FIU 56-30 Middle Tennessee (Nov 8, 2025)

Scoring Plays All Drives

FIU

MTSU

1

0

7

2

21

10

3

13

7

4

22

6

56

30

1Q 07:39

0 - 7

J. Middlebrook 48-yard TD catch from N. Vattiato.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

2Q 13:42

7 - 7

J. Pesansky 6-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

2Q 07:21

14 - 7

J. Stone 49-yard TD catch from J. Pesansky.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

2Q 04:30

21 - 7

K. Owens 1-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & Goal

2Q 01:45

21 - 14

AJ Jones 5-yard TD catch from N. Vattiato.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 3

2Q 00:47

21 - 17

J. Hathaway 48-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 10

3Q 10:39

27 - 17

A. Perry 20-yard TD catch from J. Pesansky.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

1st & Goal

3Q 03:15

27 - 24

M. Butler 5-yard TD catch from N. Vattiato.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & Goal

3Q 02:17

34 - 24

D. Payne 30-yard TD catch from J. Pesansky.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 2

4Q 14:49

37 - 24

N. Grant 33-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 9

4Q 14:10

43 - 24

A. Perry 18-yard TD catch from J. Pesansky.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

2nd & 10

4Q 11:24

49 - 24

K. Owens 32-yard TD run.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

2nd & 9

4Q 09:15

56 - 24

A. Carrie 29-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

4Q 00:51

56 - 30

C. Lacy 60-yard TD catch from R. Gagliano.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

1st & 10

Top Performers

Pass Yds

257

Pesansky

FIU

Rush Yds

68

Owens

FIU

Rec Yds

108

Lacy

MTSU

Scrim TD

2

Owens

FIU

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Joe Pesansky

FIU QB #16

Nicholas Vattiato

MTSU QB #11

257

Pass Yds

242

4

Pass TD

3

2

Int

1

FIU

Team Stats

MTSU

384

Total Yds

337

28:27

Possession

31:33

23

1st Downs

18

5/12

3rd Down

5/17

2

Turnovers

3

2025 Conference USA

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

Game Summary

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders were easily defeated by the FIU Panthers, 56 to 30, on November 8.

Game Info

November 8, 2025

ESPN+

Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

70°

6 mph SSW

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	17/28	257	9.2	4	2	2-17	170.7

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Nicholas Vattiato N. Vattiato #11	26/37	242	6.5	3	1	1-10	146.6
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	7/16	89	5.6	1	0	2-17	111.1
Ashton Logan A. Logan #32	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	0.0

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Kejon Owens K. Owens #5	15	68	4.5	2	32
Anthony Carrie A. Carrie #6	7	42	6.0	1	29
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	5	12	2.4	1	23
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	3	11	3.7	0	12
Kenny Williams K. Williams #14	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jojo Stone J. Stone #18	2	5	2.5	0	11
Sterling Joseph S. Joseph #22	1	3	3.0	0	3
Jose Corbo J. Corbo #24	1	0	0.0	0	0

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	Long
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	8	30	3.8	9
Rickey Hunt Jr. R. Hunt Jr. #28	4	4	1.0	4
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	3	2	0.7	6
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	4	1	0.3	15
Cam'ron Lacy C. Lacy #13	1	1	1.0	1
Nicholas Vattiato N. Vattiato #11	4	-5	-1.3	6

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alex Perry A. Perry #4	5/8	71	14.2	2	20
Jojo Stone J. Stone #18	2/2	64	32.0	1	49
Kyle McNeal K. McNeal #7	5/9	58	11.6	0	25
Dallas Payne D. Payne #0	2/3	37	18.5	1	30
Maguire Anderson M. Anderson #84	3/3	27	9.0	0	14
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	0/1	0	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Cam'ron Lacy C. Lacy #13	5/7	108	21.6	1	60
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	5/5	64	12.8	1	48
Myles Butler M. Butler #5	5/6	31	6.2	1	12
Hunter Tipton H. Tipton #82	2/3	24	12.0	0	18
Nahzae Cox N. Cox #1	3/8	22	7.3	0	13
Tayvion Galloway T. Galloway #88	1/2	20	20.0	0	20
Landon Collins L. Collins #89	4/7	20	5.0	0	7
Rickey Hunt Jr. R. Hunt Jr. #28	4/4	18	4.5	0	13
AJ Jones AJ Jones #6	3/5	16	5.3	1	6
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	1/1	8	8.0	0	8
De'Arre McDonald D. McDonald #2	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Rec
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	1	0
Johnny Chaney Jr. J. Chaney Jr. #0	0	1
Germaine Carter G. Carter #99	0	1

