Middle Tennessee at Louisiana

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Louisiana beat Middle Tennessee 24–⁠17. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3.

AwayMiddle Tennessee5–⁠6 in 2004
17
HomeLouisiana4–⁠7 in 2004
24

Final at Cajun Field, LafayetteAttendance 25,083

At kickoff
83°F, clear, wind 7 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT), 5 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Middle Tennessee770317
Louisiana777324

Standouts

Player stats

Middle Tennessee

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Clint Marks35/4624211
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Eugene Gross1666111
Colby Smith122022
Terry Jackson2805
Clint Marks2202
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Kerry Wright876016
Cleannord Saintil961013
Chris Henry734011
Eugene Gross217012

Louisiana

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Jerry Babb16/2618320
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Jerry Babb1068033
Dwight Lindon Jr.2163110
Chester Johnson1359021
Travis Cones1303
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Bill Sampy679024
B.J. Crist227117
Kemmie Lewis227024
Travis Cones217016
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Antwain Spann1210

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Middle TennesseeLouisiana
336Total yards375
242Passing yards183
94Rushing yards192
5.3Yards per pass6.8
3.8Yards per rush3.9
19First downs22
9–⁠16Third downs5–⁠15
1–⁠1Fourth downs0–⁠1
3Turnovers1
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
18:56Possession19:28

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Louisiana 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Louisiana leads 7–⁠6 in 13 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2011Louisiana 45, Middle Tennessee 20
2010Middle Tennessee 34, Louisiana 14
2009Middle Tennessee 34, Louisiana 17
2008Louisiana 42, Middle Tennessee 28
2007Louisiana 34, Middle Tennessee 24
2006Middle Tennessee 34, Louisiana 20

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