71°F, mostly cloudy, wind 7 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (KMSP), 10 km from the stadium, 10 minutes after kickoff
Officials
Referee John O’Neill; umpire Bobby Colosimo; head linesman Tripp Sutter; line judge Jeff Meslow; side judge Steve Hassel; field judge Gary Powers; back judge Michael Elliott; center judge Mike ConlinGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.
Team stats
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
230
Total yards
343
184
Passing yards
122
46
Rushing yards
221
4.4
Yards per pass
6.8
3.1
Yards per rush
4.7
11
First downs
18
3–14
Third downs
3–12
0–1
Fourth downs
2–2
2
Turnovers
0
6–45
Penalties
3–22
25:03
Possession
34:57
1
Sacks (by defense)
1
Efficiency
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
26%
Success rate
47%
−0.26
EPA per play
0.19
1.52
Explosiveness
0.89
−0.04
Rushing EPA
0.24
−0.36
Passing EPA
0.09
17%
Passing-down success
32%
−0.10
First-down EPA
0.00
−0.23
Second-down EPA
0.47
−0.40
Third-down EPA
−0.06
5%
Havoc by its defense
26%
From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.
Before kickoff
Our ratings and the line, going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Minnesota 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The line
Minnesota −13.5, over/under 49.5.
The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.
Before kickoff, the win chances were Minnesota 82%, Middle Tennessee 18%. CollegeFootballData.com’s estimate from the point spread.
Every drive
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Minnesota drives left to right, Middle Tennessee right to left.
Q1 MinnesotaField goal, 12 plays, 7 yards
Q1 Middle TennesseePunt, 3 plays, −3 yards
Q1 MinnesotaPunt, 3 plays, −5 yards
Q1 Middle TennesseePunt, 6 plays, 13 yards
Q1 MinnesotaPunt, 3 plays, 3 yards
Q1 Middle TennesseePunt, 5 plays, 25 yards
Q2 MinnesotaPunt, 3 plays, 8 yards
Q2 Middle TennesseeField goal, 7 plays, 43 yards
Q2 MinnesotaField goal, 5 plays, 31 yards
Q2 Middle TennesseePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
Q2 MinnesotaTouchdown, 5 plays, 45 yards
Q2 Middle TennesseePick-six, 8 plays (Minnesota scores), 36 yards
John Urzua pass incomplete to Isiah Upton, broken up by Jonathan Celestin
9:20
3rd & 10 at own 25
John Urzua pass incomplete to CJ Windham
9:20
4th & 10 at own 25
Matt Bonadies punt for 20 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the MTnSt 45
Minnesota Touchdown, 5 plays
8:57
1st & 10 at opp 45
Timeout MINNESOTA, clock 08:57
8:57
1st & 10 at opp 45
Rodney Smith run for 2 yds to the MTnSt 43
8:57
2nd & 8 at opp 43
Rodney Smith run for 18 yds to the MTnSt 25 for a 1ST down
8:57
1st & 10 at opp 25
Conor Rhoda sacked by Darius Harris for a loss of 11 yards to the MTnSt 36
8:57
2nd & 21 at opp 36
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Demetrius Douglas for 27 yds to the MTnSt 9 for a 1ST down
8:57
1st & goal at opp 9
MINNESOTA Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the MTnSt 14
6:02
1st & goal at opp 14
Kobe McCrary run for 14 yds for a TD, (Emmit Carpenter KICK)Minnesota 13, Middle Tennessee 3
Middle Tennessee Pick-six, 8 plays (Minnesota scores)
6:02
1st & 0 at own 35
Ryan Santoso kickoff for 64 yds , Shane Tucker return for 21 yds to the MTnSt 22
6:02
1st & 10 at own 22
John Urzua pass complete to CJ Windham for 6 yds to the MTnSt 28
6:02
2nd & 4 at own 28
John Urzua pass complete to Patrick Smith for 5 yds to the MTnSt 33 for a 1ST down
6:02
1st & 10 at own 33
John Urzua pass complete to CJ Windham for 7 yds to the MTnSt 40
6:02
2nd & 3 at own 40
URZUA, John pass incomplete to LEE, Ty, PENALTY MT holding (HARRIS, Luke) 10 yards to the MT30, NO PLAY.
6:02
2nd & 13 at own 30
John Urzua pass complete to Desmond Anderson for a loss of 2 yards to the MTnSt 28
3:35
3rd & 15 at own 28
Timeout MIDDLE TENN, clock 03:35
3:35
3rd & 15 at own 28
URZUA, John rush for 13 yards to the MT41 (Moore, Gary), PENALTY MINN offside (Cashman, Blake) 5 yards to the MT33, NO PLAY.