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	2	2	0
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	1	0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Shamir Sterlin S. Sterlin #22	10-5	1	0.0	0	0
Jessiah McGrew J. McGrew #23	9-6	0	0.0	0	1
Johnny Chaney Jr. J. Chaney Jr. #0	7-3	0	0.0	0	0
Josiah Taylor J. Taylor #35	5-1	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Blades II B. Blades II #2	5-5	0	0.0	1	0
Mister Clark M. Clark #27	5-4	0	0.0	0	0
Kenton Simmons K. Simmons #25	4-3	2	1.0	0	0
Ormond Wallace O. Wallace #10	4-2	0	0.0	0	0
Percy Courtney Jr. P. Courtney Jr. #11	4-3	0	0.0	0	2
Quaylen Hill Q. Hill #95	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Victor Evans III V. Evans III #4	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Jose Corbo J. Corbo #24	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Germaine Carter G. Carter #99	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Olasunkonmi Agunloye O. Agunloye #19	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Dante Anderson D. Anderson #13	2-2	2	1.0	0	0
Justin Wood J. Wood #47	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ashton Levells A. Levells #1	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Williams R. Williams #43	1-1	1	1.0	0	0
Noah Grant N. Grant #16	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ross Fournet R. Fournet #19	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Bobby Salla Jr. B. Salla Jr. #32	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jai-Ayviauynn Celestine J. Celestine #7	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Anthony Bynum A. Bynum #0	9-3	0	0.5	0	0
Shakai Woods S. Woods #98	7-5	1	1.0	0	0
Jackson Lowe J. Lowe #25	5-5	1	0.0	1	0
Parker Hughes P. Hughes #9	5-2	0	0.0	0	0
Korey Smith K. Smith #58	4-0	0	0.0	1	0
Brandon Buckner B. Buckner #11	4-2	0	0.5	0	0
Brendon Harris B. Harris #7	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Abdul Muhammad A. Muhammad #21	3-3	0	0.0	0	0
Reggie Johnson R. Johnson #46	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
De'Arre McDonald D. McDonald #2	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Christofer Noble C. Noble #39	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Damonte Smith D. Smith #92	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Kalen Woods K. Woods #18	2-1	0	0.0	0	1
Zeion Simpson-Smith Z. Simpson-Smith #95	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jordan Chestnut J. Chestnut #10	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Jaiyden Thompson J. Thompson #16	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Camari Hall C. Hall #34	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
AJ Jones AJ Jones #6	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Mathias Malaki-Donaldson M. Malaki-Donaldson #31	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Felix Hixon F. Hixon #91	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Noah Grant N. Grant #16	1/1	5/5	8	33

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Jacob Hathaway J. Hathaway #99	1/1	3/3	6	48

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Trey Wilhoit T. Wilhoit #6	5	232	46.4	53

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Ashton Logan A. Logan #32	6	245	40.8	66

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	1	13	13.0	0	0

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	3	58	19.3	0	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	3	68	22.7	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Maguire Anderson M. Anderson #84	1	7	7.0	7	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	1	1	1.0	1	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	2	0	0.0	1	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	17/28	257	9.2	4	2	2-17	170.7

