College Football
BOXSCORE
Liberty 42, Middle Tennessee 35
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Where: Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
Attendance: 16354
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Middle Tennessee 14 7 14 0 35
Liberty 14 7 14 7 42
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:36
Middle Tennessee   TD  Liberty 0 - Middle Tennessee 7
DJ Riles 3 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin kick)
1st Quarter - 8:37
Liberty   TD  Liberty 7 - Middle Tennessee 7
Quinton Cooley 5 yd. run (Nick Brown kick)
1st Quarter - 6:43
Middle Tennessee   TD  Liberty 7 - Middle Tennessee 14
Elijah Metcalf 20 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin kick)
1st Quarter - 0:49
Liberty   TD  Liberty 14 - Middle Tennessee 14
Quinton Cooley 9 yd. run (Nick Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:29
Liberty   TD  Liberty 21 - Middle Tennessee 14
Billy Lucas 1 yd. run (Nick Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:20
Middle Tennessee   TD  Liberty 21 - Middle Tennessee 21
Zack Dobson 2 yd. run (Zeke Rankin kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:43
Middle Tennessee   TD  Liberty 21 - Middle Tennessee 28
DJ England-Chisolm 36 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:41
Liberty   TD  Liberty 28 - Middle Tennessee 28
Bentley Hanshaw 23 yd. pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:10
Middle Tennessee   TD  Liberty 28 - Middle Tennessee 35
Zack Dobson 72 yd. pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Zeke Rankin kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:50
Liberty   TD  Liberty 35 - Middle Tennessee 35
Quinton Cooley 10 yd. run (Nick Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 14:37
Liberty   TD  Liberty 42 - Middle Tennessee 35
CJ Daniels 37 yd. pass from Kaidon Salter (Nick Brown kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Middle Tennessee Liberty
W‑L 2 - 6 - 0 7 - 0 - 0
Conference 1 - 3 - 0 5 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Middle Tennessee Liberty
Score 35 42
1st Downs 23 33
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-10
40%		 4-for-10
40%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-2
0%		 0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 428 541
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 26-96 61-401
Average/Rush 3.7 6.6
Passing
Comp-Att 24-37 12-20
Passing Yards 332 140
Average/Pass Play 8.5 7.0
Penalties-Yards 5-40 8-80
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 2 1
Time of Possession 22:40 37:20
PLAYER STATS
Middle Tennessee (2 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Vattiato 24/37 332 4 2
Liberty (7 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Salter 12/20 140 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Credle 12 50 4.2 0
T. Wilkins 6 25 4.2 0
N. Vattiato 6 16 2.7 0
Z. Dobson 2 5 2.5 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Salter 16 160 10.0 0
Q. Cooley 24 134 5.6 3
J. Jointer 7 48 6.9 0
A. Bedgood 3 32 10.7 0
B. Lucas 7 31 4.4 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
Z. Dobson 2 82 41.0 1
E. Metcalf 5 74 14.8 1
J. Olson 6 62 10.3 0
H. Willis 4 61 15.2 0
D. England-Chisolm 3 41 13.7 1
J. Credle 2 9 4.5 0
D. Riles 1 3 3.0 1
T. Wilkins 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Daniels 6 71 11.8 1
B. Hanshaw 2 33 16.5 1
A. Bedgood 2 18 9.0 0
K. Austin 1 12 12.0 0
N. Frith 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Raby 1 18 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Green 1 0 0
P. Hodge 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Dupree 1.0 1.0
K. Charles 0.5 1.0
T. Bush 0.5 0.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Thomas 8 3
T. Raby 6 0
Q. Dunnigan 6 1
T. Ross 4 1
T. Fluellen 4 3
S. Brumfield 4 3
D. Francis 3 2
M. Cook 2 1
J. Butler 2 4
R. Kinley 1 0
T. Edwards 1 0
A. Bynum 1 0
J. Starling 1 0
D. McDonald 1 0
E. Mann 1 0
S. Alexander 1 0
B. Buckner 1 1
D. Curtis 1 4
J. Branch 1 5
J. Stewart 0 1
R. Hartley 0 1
P. Hughes 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Green 5 0
Q. Reese 5 1
P. Hodge 5 4
T. Dupree 5 7
M. Bell 2 0
K. Singleton 2 1
J. Jointer 1 0
A. Bedgood 1 0
J. Jolly Jr. 1 2
K. Charles 1 2
C. Bazile Jr. 1 3
J. Carter 1 3
B. Bishop 1 3
L. Jones III 0 1
T. Bush 0 1
D. Ricks Jr 0 1
G. Carroll 0 1
B. Dixon 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Cook 1.5 3.0
J. Butler 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Dupree 1.5 2.0
Q. Reese 1.0 4.0
B. Green 1.0 1.0
K. Charles 0.5 1.0
T. Bush 0.5 0.0
P. Hodge 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
H. Willis 1
Fumbles
  NO.
Q. Cooley 1