Middle Tennessee at Troy

Saturday, November 26, 2005. Middle Tennessee took the Palladium Trophy from Troy Share

Middle Tennessee beat Troy 17–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Middle Tennessee led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayMiddle Tennessee4–⁠7 in 2005

HomeTroy4–⁠7 in 2005

Final at Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL), TroyAttendance 17,005

At kickoff: 60°F, clear, wind 6 mph from the eastWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Troy Municipal Airport (KTOI), 8 km from the stadium, seven minutes before kickoff

Scoring by quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Middle Tennessee	7	10	0	0	17
Troy	0	0	7	0	7

Middle TennesseeTroy

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Clint Marks	18/27	146	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	TD	Long
Ronald Steed	20	72	0	12
Eugene Gross	12	54	2	11
Linnie Yarbrough	1	13	0	13
Taron Henry	2	4	0	5

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Long
Stephen Chicola	9	86	30
Cleannord Saintil	4	33	16
Ronald Steed	2	14	11
Eugene Gross	1	8	8

Interceptions	Int	Yds	TD
Jeff Littlejohn	1	0	0
Roy Polite	1	3	0

Passing	C/Att	Yds	TD	Int
Carl Meadows	17/31	226	1	2
Gary Banks	1/1	4	0	0

Rushing	Car	Yds	Long
Sean Dawkins	9	22	6
Carl Meadows	7	6	16
Smokey Hampton	1	4	4
Gary Banks	4	4	6

Receiving	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Gary Banks	3	52	1	27
Smokey Hampton	5	46	0	10
Toris Rutledge	2	38	0	20
Kenny Cattouse	2	38	0	42

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

Our ratings going in

Troy 58% to win. Middle Tennessee won as Elo’s underdog.

Troy leads 9–⁠5 in 14 meetings, counting the nine since this game.