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Kejon Owens K. Owens #5	15	68	4.5	2	32
Anthony Carrie A. Carrie #6	7	42	6.0	1	29
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	5	12	2.4	1	23
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	3	11	3.7	0	12
Kenny Williams K. Williams #14	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jojo Stone J. Stone #18	2	5	2.5	0	11
Sterling Joseph S. Joseph #22	1	3	3.0	0	3
Jose Corbo J. Corbo #24	1	0	0.0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Alex Perry A. Perry #4	5/8	71	14.2	2	20
Jojo Stone J. Stone #18	2/2	64	32.0	1	49
Kyle McNeal K. McNeal #7	5/9	58	11.6	0	25
Dallas Payne D. Payne #0	2/3	37	18.5	1	30
Maguire Anderson M. Anderson #84	3/3	27	9.0	0	14
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Rec
Joe Pesansky J. Pesansky #16	1	0
Johnny Chaney Jr. J. Chaney Jr. #0	0	1
Germaine Carter G. Carter #99	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Shamir Sterlin S. Sterlin #22	10-5	1	0.0	0	0
Jessiah McGrew J. McGrew #23	9-6	0	0.0	0	1
Johnny Chaney Jr. J. Chaney Jr. #0	7-3	0	0.0	0	0
Josiah Taylor J. Taylor #35	5-1	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Blades II B. Blades II #2	5-5	0	0.0	1	0
Mister Clark M. Clark #27	5-4	0	0.0	0	0
Kenton Simmons K. Simmons #25	4-3	2	1.0	0	0
Ormond Wallace O. Wallace #10	4-2	0	0.0	0	0
Percy Courtney Jr. P. Courtney Jr. #11	4-3	0	0.0	0	2
Quaylen Hill Q. Hill #95	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Victor Evans III V. Evans III #4	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Jose Corbo J. Corbo #24	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Germaine Carter G. Carter #99	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Olasunkonmi Agunloye O. Agunloye #19	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Dante Anderson D. Anderson #13	2-2	2	1.0	0	0
Justin Wood J. Wood #47	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ashton Levells A. Levells #1	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Williams R. Williams #43	1-1	1	1.0	0	0
Noah Grant N. Grant #16	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Ross Fournet R. Fournet #19	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Bobby Salla Jr. B. Salla Jr. #32	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jai-Ayviauynn Celestine J. Celestine #7	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Noah Grant N. Grant #16	1/1	5/5	8	33

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Trey Wilhoit T. Wilhoit #6	5	232	46.4	53

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Devonte Lyons D. Lyons #20	1	13	13.0	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Maguire Anderson M. Anderson #84	1	7	7.0	7	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Nicholas Vattiato N. Vattiato #11	26/37	242	6.5	3	1	1-10	146.6
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	7/16	89	5.6	1	0	2-17	111.1
Ashton Logan A. Logan #32	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	0.0

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	Long
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	8	30	3.8	9
Rickey Hunt Jr. R. Hunt Jr. #28	4	4	1.0	4
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	3	2	0.7	6
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	4	1	0.3	15
Cam'ron Lacy C. Lacy #13	1	1	1.0	1
Nicholas Vattiato N. Vattiato #11	4	-5	-1.3	6

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Cam'ron Lacy C. Lacy #13	5/7	108	21.6	1	60
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	5/5	64	12.8	1	48
Myles Butler M. Butler #5	5/6	31	6.2	1	12
Hunter Tipton H. Tipton #82	2/3	24	12.0	0	18
Nahzae Cox N. Cox #1	3/8	22	7.3	0	13
Tayvion Galloway T. Galloway #88	1/2	20	20.0	0	20
Landon Collins L. Collins #89	4/7	20	5.0	0	7
Rickey Hunt Jr. R. Hunt Jr. #28	4/4	18	4.5	0	13
AJ Jones AJ Jones #6	3/5	16	5.3	1	6
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	1/1	8	8.0	0	8
De'Arre McDonald D. McDonald #2	0/1	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	2	2	0
Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano #16	1	0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Anthony Bynum A. Bynum #0	9-3	0	0.5	0	0
Shakai Woods S. Woods #98	7-5	1	1.0	0	0
Jackson Lowe J. Lowe #25	5-5	1	0.0	1	0
Parker Hughes P. Hughes #9	5-2	0	0.0	0	0
Korey Smith K. Smith #58	4-0	0	0.0	1	0
Brandon Buckner B. Buckner #11	4-2	0	0.5	0	0
Brendon Harris B. Harris #7	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
Abdul Muhammad A. Muhammad #21	3-3	0	0.0	0	0
Reggie Johnson R. Johnson #46	3-2	0	0.0	0	0
De'Arre McDonald D. McDonald #2	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Christofer Noble C. Noble #39	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Damonte Smith D. Smith #92	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Kalen Woods K. Woods #18	2-1	0	0.0	0	1
Zeion Simpson-Smith Z. Simpson-Smith #95	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jordan Chestnut J. Chestnut #10	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Jaiyden Thompson J. Thompson #16	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Camari Hall C. Hall #34	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
AJ Jones AJ Jones #6	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Mathias Malaki-Donaldson M. Malaki-Donaldson #31	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Felix Hixon F. Hixon #91	1-0	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Jacob Hathaway J. Hathaway #99	1/1	3/3	6	48

