Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

1-7

Ugh, no.

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders lost to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks

5-3 24 – 21

1-7

Final · Wed, Oct 29

Game Details

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (Murfreesboro) · 10,200 fans · ESPN2

Highlights

Cam Cook scores go-ahead TD with 4:29 left and Jacksonville State secures 24-21 win over MTSU

Cam Cook scored a go-ahead touchdown with 4:29 left and then the Jacksonville State defense ended two drives to secure a 24-21 victory over Middle Tennessee on Wednesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:21 Nick Vattiato airs it out for 10-yard touchdown pass

0:28 Deondre Johnson makes the grab for 56-yard receiving touchdown

0:20 Nick Vattiato throws 2-yard touchdown pass vs. Jacksonville State

0:30 Caden Creel airs it out for 30-yard touchdown pass

Clips play on ESPN

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium · Murfreesboro

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
JVST	0	7	0	17	24
MTSU	6	0	8	7	21

Win Probability · Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

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Game Leaders

Jacksonville State Gamecocks

Caden Creel · 13/19, 139 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Cam Cook · 21 CAR, 103 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Deondre Johnson · 4 REC, 131 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Emmanuel Oyebadejo · 1Sacks
Walker O'Steen · 6Tackles

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Nicholas Vattiato · 23/45, 235 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jekail Middlebrook · 10 CAR, 20 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jekail Middlebrook · 6 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Mathias Malaki-Donaldson · 1Sacks
Alex Mitchell · 16Tackles

2026 Conference USA Standings

Team
Liberty
Jacksonville State
New Mexico State
Florida International
Kennesaw State
Missouri State
Sam Houston
Delaware
Middle Tennessee
Western Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 4:29

TD Cam Cook 3 Yd Run (Garrison Rippa Kick)24–21

Q4 7:45

TD Jekail Middlebrook 6 Yd Run (Jacob Hathaway Kick)17–21

Q4 10:06

TD Deondre Johnson 30 Yd pass from Caden Creel (Garrison Rippa Kick)17–14

Q4 13:29

FG Garrison Rippa 47 Yd Field Goal 10–14

Q3 5:32

TD Jekail Middlebrook 2 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Nicholas Vattiato Pass to Hunter Tipton for Two-Point Conversion)7–14

Q2 7:25

TD Deondre Johnson 56 Yd pass from Gavin Wimsatt (Garrison Rippa Kick)7–6

Q1 4:05

TD DJ Taylor 10 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)0–6

Team Stats

Jacksonville State GamecocksMiddle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Offense

356 Total Yards 319

215 Passing Yards 235

141 Rushing Yards 84

17 First Downs 18

Efficiency

8-18 3rd Down 7-16

1-2 4th Down 0-2

15/21 Completions 23/45

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

2-25 Penalties 4-45

33:00 Possession 27:00

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Caden Creel	13/19	139	7.3	1	18.0
Gavin Wimsatt	2/2	76	38.0	1	100.0
Team	15/21	215	10.2	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cam Cook	21	103	4.9	1	42
Caden Creel	16	31	1.9	0	7
Khristian Lando	6	13	2.2	0	5
Gavin Wimsatt	1	9	9.0	0	9
Brock Rechsteiner	1	6	6.0	0	6
Andrew Paul	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	2	-9	-4.5	0	0
Caleb Coombs	1	-11	-11.0	0	0
Team	49	141	2.9	1	42

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deondre Johnson	4	131	32.8	2	56
Brock Rechsteiner	5	42	8.4	0	14
Cam Cook	3	21	7.0	0	20
Andrew Paul	1	12	12.0	0	12
Gavin Wimsatt	1	6	6.0	0	6
Pearson Baldwin	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	15	215	14.3	2	56

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Walker O'Steen	6	3	0	1	0	0
Emmanuel Oyebadejo	4	4	1	2	2	0
Trevor Woods	4	3	0	0	2	0
Malcolm Jones	4	3	0	0	0	0
Caleb Nix	4	3	0	1	0	0
Jaheim Jenkins	4	2	0	0	1	0
Travis Franklin Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0
Marc Woods	3	2	0	0	0	0
Gharin Stansbury	2	2	0	0	0	1
Mac Sanders	2	2	0	0	0	0
Myles Butler	2	1	0	0	0	0
Talan Carter	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Tyrin Taylor	1	1	0	0	1	0
Isaac Walker	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tre'Quon Fegans	1	1	0	0	1	0
Jacob Cruz	1	1	0	0	0	0
RJ Rainer	1	1	0	0	0	0
Thaxton Gallagher	1	1	0	0	0	0
Khurtiss Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Prater	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jawaun Campbell	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Team	49	33	1	5	7	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Caleb Nix	1	72	0
Team	1	72	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Michael Pettway	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team	1	3	3.0	3	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Garrison Rippa	1/1	100.0	47	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	47	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Conor Donaghy	6	249	41.5	1	0	56
Team	6	249	41.5	1	0	56

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nicholas Vattiato	23/45	235	5.2	2	1	35.0
Team	23/45	235	5.2	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jekail Middlebrook	10	20	2.0	1	13
Nicholas Vattiato	6	20	3.3	0	12
Cam'ron Lacy	1	19	19.0	0	19
Kason Stokes	1	14	14.0	0	14
DJ Taylor	4	11	2.8	0	6
Team	22	84	3.8	1	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jekail Middlebrook	6	87	14.5	1	34
Hunter Tipton	5	56	11.2	0	28
Nahzae Cox	4	34	8.5	0	23
Cam'ron Lacy	4	27	6.8	0	15
AJ Jones	2	15	7.5	0	12
DJ Taylor	1	10	10.0	1	10
Gamarion Carter	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	23	235	10.2	2	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Nicholas Vattiato	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Alex Mitchell	16	7	0	2	0	0
Parker Hughes	10	2	0	0	0	0
Reggie Johnson	7	5	1	3	0	1
Brendon Harris	7	3	0	0	0	0
Anthony Bynum	7	3	0	0	1	1
Christofer Noble	6	4	0	0	0	0
De'Arre McDonald	5	3	0	0	1	0
Mathias Malaki-Donaldson	3	3	1	2	0	0
Abdul Muhammad	3	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Buckner	3	1	0	0	0	0
Shakai Woods	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jackson Lowe	2	1	0	0	0	0
Korey Smith	2	1	0	0	0	0
Zeion Simpson-Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Muaaz Byard	1	1	0	1	0	0
Jekail Middlebrook	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team	78	38	1	8	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
DJ Taylor	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team	1	19	19.0	19	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jacob Hathaway	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ashton Logan	7	309	44.1	0	4	51
Team	7	309	44.1	0	4	51

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