletics @MT_FB } Be the 572nd all-time for the program eight times in 11 years and partcipated in six } Be the 26th C-USA win all-time BlueRaiderAthletics GoBlueRaidersTV bowls during the FBS era. Conference Champions: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2001, 2006 C-USA STANDINGS VANDERBILT CBS SN L, 6-28 S2 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/VU leads 15-3 East Division SYRACUSE ACCN W, 30-23 Overall C-USA S9 SYRACUSE, NY/CARRIER DOME/MT leads 1-0 FAU 8-3 7-0 MINNESOTA BTN L, 3-34 Marshall 7-4 4-3 MINNEAPOLIS, MN/TCF BANK STADIUM/UM LEADS 3-0 FIU 6-4 4-3 S16 WKU 6-5 4-3 BOWLING GREEN ESPN3 W, 24-13 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 2-0 Middle Tennessee 5-6 3-4 S23 Old Dominion 5-6 3-4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC STADIUM L, 20-38 Charlotte 1-10 1-6 S30 BOCA RATON, FL/FAU STADIUM/MT LEADS 11-4 FIU ESPN3 W, 37-17 West Division O7 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 9-4 Overall C-USA UAB beIN L, 23-25 North Texas 8-3 6-1 O14 BIRMINGHAM, AL/MEMORIAL STADIUM/TIED 3-3 Southern Miss 7-4 5-2 MARSHALL ESPN2 L, 10-38 UAB 6-4 4-2 O20 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MU LEADS 5-2 UTSA 6-4 3-4 UTEP beIN W, 30-3 Louisiana Tech 5-6 3-4 N4 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 2-1 Rice 1-9 1-5 UTEP 0-11 0-7 CHARLOTTE ESPN3 W, 35-21 N11 CHARLOTTE, NC/RICHARDSON STADIUM/MT LEADS 3-0 WKU CBS SN L, 41-38 UPCOMING C-USA SCHEDULE N17 BOWLING GREEN, KY/HOUCHENS STADIUM/MT LEADS 34-32-1 OLD DOMINION ESPN3 2 PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 N25 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 1-0 WKU at FIU SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Florida Atlantic at Charlotte A LOOK AT THE SERIES UTSA at Louisiana Tech } This will be just the second meeting all-time COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM Southern Miss at Marshall Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee in the series with Middle Tennessee owning CollegePressBox.com is the official media North Texas at Rice a 1-0 advantage. The Blue Raiders defeated website for Conference USA football. Ac- UTEP at UAB ODU in Norfolk during the 2014 season, 41-28. cess and download weekly game notes, opponent notes, quotes, depth charts, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 North Texas at FAU (11 AM) GOOD IN NOVEMBER complete final game books, media guides, C-USA Championship Game } Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have head shots, and more for the conference enjoyed success down the final stretch of the and each of its 14-member schools. season in November. Over its last 37 games in The site also has a complete list of confer- the month of November, the Blue Raiders are ence beat writers, radio broadcasters, and 25-12 and have won 16 of its last 22. Overall much more. under Stockstill MT carries a 28-16 mark in Apply for access at www.collegepress- November. box.com/password. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS RAIDERS AT FLOYD STADIUM in back-to-back games when he hauled in a Press Conference On Mondays at 10:30 AM, in the Kennon Sports Hall of } Since Floyd Stadium opened in 1933, the career-best 11 passes for 114 yards against Fame building, selected players and Coach Stockstill meet Blue Raiders have compiled an overall mark of WKU. The sophomore had six grabs for 121 with the media individually for a press conference. The 290-120-13 (.701), including a record 31-game yards the previous game against Charlotte.