Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee

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4-3

Middle Tennessee

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, MurfreesboroWKU -7.5

FINALWestern Kentucky 35, Middle Tennessee 17WKU covered -7.5CLOSED WKU -7.5

Highlights

1 CLIPS · ESPN

Kye Robichaux rumbles in to give Western Kentucky the leadVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL

MTSU WINNING

WKU WINNING

KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: WKU 70% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 11 PTS

Scoring plays

8 SCORES

Rushing Touchdown

Chase Cunningham 14 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick)

13:10
0-7

Passing Touchdown

Malachi Corley 3 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson Kick)

14:56
7-7

Rushing Touchdown

Kye Robichaux 14 Yd Run (Brayden Narveson Kick)

2:39
14-7

Field Goal Good

Zeke Rankin 34 Yd Field Goal

0:41
14-10

Rushing Touchdown

Austin Reed 1 Yd Run (Brayden Narveson Kick)

12:15
21-10

Passing Touchdown

Joshua Simon 1 Yd pass from Austin Reed (Brayden Narveson Kick)

2:04
28-10

Interception Return Touchdown

Darius Thomas 42 Yd Interception Return (Brayden Narveson Kick)

9:44
35-10

Passing Touchdown

Izaiah Gathings 11 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick)

5:09
35-17

What happened

ESPN RECAP

WKU beats Middle Tennessee for 600th win in program history

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- , Austin Reed threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Western Kentucky past Middle Tennessee 35-17 on Saturday for the program's 600th victory. WKU led 14-10 at halftime. Reed found Joshua Simon with a short touchdown pass on fourth-and-goal to take a 28-10 lead late in the third quarter. It moved Simon into a tie for second pace for most TDs by a tight end in program history with 12. Early in the fourth, Darius Thomas made a leaping interception on a screen pass and raced 42 yards for a touchdown . Reed was 32-of-49 passing for 278 yards with an interception, and he carried 12 times for 39 yards. Malachi Corley caught 10 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown and Kye Robichaux had a rushing touchdown for Western Kentucky (4-3, 2-1 Conference USA).

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Top performers

WKU

PASSINGAustin Reed32/49, 278 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT

RUSHINGKye Robichaux8 CAR, 78 YDS, 1 TD

RECEIVINGMalachi Corley10 REC, 100 YDS, 1 TD

MTSU

PASSINGChase Cunningham32/51, 228 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

RUSHINGChase Cunningham9 CAR, 29 YDS, 1 TD

RECEIVINGYusuf Ali6 REC, 43 YDS

Team stats

WKU · MTSU

443

TOTAL YARDS

291

278

PASSING

228

165

RUSHING

1ST DOWNS

6-17

3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY

3-17

TURNOVERS

7-78

PENALTIES

9-75

32:37

POSSESSION

27:23

JOHNNY "RED" FLOYD STADIUM, MURFREESBORO · ATTENDANCE 14,806

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Western Kentucky vs Middle Tennessee: head-to-head history