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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 (1-2; 0-0) vs BOWLING GREEN (0-3; 0-0) ON THE AIR • • • Sat., 9/23/2017 6 PM Floyd Stadium (30,788) Murfreesboro, TN TELEVISION ESPN3.COM Jake Rose (play-by-play) MIDDLE TENNESSEE BOWLING GREEN QUICK HITTERS Joe Leadingham (analyst) BLUE RAIDERS FALCONS ON THE ROAD AGAIN RADIO A er back-to-back weeks on the road, the BLUE RAIDER NETWORK Blue Raiders return home to face Bowling Chip Walters (play-by-play), 27th year Wes Counts (analyst), 2nd year Green. It marks the Falcons’ fi rst visit to Mur- Wayne Groce (spo er), 37th year freesboro and will be the fi nal non-conference game of the year for MT. Nashville: 102.5 FM THE BASICS Mid-state: 89.5 FM Local: 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM, 1450 AM Record ...................1-2 (0-0) Record ...................0-3 (0-0) The 2017 season is the 103rd for Blue Raider Na onal: Sirius: TBA, XM: TBA Last Game.... Sep. 16,2017 Last Game...Sept. 16,2017 TuneIn App: Search Middle Tennessee Lost at Minnesota, 3-34 Lost at Northwestern football and the 19th at the FBS level. Coach ........... Rick Stocks ll Coach ..................Mike Jinks Middle Tennessee has won at least eight Career Record: ........ 73-67 Career Record: ............. 4-11 games in a season three mes in the last fi ve Career Conf. Rec: ... 54-31 B. Green Record: .......4-11 years. for 39th in the na on. (Peter Bailey, Alex Dale, STATISTICAL LEADERS WR Richie James has 100 or more yards Lucas Hamilton, Myles Harges, Max Linder, receiving nine mes in his last 12 games. Brent Stocks ll, Shane Tucker). Rushing ..................... Ty Lee Rushing ..... Josh Cleveland QB Brent Stocks ll has thrown at least one 27 a , 60 yds, 1 TD .......... 30 a , 157 yds, 1 TD MT averaged 47.6 points a game at home Passing ......Brent Stocks ll Passing ....... James Morgan TD pass in 18 straight games, which ranks as and 34.8 on the road in 2016. 40-67, 435 yds, 4 TD 45-106, 622 yds, 2 TD the second longest streak in the country. In their last 40 conference games, the Blue Receiving ...... Richie James Receiving .........Sco Miller 19 rec, 206 yds, 2 TD 11 rec, 121 yds, 1 TD WR Richie James ranks ed for 13th on the Raiders have a mark of 28-12. Tackling ....Jovante Moff a Tackling ............ Nate Locke C-USA all- me recep ons list with 232 and Over the last 59 games, the Blue Raiders have 23 tackles 32 tackles needs 1 more to move into sole possession of come up with 66 intercep ons. The team had Sacks ..............Walter Brady Sacks .......... Shannon Smith 13th past Darius Johnson (SMU). Five more will 2.0 sacks 2.0 sacks 15 picks in 2013 by eight diff erent players, 13 put him in 12th past JaJuan Dawson (Tulane). INTs ....... Reed Blankenship INTs .................................. NA in 2014, 17 in 2015 but only 11 in 2016. 1 Intercep on 0 Intercep ons WR Richie James ranks 12th on the C-USA’s Consecu ve Starts Leaders: Mike Minter all- me receiving yardage list with 3,177 yards (27), Richie James (23), Chandler Brewer (21) INSIDE THE SERIES and 31 more yards will move him into 11th. and DJ Sanders (16). Overall .............................1-0 Most MT Pts ................... 35 WR Ty Lee’s 63 recep ons led all freshmen Under Rick Stocks ll, the Blue Raiders have In the Boro .....................0-0 Most BG Pts.................... 25 na onally in 2016. In Bowling Green ..........1-0 3 Points or Less ............. NA been involved in 20 games that were decided Current Streak .............. W1 7 Points or Less ........... NA PK Canon Rooker has hit 14 of his last 15 in the fi nal minute of regula on or over me. Long Win Streak ...............1 Biggest Win ..........11 points fi eld goals da ng back to 2016. He is 1-for-1 The team is 12-8 in those games and have won in 2017. eight of the last 10. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS QB Brent Stocks ll broke his own school Head Coach Rick Stocks ll is third on the Shipping Address ..................................1500 Greenland Drive record by throwing for 31 touchdowns in 2016. school’s all- me wins list with 73 victories. Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone ........................................................................615.898.2968 QB Brent Stocks ll threw for 3,233 yards In 140 games under Rick Stocks ll, the Blue Web site .........................................................GoBlueRaiders.com in 2016 despite missing three games with an Raiders are +17 in turnover margin. Associate AD/Communica ons ........................ Mark Owens injury. That went down as the most ever by a Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more Email ............................................owens@goblueraiders.com sophomore at MT. Offi ce ....................................................................615.898.5057 points 63 mes under Rick Stocks ll. The Blue Cell .........................................................................615.631.9520 QB Brent Stocks ll became the fi rst QB in Raiders had 10 games of 30 or more points in Twi er ...............................................................@MarkOwens5 school history to throw for over 400 yards in a 2016 to set a new single-season high under Associate (secondary football) ...........................Tony S nne game twice in a season when he did it in 2016. Rick Stocks ll. The previous mark was nine Assistant ......................................................................Eric Beovich In MT’s last 15 wins it has averaged 573.5 in 2009. Social Media Coord./Photographer ............ Brent Beerends yards of total off ense and allowed 393.8. Media Specialists/Video .................................Nathan Wallach Staff Writer ........................................................... Josh Vardaman Middle Tennessee is 20-6 in its last 26 home A RAIDER WIN WOULD ... Interns ...Janelle Johnson, Brendan English, Dominic LoBianco games. Give Rick Stocks ll his 74th win at MT Students ..................................................Ma Posey, Tyler Lamb The Blue Raiders have been bowl eligible Give MT its 40th win under Rick Stocks ll eight mes in 11 years and partcipated in six at home MT_FB @MTAthle cs @MT_FB bowls during the FBS era. Be the 568th all- me for the program Middle Tennessee has 7 players entering BlueRaiderAthle cs GoBlueRaidersTV the 2017 season with a degree in hand, ed 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 W, 30-23 Overall C-USA S9 SYRACUSE, NY/CARRIER DOME/MT leads 1-0 Old Dominion 2-1 0-0 MINNESOTA BTN L, 3-34 Marshall 2-1 0-0 S16 MINNEAPOLIS, MN/TCF BANK STADIUM/UM LEADS 3-0 FIU 1-1 0-0 Middle Tennessee 1-2 0-0 BOWLING GREEN ESPN3 6 PM MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 1-0 FAU 1-2 0-0 S23 Charlo e 0-3 0-0 FLORIDA ATLANTIC STADIUM 6 PM WKU 1-2 0-1 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 2-1 1-0 O14 BIRMINGHAM, AL/MEMORIAL STADIUM/MT LEADS 3-2 Rice 1-2 1-0 MARSHALL ESPN2 6 PM UTSA 2-0 0-0 O20 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MU LEADS 4-2 UAB 2-1 0-0 UTEP beIN 6:30 PM Southern Miss 2-1 0-0 N4 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/TIED 1-1 North Texas 1-2 0-0 CHARLOTTE ESPN3 1 PM UTEP 0-3 0-1 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 23 N25 MURFREESBORO, TN/FLOYD STADIUM/MT LEADS 1-0 Georgia State at Charlo e FIU at Rice Florida Atlan c at Buff alo Louisiana Tech at South Carolina A LOOK AT THE SERIES Bowling Green at Middle Tennessee This will be just the second mee ng between COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM UAB at North Texas Old Dominion at Virginia Tech the two schools in a series that began in 2016. CollegePressBox.com is the offi cial media UTEP at New Mexico State The Blue Raiders, in a pouring rain storm, up- website for Conference USA football. Ac- UTSA at Texas State ended the Falcons last year in Bowling Green, cess and download weekly game notes, Ball State at WKU 35-24. opponent notes, quotes, depth charts, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 complete fi nal game books, media guides, Charlo e at FIU RAIDERS AT FLOYD STADIUM head shots, and more for the conference Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlan c and each of its 14-member schools. South Alabama at Louisiana Tech Since Floyd Stadium opened in 1933, the Marshall at Cincinna Blue Raiders have compiled an overall mark of The site also has a complete list of confer- North Texas at Southern Miss 287-119-13 (.700), including a record 31-game ence beat writers, radio broadcasters, and Rice at Pi sburgh win streak from 1987-94. much more. UTEP at Army Under Rick Stocks ll, the Blue Raiders are Apply for access at www.collegepress- 39-22 overall at Floyd Stadium and 26-14 in box.com/password. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS conference games (13-3 vs C-USA). MT has a 20-6 record at home in its last 26 games. with games against Georgia and Kentucky in Press Conference 2018, Michigan, Duke and Iowa in 2019 and On Mondays at 10:30 AM, in the Kennon Sports Hall of Since 2007, MT has had home games against Fame building, selected players and Coach Stocks ll meet Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi State, Minne- Ole Miss in 2020.