Florida International at Middle Tennessee

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4-5

Middle Tennessee

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium, Murfreesboro

FINALFlorida International 56, Middle Tennessee 30

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN

Nick Vattiato airs it out for 48-yard touchdown passVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL

MTSU WINNING

FIU WINNING

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KICKOFF: MTSU 51% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 15 PTS

Scoring plays

14 SCORES

Passing Touchdown

Jekail Middlebrook 48 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)

7:32
0-7

Rushing Touchdown

Joe Pesansky 6 Yd Run (Noah Grant Kick)

13:40
7-7

Passing Touchdown

JoJo Stone 49 Yd pass from Joe Pesansky (Noah Grant Kick)

7:17
14-7

Rushing Touchdown

Kejon Owens 1 Yd Run (Noah Grant Kick)

4:26
21-7

Passing Touchdown

AJ Jones 5 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)

1:39
21-14

Field Goal Good

Jacob Hathaway 48 Yd Field Goal

0:42
21-17

Passing Touchdown

Alex Perry 20 Yd pass from Joe Pesansky (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

10:34
27-17

Passing Touchdown

Myles Butler 5 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)

3:12
27-24

Passing Touchdown

Dallas Payne 30 Yd pass from Joe Pesansky (Noah Grant Kick)

2:16
34-24

Field Goal Good

Noah Grant 33 Yd Field Goal

14:44
37-24

Passing Touchdown

Alex Perry 18 Yd pass from Joe Pesansky (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

13:35
43-24

Rushing Touchdown

Kejon Owens 32 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

11:16
49-24

Rushing Touchdown

Anthony Carrie 29 Yd Run (Noah Grant Kick)

9:15
56-24

Passing Touchdown

Cam'ron Lacy 60 Yd pass from Roman Gagliano (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

0:43
56-30

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Pesansky accounts for 5 TDs as FIU beats Middle Tennessee 56-30

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- , Joe Pesansky accounted for five touchdowns and Florida International beat Middle Tennessee 56-30 on Saturday. The Panthers (4-5, 2/3 CUSA) scored eight touchdowns on just 404 total yards. Pesansky threw for 257 with scoring strikes to Alex Perry twice, JoJo Stone and Dallas Payne , and added a 6-yard rushing TD. Perry caught five passes for 71 yards, Stone had 64 yards receiving with a 49-yard touchdown and Kyle McNeal added five receptions for 58 yards. Kejon Owens ran 15 times for 68 yards and two touchdowns and Anthony Carrie added a 29-yard score. The Blue Raiders (1-8, 0-5) finished with 331 yards passing and 33 rushing. Nicholas Vattiato threw for 242 yards with three touchdowns and one interception and Roman Gagliano added 89 yards and a 60-yard touchdown pass to Cam’ron Lacy.

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Top performers

FIU

PASSINGJoe Pesansky17/28, 257 YDS, 4 TD, 2 INT

RUSHINGKejon Owens15 CAR, 68 YDS, 2 TD

RECEIVINGAlex Perry5 REC, 71 YDS, 2 TD

MTSU

PASSINGNicholas Vattiato26/37, 242 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

RUSHINGJekail Middlebrook8 CAR, 30 YDS

RECEIVINGCam'ron Lacy5 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

FIU · MTSU

401

TOTAL YARDS

364

257

PASSING

331

144

RUSHING

1ST DOWNS

5-12

3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY

5-17

TURNOVERS

6-61

PENALTIES

8-83

28:27

POSSESSION

31:33

JOHNNY "RED" FLOYD STADIUM, MURFREESBORO · ATTENDANCE 12,227

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