MTSU beats Herd, 32-24
Published 2:08 am Saturday, October 6, 2018
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Brent Stockstill threw for 317 yards and two scores, going over 10,000 career yards passing, and Middle Tennessee beat Marshall 34-24 on Friday night.
Stockstill, who also ran for a score, became the 24th player in NCAA history to pass for 10,000 yards. He has thrown a touchdown pass in 28 straight games, the second-longest active streak behind Penn State’s Trace McSorley (33).
The redshirt senior, who missed nine games over the past two seasons with injuries, hadn’t faced the Thundering Herd (3-2, 1-1 Conference USA) since 2015, a triple-overtime win in which Stockstill threw for 353 yards.
The Blue Raiders (3-2, 2-0), coming off a 25-24 victory over defending C-USA champ Florida Atlantic, won in Huntington for the first time after four losses there.
Marshall scored with 17 seconds left in the second quarter to take a 17-10 halftime lead. Middle Tennessee tied the game on Stockstill’s 2-yard pass to Patrick Smith then went ahead on Tavares Thomas’ 8-yard run with two minutes left in the third quarter. Thomas also caught a TD pass.
Marshall’s Tyler King rushed for a career-high 165 yards, 138 in the first half.
Marshall stats
Middle Tennessee 3 7 14 10 = 34
Marshall 3 14 0 7 = 24
First Quarter
MTS—FG Holt 34, 9:42
MSH—FG Rohrwasser 33, 2:14
Second Quarter
MSH—A.Anderson 1 run (Rohrwasser kick), 13:25
MTS—Stockstill 5 run (Holt kick), 1:09
MSH—Levias 11 pass from Thomson (Rohrwasser kick), :17
Third Quarter
MTS—P.Smith 2 pass from Stockstill (Holt kick), 8:20
MTS—T.Thomas 8 run (Holt kick), 2:00
Fourth Quarter
MTS—T.Thomas 18 pass from Stockstill (Holt kick), 11:35
MTS—FG Holt 18, 6:23
MSH—Obialo 10 pass from Thomson (Rohrwasser kick), 2:37
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MTS MSH
First downs 25 28
Rushes-yards 35-103 53-209
Passing 317 173
Comp-Att-Int 25-40-0 17-35-1
Return Yards 27 170
Punts-Avg. 4-43.25 3-34.0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 11-127 6-59
Time of Possession 29:24 30:36
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Middle Tennessee, T.Thomas 15-42, Stockstill 13-31, B.Anderson 5-24, West 2-6. Marshall, T.King 27-165, A.Anderson 17-77, Thomson 9-(minus 33).
PASSING—Middle Tennessee, Stockstill 25-40-0-317. Marshall, Thomson 17-34-1-173, (Team) 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING—Middle Tennessee, Casey 6-54, Lee 4-67, B.Anderson 4-45, P.Smith 4-26, Bruce 2-47, Salter 2-39, T.Thomas 2-37, Watkins 1-2. Marshall, Brady 6-58, Obialo 6-49, Levias 2-23, W.Johnson 1-21, M.Williams 1-13, Henry 1-9.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Marshall, Rohrwasser 43.