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 Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green
FINALMiddle Tennessee 26, Western Kentucky 42

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
End Zone! La'vell Wright scores 3-yard rushing touchdownVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
WKU WINNING
MTSU WINNING
KICKFINAL

KICKOFF: WKU 84% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 26 PTS

Scoring plays

11 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

La'Vell Wright 3 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)

8:29
0-7
Q2
Passing Touchdown

Matthew Henry 22 Yd pass from Rodney Tisdale Jr. (John Cannon Kick)

13:40
0-14
Passing Touchdown

AJ Jones 3 Yd pass from Roman Gagliano (Jacob Hathaway Kick)

11:04
7-14
Field Goal Good

Jacob Hathaway 25 Yd Field Goal

6:11
10-14
Passing Touchdown

Noah Meyers 3 Yd pass from Rodney Tisdale Jr. (John Cannon Kick)

2:38
10-21
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Myles Butler 52 Yd pass from Roman Gagliano (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

14:09
16-21
Rushing Touchdown

Rodney Tisdale Jr. 8 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)

11:59
16-28
Rushing Touchdown

DJ Taylor 34 Yd Run (Jacob Hathaway Kick)

6:50
23-28
Q4
Field Goal Good

Jacob Hathaway 23 Yd Field Goal

10:46
26-28
Passing Touchdown

Noah Meyers 1 Yd pass from Rodney Tisdale Jr. (John Cannon Kick)

5:45
26-35
Rushing Touchdown

La'Vell Wright 37 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)

1:50
26-42

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Tisdale Jr. throws for 371 yards, 3 TDs to lead Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee 42-26

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- , Rodney Tisdale Jr . threw for 371 yards and three touchdown passes to lead Western Kentucky to a 42-26 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday night. Tisdale was 29-of-41 passing and he connected with Matthew Henry seven times for 135 yards that included a 22-yard touchdown. Noah Meyers had a pair of short-yardage touchdown catches for Western Kentucky (8-2, 6-1 Conference USA), which has won six of its last seven games. Marvis Parrish added 102 yards rushing for the Hilltoppers. La'Vell Wright had touchdown runs from 3 and 8 yards and finished with 84 yards on the ground. Roman Gagliano completed 25 of 42 passes for 389 yards and threw two touchdown passes for Middle Tennessee (1-9, 0-6). Myles Butler had seven receptions for 105 yards with a 52-yard touchdown catch for the Blue Raiders. Middle Tennessee has lost seven straight.

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Top performers

MTSU
PASSINGRoman Gagliano25/42, 389 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGRoman Gagliano14 CAR, 82 YDS
RECEIVINGMyles Butler7 REC, 105 YDS, 1 TD
WKU
PASSINGRodney Tisdale Jr.29/41, 371 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
RUSHINGMarvis Parrish12 CAR, 102 YDS
RECEIVINGMatthew Henry7 REC, 135 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

MTSU · WKU
541
TOTAL YARDS
642
389
PASSING
371
152
RUSHING
271
20
1ST DOWNS
29
7-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
7-12
0
TURNOVERS
1
9-75
PENALTIES
4-32
26:12
POSSESSION
33:48

HOUCHENS INDUSTRIES-L.T. SMITH STADIUM, BOWLING GREEN · ATTENDANCE 16,547

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