3:35
3rd & 10 at own 33
John Urzua pass complete to Ty Lee for 20 yds to the Minn 47 for a 1ST down
3:35
1st & 10 at opp 47
John Urzua pass complete to Patrick Smith for 5 yds to the Minn 42
3:35
2nd & 5 at opp 42
John Urzua pass incomplete to CJ Windham, broken up by Zo Craighton
1:56
3rd & 5 at opp 42
John Urzua pass intercepted for a TD Jacob Huff return for 67 yds for a TD, (Emmit Carpenter KICK)Minnesota 20, Middle Tennessee 3
Middle Tennessee Punt, 3 plays
1:56
1st & 0 at own 35
Ryan Santoso kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
1:56
1st & 10 at own 25
Ty Lee run for 3 yds to the MTnSt 28
1:56
2nd & 7 at own 28
John Urzua pass incomplete to CJ Windham
1:56
3rd & 7 at own 28
Brad Anderson run for a loss of 5 yards to the MTnSt 23
0:58
4th & 12 at own 23
Timeout MINNESOTA, clock 00:58
0:58
4th & 12 at own 23
Matt Bonadies punt for 64 yds, downed at the Minn 13
Minnesota End of half, 1 play
0:45
1st & 10 at own 13
Rodney Smith run for 6 yds to the Minn 19
3rd quarter5 drives, then Minnesota 27, Middle Tennessee 3
Middle Tennessee Punt, 3 plays
15:00
2nd & 4 at own 35
Ryan Santoso kickoff for 55 yds , Ruben Garnett return for 19 yds to the MTnSt 29
15:00
1st & 10 at own 29
John Urzua pass complete to Patrick Smith for 2 yds to the MTnSt 31
15:00
2nd & 8 at own 31
John Urzua pass incomplete to CJ Windham, broken up by Zo Craighton
15:00
3rd & 8 at own 31
John Urzua pass complete to Shane Tucker for 6 yds to the MTnSt 37
15:00
4th & 2 at own 37
Matt Bonadies punt for 36 yds, fair catch by Antonio Shenault at the Minn 27
Minnesota Punt, 5 plays
13:40
1st & 10 at own 27
Kobe McCrary run for 9 yds to the Minn 36
13:40
2nd & 1 at own 36
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Demetrius Douglas for 3 yds to the Minn 39 for a 1ST down
13:40
1st & 10 at own 39
Kobe McCrary run for no gain to the Minn 39
13:40
2nd & 10 at own 39
Kobe McCrary run for 5 yds to the Minn 44
13:40
3rd & 5 at own 44
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Nate Wozniak for 2 yds to the Minn 46
13:40
4th & 3 at own 46
Ryan Santoso punt for 39 yds, fair catch by Ty Lee at the MTnSt 15
Middle Tennessee Interception, 4 plays
10:50
1st & 10 at own 15
John Urzua pass complete to Patrick Smith for 13 yds to the MTnSt 28 for a 1ST down
10:50
1st & 10 at own 28
John Urzua pass complete to Ty Lee for 10 yds to the MTnSt 38 for a 1ST down
10:50
1st & 10 at own 38
John Urzua pass complete to Shane Tucker for no gain to the MTnSt 38
10:50
2nd & 10 at own 38
John Urzua pass intercepted Colton Beebe return for no gain to the Minn 44
Minnesota Touchdown, 16 plays
9:23
1st & 10 at own 44
Demetrius Douglas run for 2 yds to the Minn 46
9:23
2nd & 8 at own 46
Kobe McCrary run for 7 yds to the MTnSt 47
9:23
3rd & 1 at opp 47
Kobe McCrary run for 2 yds to the MTnSt 45 for a 1ST down
9:23
1st & 10 at opp 45
Conor Rhoda pass incomplete to Demetrius Douglas
9:23
2nd & 10 at opp 45
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Phillip Howard for 8 yds to the MTnSt 37
9:23
3rd & 2 at opp 37
Kobe McCrary run for 5 yds to the MTnSt 32 for a 1ST down
9:23
1st & 10 at opp 32
Kobe McCrary run for 4 yds to the MTnSt 28
9:23
2nd & 6 at opp 28
Kobe McCrary run for 6 yds to the MTnSt 22 for a 1ST down
9:23
1st & 10 at opp 22
Jonathan Femi-Cole run for 4 yds to the MTnSt 18
4:34
2nd & 6 at opp 18
Timeout MINNESOTA, clock 04:34
4:34
2nd & 6 at opp 18
Kobe McCrary run for 5 yds to the MTnSt 13
4:34
3rd & 1 at opp 13
Kobe McCrary run for 1 yd to the MTnSt 12 for a 1ST down
4:34
1st & 10 at opp 12
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Brandon Lingen for 5 yds to the MTnSt 7
4:34
2nd & 5 at opp 7
Kobe McCrary run for 3 yds to the MTnSt 4
4:34
3rd & 2 at opp 4
Kobe McCrary run for 1 yd to the MTnSt 3
4:34
4th & 1 at opp 3
Kobe McCrary run for 2 yds to the MTnSt 1 for a 1ST down
1:17
