FINAL SCORE
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Liberty Flames game details
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Williams Stadium (VA) · Attendance 16,354
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 7 points ahead. The teams combined for 77 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Middle Tennessee 21, Liberty 21. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Liberty outscored its opponent in 1 and Middle Tennessee in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Middle Tennessee | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
 Liberty | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 33 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-10 | 4-10 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 428 | 541 |
| Passing | 332 | 140 |
| Comp/Att | 24/37 | 12/20 |
| Yards per pass | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| Rushing | 96 | 401 |
| Rushing Attempts | 26 | 61 |
| Yards per rush | 3.7 | 6.6 |
| Penalties | 5-40 | 8-80 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 22:40 | 37:20 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
passing
| Nicholas Vattiato | 24/37 | 332 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 67.1 |
rushing
| Jaiden Credle | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 0 | 13 |
| Terry Wilkins | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Nicholas Vattiato | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 10 |
| Zack Dobson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 |
receiving
| Zack Dobson | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 1 | 72 |
| Elijah Metcalf | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 1 | 33 |
| Justin Olson | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Holden Willis | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 26 |
| DJ England-Chisolm | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | 36 |
| Jaiden Credle | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 |
| DJ Riles | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Terry Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jakobe Thomas | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quindarius Dunnigan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tra Fluellen | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Brumfield | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Raby | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Butler | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Branch | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teldrick Ross | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Francis | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devyn Curtis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marley Cook | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Buckner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorden Starling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrece Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Kinley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| De'Arre McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slade Alexander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Mann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Bynum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raquon Hartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Tyrell Raby | 1 | 18 | 0 |
kickReturns
| DJ England-Chisolm | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
kicking
| Zeke Rankin | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Trey Turk | 2 | 93 | 46.5 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Miles Tillman | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 12/20 | 140 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 79.0 |
rushing
| Kaidon Salter | 16 | 160 | 10.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Quinton Cooley | 24 | 134 | 5.6 | 3 | 14 |
| James Jointer | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 0 | 17 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Billy Lucas | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 1 | 15 |
| Team | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| CJ Daniels | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 1 | 37 |
| Bentley Hanshaw | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 1 | 23 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Kylen Austin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Noah Frith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
defensive
| Tyren Dupree | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Hodge | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Reese | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brylan Green | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bishop | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Bazile Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Carter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe Singleton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendy Charles | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Jolly Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Bell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Bedgood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Jointer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grey Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Ricks Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Khori Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Aaron Bedgood | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 32 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Brylan Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
kicking
| Nick Brown | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 13:36 | DJ Riles 3 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 8:37 | Quinton Cooley 5 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 6:43 | Elijah Metcalf 20 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:49 | Quinton Cooley 9 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 14 |
| 2 | 8:29 | Billy Lucas 1 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 14 – 21 |
| 2 | 0:20 | Zack Dobson 2 Yd Run (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 21 – 21 |
| 3 | 12:43 | DJ England-Chisolm 36 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 28 – 21 |
| 3 | 6:41 | Bentley Hanshaw 23 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 28 – 28 |
| 3 | 6:10 | Zack Dobson 72 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 35 – 28 |
| 3 | 2:50 | Quinton Cooley 10 Yd Run (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 35 |
| 4 | 14:37 | CJ Daniels 37 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown Kick) | 35 – 42 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:31 AM UTCData methodology