Middle Tennessee 13, Jacksonville State 23 · Box Score

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Final · Week 4 · Sat, Sep 26, 2026

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MTSU	0	7	6	0	13
JXST	3	7	10	3	23

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Team stats

MTSU		JXST
20	First downs	25
319	Total yards	517
216	Passing yards	241
18-28	Comp-Att	19-27
7.7	Yards per pass	8.9
103	Rushing yards	276
30	Rushes	39
3.4	Yards per rush	7.1
4-11	3rd down	3-9
1-2	4th down	2-3
7-55	Penalties-yards	3-30
0	Turnovers	2
0	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	2
27:22	Time of possession	32:38
1	Sacks	3
1	Tackles for loss	6
1	QB hurries	3
2	Passes defended	4
0	Defensive TDs	0
28	Kick return yards	16
—	Punt return yards	16
2	Passing TDs	1
0	Rushing TDs	1
1	Kicking points	11

Advanced stats

MTSU		JXST
+0.12	EPA per play	+0.18
43%	Success rate	56%
1.11	Explosiveness	1.04
-0.03	Rushing EPA per play	+0.37
44%	Rushing success rate	58%
+0.19	Passing EPA per play	-0.02
39%	Passing success rate	57%
55%	Standard downs success	62%
17%	Passing downs success	31%
2.53	Line yards per rush	4.16
1.08	Second-level yards	1.79
0.68	Open-field yards	2.00
24%	Stuff rate	5%
100%	Power success	100%
7%	Havoc caused	17%
4	Scoring chances	8
3.25	Points per chance	3.25
Own 22	Avg. starting field position	Own 26
3	Explosive plays	6
22%	Postgame win expectancy	78%

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

Q113:19
Jacksonville StateINT
Drive: 5 plays, 40 yds
0-3
Q111:13
Middle TennesseePUNT
Drive: 3 plays, 9 yds
0-0
Q17:14
Jacksonville StateFG
#37 G.Rippa field goal attempt from 27 yards GOOD (H: #1 C.Nix, LS: #45 D.Musgrove), clock 07:14
Drive: 8 plays, 67 yds
0-3
Q26:50
Jacksonville StateTD
Shotgun #12 C.Creel rush right for 1 yard gain to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:50 #37 G.Rippa kick attempt good (H: #1 C.Nix, LS: #45 D.Musgrove)
Drive: 9 plays, 62 yds
0-10
Q20:27
Middle TennesseeTD
No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete short right to #3 C.Lacy caught at Jax St00, for 5 yards to the Jax St00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:27, 1ST DOWN #91 D.Bourgeois kick attempt good (H: #92 A.Logan, LS: #59 H.Hamlin)
Drive: 14 plays, 90 yds
7-10
Q310:11
Middle TennesseeTD
(10:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 R.Gagliano pass complete deep right to #1 M.Allen caught at Jax St00, for 32 yards to the Jax St00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:11, 1ST DOWN #92 A.Logan rush attempt failed
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yds
13-10
Q35:43
Jacksonville StateFG
(05:52) #37 G.Rippa field goal attempt from 31 yards GOOD (H: #1 C.Nix, LS: #45 D.Musgrove), clock 05:43
Drive: 10 plays, 62 yds
13-13
Q31:15
Jacksonville StateTD
(01:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 C.Creel pass complete deep middle to #11 D.Johnson caught at MTSU00, for 38 yards to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:15, 1ST DOWN #37 G.Rippa kick attempt good (H: #1 C.Nix, LS: #45 D.Musgrove)
Drive: 7 plays, 76 yds
13-20
Q42:46
Jacksonville StateFG
(02:45) #37 G.Rippa field goal attempt from 29 yards GOOD (H: #1 C.Nix, LS: #45 D.Musgrove), clock 02:46
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yds
13-23

Score shown MTSU-JXST.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Roman Gagliano	18/28	216	7.7	2	0	59.2

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
Antonio Martin	17	106	6.2	16
Terrence Brown Jr.	8	30	3.8	16
Cam'Ron Lacy	1	-9	-9.0	0
Roman Gagliano	4	-24	-6.0	1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Cam'Ron Lacy	6	88	14.7	1	26
Terrence Brown Jr.	4	33	8.3	0	15
Markus Allen	1	32	32.0	1	32
Neo Clifton	2	22	11.0	0	14
Hogan Wasson	2	19	9.5	0	13
AJ Jones	1	16	16.0	0	16
Koraun Perdue	2	6	3.0	0	4

Defense

Player	Tot	Solo	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur
Korey Smith	13	5	0	0	0	0
Jackson Lowe	11	9	0	0	1	0
Ashton Taylor	7	3	0	0	0	0
Bryce Williams	5	4	0	0	0	0
Kaven Call	4	3	0	0	0	0
James Johnson	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Hardy	3	3	0	0	1	0
Dyson Mccutcheon	3	2	0	0	0	0
Zeion Simpson-Smith	3	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Aidan Butts	2	2	0	0	0	1
Austin Clemons	2	2	0	0	0	0
Reggie Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Felix Hixon	2	1	0	0	0	0
Kalen Woods	2	1	0	0	0	0
La'Garrius Sims	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Emmanuel Gyamfi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
James Johnson	1	51	0
Kalen Woods	1	3	0

Fumbles

Player	Fum	Lost	Rec
Antonio Martin	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Dominic Bourgeois	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Ashton Logan	5	246	49.2	2	0	52

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Kalen Woods	2	28	14.0	19	0