Murray State 14, Middle Tennessee 38 · Box Score

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Final · Week 1 · Sat, Sep 5, 2026

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Murray State

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Murray State	0	7	7	0	14
MTSU	14	7	3	14	38

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Team stats

Murray StateFCS		MTSU
16	First downs	21
290	Total yards	396
145	Passing yards	200
13-22	Comp-Att	20-26
6.6	Yards per pass	7.7
145	Rushing yards	196
27	Rushes	22
5.4	Yards per rush	8.9
3-10	3rd down	3-7
2-2	4th down	1-2
9-90	Penalties-yards	10-81
1	Turnovers	0
1	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	0
23:17	Time of possession	25:42
0	Sacks	0
2	Tackles for loss	1
0	QB hurries	1
1	Passes defended	3
0	Defensive TDs	1
80	Kick return yards	33
—	Punt return yards	9
0	Passing TDs	2
2	Rushing TDs	2
2	Kicking points	8

Advanced stats

Murray StateFCS		MTSU
+0.09	EPA per play	+0.39
40%	Success rate	50%
1.29	Explosiveness	1.30
+0.05	Rushing EPA per play	+0.52
48%	Rushing success rate	55%
+0.16	Passing EPA per play	+0.32
29%	Passing success rate	50%
47%	Standard downs success	51%
23%	Passing downs success	46%
3.06	Line yards per rush	4.45
1.00	Second-level yards	2.18
1.44	Open-field yards	3.09
16%	Stuff rate	9%
83%	Power success	50%
6%	Havoc caused	12%
3	Scoring chances	7
4.67	Points per chance	6.43
Own 20	Avg. starting field position	Own 31
3	Explosive plays	8
1%	Postgame win expectancy	99%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q111:11
Middle TennesseePUNT
Drive: 7 plays, 43 yds
0-14
Q19:36
FCS
Murray StatePUNT
Drive: 3 plays, -3 yds
0-0
Q15:46
Middle TennesseeTD
No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete short right to #85 N.Clifton caught at MSU00, for 10 yards to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:46, 1ST DOWN #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
Drive: 6 plays, 56 yds
0-7
Q10:22
Middle TennesseeTD
(00:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete short right to #3 C.Lacy caught at MSU25, for 22 yards to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:22, 1ST DOWN #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
Drive: 6 plays, 53 yds
0-14
Q27:18
FCS
Murray StateTD
(07:22) Shotgun #5 T.Campbell rush middle for 46 yards gain to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:18, 1ST DOWN #29 R.Devita kick attempt good (H: #19 S.Ashby, LS: #47 C.Ford)
Drive: 9 plays, 84 yds
7-14
Q23:34
Middle TennesseeTD
(03:38) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano rush right for 22 yards gain to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:34, 1ST DOWN #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yds
7-21
Q311:17
Middle TennesseeFG
(11:22) #91 D.Bourgeois field goal attempt from 45 yards GOOD (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin), clock 11:17
Drive: 6 plays, 32 yds
7-24
Q34:47
FCS
Murray StateTD
(04:57) Shotgun #30 J.Northington rush middle for 1 yard gain to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:47 #29 R.Devita kick attempt good (H: #19 S.Ashby, LS: #47 C.Ford)
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yds
14-24
Q414:53
Middle TennesseeTD
(14:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Brown Jr. rush middle for 15 yards gain to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:53, 1ST DOWN #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
Drive: 9 plays, 71 yds
14-31
Q413:45
Middle TennesseeFUMBLE RETURN TD
(13:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 T.Campbell rush middle for 3 yards gain to the MSU39 fumbled by #5 T.Campbell at MSU36 forced by #13 A.Taylor recovered by MTSU #0 K.Woods at MSU39 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:45 #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
14-38

Score shown Murray State-MTSU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int
Jim Ogle	11/16	118	7.4	0	0
Collin Shannon	2/6	27	4.5	0	0

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Tyrell Campbell	8	75	9.4	1	46
Mykel Allen	12	48	4.0	0	11
Jim Ogle	1	9	9.0	0	9
Jawaun Northington	3	8	2.7	1	4
Baxter Wright	2	4	2.0	0	4
Collin Shannon	1	1	1.0	0	1

Receiving

Player	Long	Rec	Yds	Avg
Dimitri Howard	23	3	49	16.3
Trey Firestone	23	2	42	21.0
Jaxon Potter	11	4	32	8.0
Dylan Embry	7	2	11	5.5
Kyle Vaka	7	1	7	7.0
Mykel Allen	4	1	4	4.0

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	TFL	PD
Jayden Walker	8	2	1	0
Dylan Rowsey	7	3	0	0
Rett Hemphill	6	4	1	0
Klayton Ingram	5	3	0	0
Amari McGill	4	2	0	0
Ryan McCall	4	1	0	1
DeMarkus Boykin	3	2	0	0
Terry Lewis II	3	1	0	0
Brooks Esplin	2	1	0	0
Tay Cline	2	1	0	0
Conlee Crossno	1	1	0	0
Cameron Daniels	1	1	0	0
Jadon Martin	1	1	0	0
Cedric Henderson	1	1	0	0
Jackson Veasy	1	0	0	0
Jackson Biser	1	0	0	0
Dominic Girard	1	0	0	0
Jay Varner	1	0	0	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Tyrell Campbell	1	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Rocco Devita	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Spencer Ashby	5	194	38.8	0	1	42

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Dimitri Howard	4	80	20.0	24	0