1st & goal at opp 1
Kobe McCrary run for 1 yd for a TD, (Emmit Carpenter KICK)Minnesota 27, Middle Tennessee 3
Middle Tennessee Punt, 3 plays
1:17
1st & 0 at own 35
Ryan Santoso kickoff for 62 yds , Shane Tucker return for 19 yds to the MINNESOTA 46 MIDDLE TENN Penalty, Offensive holding (Wesley Bush) to the MTnSt 12
1:17
1st & 10 at own 12
John Urzua pass complete to Ty Lee for 1 yd to the MTnSt 13
1:17
2nd & 9 at own 13
Brad Anderson run for 5 yds to the MTnSt 18
Q4 15:00
3rd & 4 at own 18
John Urzua pass incomplete to Ty Lee
Q4 15:00
4th & 4 at own 18
Matt Bonadies punt for 37 yds, fair catch by Antonio Shenault at the Minn 45
4th quarter5 drives, then Minnesota 34, Middle Tennessee 3
Minnesota Touchdown, 3 plays
14:49
1st & 10 at own 45
Conor Rhoda run for no gain to the Minn 45
14:49
2nd & 10 at own 45
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Nate Wozniak for 50 yds to the MTnSt 5 for a 1ST down
13:27
1st & goal at opp 5
Kobe McCrary run for 5 yds for a TD, (Emmit Carpenter KICK)Minnesota 34, Middle Tennessee 3
Middle Tennessee Punt, 5 plays
13:27
1st & 0 at own 35
Ryan Santoso kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
13:27
1st & 10 at own 25
Kyle Banks pass complete to Brad Anderson for 3 yds to the MTnSt 28
13:27
2nd & 7 at own 28
Brad Anderson run for 15 yds to the MTnSt 43 for a 1ST down
13:27
1st & 10 at own 43
Brad Anderson run for 3 yds to the MTnSt 46
13:27
2nd & 7 at own 46
Brad Anderson run for no gain to the MTnSt 46
13:27
3rd & 7 at own 46
Kyle Banks run for a loss of 2 yards to the MTnSt 44
13:27
4th & 9 at own 44
Matt Bonadies punt for 36 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the Minn 20
Minnesota Punt, 3 plays
10:09
1st & 10 at own 20
Conor Rhoda pass incomplete to Tyler Johnson, broken up by Wesley Bush
10:09
2nd & 10 at own 20
Kobe McCrary run for 6 yds to the Minn 26
10:09
3rd & 4 at own 26
Conor Rhoda pass complete to Demetrius Douglas for 2 yds to the Minn 28
8:40
4th & 2 at own 28
Timeout MINNESOTA, clock 08:40
8:40
4th & 2 at own 28
Ryan Santoso punt for 48 yds, fair catch by Ty Lee at the MTnSt 24
Middle Tennessee Turnover on downs, 8 plays
8:32
1st & 10 at own 24
Kyle Banks pass complete to Tyrese Johnson for 15 yds to the MTnSt 39 for a 1ST down
8:32
1st & 10 at own 39
Kyle Banks pass complete to Brad Anderson for 4 yds to the MTnSt 43
8:32
2nd & 6 at own 43
Kyle Banks pass complete to Tyshawn Brown for 4 yds to the MTnSt 47
8:32
3rd & 2 at own 47
MIDDLE TENN Penalty, false start (Amir Luckett) to the MTnSt 42
8:32
3rd & 7 at own 42
Kyle Banks pass complete to Jimmy Marshall for 14 yds to the Minn 44 for a 1ST down
8:32
1st & 10 at opp 44
Kyle Banks sacked by Andrew Stelter for a loss of 4 yards to the Minn 48
8:32
2nd & 14 at opp 48
Kyle Banks pass complete to Tyrese Johnson for 9 yds to the Minn 39
8:32
3rd & 5 at opp 39
Kyle Banks pass incomplete to Tyshawn Brown
8:32
4th & 5 at opp 39
Kyle Banks pass incomplete to Desmond Anderson
Minnesota End of game, 8 plays
5:08
1st & 10 at own 40
McCrary, Kobe rush for 3 yards to the MINN43 (FELTON, Caleb;POYDRAS, R.), PENALTY MT offside (HARGES, Myles) 5 yards to the MINN45, NO PLAY.
5:08
1st & 5 at own 45
Kobe McCrary run for 2 yds to the Minn 47
5:08
2nd & 3 at own 47
Kobe McCrary run for 7 yds to the MTnSt 46 for a 1ST down
5:08
1st & 10 at opp 46
Kobe McCrary run for 5 yds to the MTnSt 41
5:08
2nd & 5 at opp 41
Kobe McCrary run for 6 yds to the MTnSt 35 for a 1ST down
5:08
1st & 10 at opp 35
Jonathan Femi-Cole run for 3 yds to the MTnSt 32
5:08
2nd & 7 at opp 32
Jonathan Femi-Cole run for 1 yd to the MTnSt 31
5:08
3rd & 6 at opp 31
Jonathan Femi-Cole run for 4 yds to the MTnSt 27
5:08
4th & 2 at opp 27
Jonathan Femi-Cole run for 4 yds to the MTnSt 23 for a 1ST down
Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.
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