FINAL SCORE
Liberty Flames at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders game details
Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM ET
Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium · Attendance 13,500
Put the final score in perspective.
Liberty finished 20 points ahead. The teams combined for 54 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Liberty 27, Middle Tennessee 7. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Middle Tennessee outscored its opponent in 1 and Liberty in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Liberty | 7 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 37 |
 Middle Tennessee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 30 | 19 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 5-9 | 6-13 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 500 | 351 |
| Passing | 161 | 263 |
| Comp/Att | 12/16 | 22/33 |
| Yards per pass | 10.1 | 8.0 |
| Rushing | 339 | 88 |
| Rushing Attempts | 50 | 26 |
| Yards per rush | 6.8 | 3.4 |
| Penalties | 5-33 | 10-94 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:23 | 29:37 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Kaidon Salter | 11/15 | 154 | 10.3 | 2 | 0 | 90.3 |
| Ryan Burger | 1/1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 98.9 |
rushing
| Quinton Cooley | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 1 | 13 |
| Kaidon Salter | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 1 | 41 |
| Julian Gray | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 41 |
| James Jointer | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Vaughn Blue | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Caden Williams | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Elijah Canion | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Tyson Mobley | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Julian Gray | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 34 |
| Treon Sibley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jacob Jenkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Vaughn Blue | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bentley Hanshaw | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
fumbles
| Kaidon Salter | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Julian Gray | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethan Crisp | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Jerome Jolly Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Reese | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Carter | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Khori Jones | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter Ricks Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Bazile Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Crisp | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldric Griffin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Yates Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brylan Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Boti | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenton Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarian Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Vaughan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryson Jennings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliyt Nairne | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Julian Gray | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
kicking
| Colin Karhu | 1/1 | 100.0 | 35 | 4/4 | 7 |
| Brayden Beck | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
passing
| Nicholas Vattiato | 22/33 | 263 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 44.2 |
rushing
| Jaiden Credle | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Nicholas Vattiato | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Terry Wilkins | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Jekail Middlebrook | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 7 |
receiving
| Holden Willis | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 22 |
| Cam'ron Lacy | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 30 |
| Hayes Sutton | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 27 |
| Javonte Sherman | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Myles Butler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Terry Wilkins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 17 |
| Jaiden Credle | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Ethan Crite | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jekail Middlebrook | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 11 |
fumbles
defensive
| Xavier Williams | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Bynum | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Hughes | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Davis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shakai Woods | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvae Myers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muaaz Byard | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damonte Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Buckner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Stewart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarrien Bailey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Raby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Douglas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Howse IV | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Butts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| De'Arre McDonald | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Hixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Mitchell Howell | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
kicking
| Zeke Rankin | 1/1 | 100.0 | 48 | 2/2 | 5 |
punting
| Grant Chadwick | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 0 | 3 | 58 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 9:16 | Hayes Sutton 6 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 5:53 | Kaidon Salter 41 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 2 | 9:00 | Quinton Cooley 4 Yd Run (Colin Karhu Kick) | 14 – 7 |
| 2 | 3:09 | Julian Gray 41 Yd Run (Brayden Beck PAT failed) | 20 – 7 |
| 2 | 0:32 | Jacob Jenkins 4 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Colin Karhu Kick) | 27 – 7 |
| 3 | 1:49 | Colin Karhu 35 Yd Field Goal | 30 – 7 |
| 4 | 12:53 | Terry Wilkins 17 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin Kick) | 30 – 14 |
| 4 | 9:42 | Julian Gray 34 Yd pass from Kaidon Salter (Colin Karhu Kick) | 37 – 14 |
| 4 | 4:47 | Zeke Rankin 48 Yd Field Goal | 37 – 17 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 6:22 PM UTCData methodology