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Ashton Logan A. Logan #32	6	245	40.8	66

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
DJ Taylor DJ Taylor #29	3	58	19.3	0	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	3	68	22.7	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Jekail Middlebrook J. Middlebrook #9	1	1	1.0	1	0
Juwon Gaston J. Gaston #21	2	0	0.0	1	0

FIU

MTSU

1

0

7

2

21

10

3

13

7

4

22

6

56

30

Punt

3 plays, 5 yd, 01:30

0-0

Punt

6 plays, 19 yd, 03:20

0-0

Touchdown

7 plays, 95 yd, 02:38

0-7

Punt

3 plays, 8 yd, 02:00

0-7

Punt

3 plays, -1 yd, 01:49

0-7

Interception

4 plays, 20 yd, 01:34

0-7

Fumble

3 plays, 10 yd, 01:19

0-7

Touchdown

5 plays, 28 yd, 02:10

7-7

Punt

9 plays, 16 yd, 04:32

7-7

Touchdown

5 plays, 75 yd, 01:51

14-7

Fumble

1 play, 0 yd, 00:15

14-7

Touchdown

5 plays, 17 yd, 02:36

21-7

Touchdown

8 plays, 49 yd, 02:47

21-14

Punt

3 plays, -4 yd, 00:24

21-14

Field Goal

6 plays, 27 yd, 00:33

21-17

End of Half

1 play, -6 yd, 00:42

21-17

Touchdown

9 plays, 70 yd, 04:26

27-17

Punt

9 plays, 34 yd, 04:29

27-17

Interception

2 plays, 0 yd, 00:17

27-17

Touchdown

6 plays, 41 yd, 02:36

27-24

Touchdown

4 plays, 75 yd, 00:56

34-24

Downs

4 plays, 4 yd, 01:36

34-24

Field Goal

6 plays, 13 yd, 00:55

37-24

Interception

1 play, 0 yd, 00:22

37-24

Touchdown

2 plays, 18 yd, 00:48

43-24

Downs

4 plays, 8 yd, 01:27

43-24

Touchdown

2 plays, 33 yd, 00:52

49-24

Punt

3 plays, 0 yd, 00:36

49-24

Touchdown

3 plays, 31 yd, 01:28

56-24

Downs

8 plays, 18 yd, 03:11

56-24

Punt

3 plays, 1 yd, 02:37

56-24

Punt

3 plays, -2 yd, 01:45

56-24

Punt

3 plays, 5 yd, 00:48

56-24

Touchdown

1 play, 60 yd, 00:08

56-30

End of Game

1 play, -2 yd, 00:43

56-30

FIU

Team Stats

MTSU

384

Total Yds

337

240

Pass Yds

304

144

Rush Yds

33

18

Total Drives

17

68

Total Plays

81

5.6

Yards Per Play

4.2

8.0

Yards Per Pass

5.3

3.8

Yards Per Rush

1.4

28:27

Possession

31:33

32

Biggest Lead

7

23

1st Downs

18

10

Passing 1st Downs

12

9

Rushing 1st Downs

5

4

1st Downs from Penalties

1

5/12

3rd Down

5/17

1/1

4th Down

2/5

5

Punts

6

2

Turnovers

3

2

Interceptions Thrown

1

0

Fumbles Lost

2

6

Penalties

8

61

Penalty Yards

83

3

Sacks

2

27

Sack Yards

17

6

Tackles For Loss

2

0

D/ST TD

0

4-5 FIU

MTSU 1-8

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

2025 Conference USA

Game Summary

Game Info

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