Raiders travel to San Antonio for regular season finale

Saturday, November 28

San Antonio, TX

1:30 PM

Middle Tennessee

UTSA (FCS)

11/27/2015 6:00:00 AM | Football

Kickoff is set for 1:30 PM on FCS

By: @MTAthletics

MURFREESBORO – Middle Tennessee will go for its fourth win in a row as the Blue Raiders travel to San Antonio to take on UTSA in the final regular season contest. The Blue Raiders will be making their first-ever trip to UTSA.

Kickoff is set for 1:35 PM central time from Floyd Stadium and will be shown nationally on Fox College Sports (Comcast 262; DirecTV 608, Dish 459 and AT&T 647).

Middle Tennessee and UTSA will be meeting on the gridiron for the first time in school history.

GAME INFORMATION
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Game Captains: QB Nolan Genovese, DE Steven Rhodes, LB T.T. Barber

Date: Saturday, Nov. 28
Time: 1:35 PM
Teams: Middle Tennessee (6-5) vs UTSA (3-8)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Stadium: Alamodome (65,000)
Weather Forecast: Rain, 63°
TV: Fox College Sports (premium channel and not offered on basic cable)
Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), WGNS (1450 AM/100.5 FM/101.9 FM), Game 2 (102.5/94.9/95.1)
Play-by-Play: Chip Walters
Analysis: Chris Johnson
Ticket Office Opens: 8:00 a.m.
Gates Open: 12:00 p.m.

Live Audio/Live Streaming | Live Stats

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: First Meeting
At Middle Tennessee: 0-0
At San Antonio: 0-0
At Neutral Site: 0-0
Rick Stockstill vs UTSA: 0-0
Larry Coker vs MT: 0-0
Last MT Win: TBD
Last UTSA Win: TBD

QUICK HITTERS

The last three times MT has won its regular season finale, the Raiders have gone to a bowl game (2009, 2010, 2013).
MT is 5-2 all-time on Nov. 28.
MT is averaging 44.3 points a game at home and 20.6 on the road.
TE Terry Pettis ranks 5th nationally in yards per catch at 21.76. That total would also rank 4th best for a single-season at MT.
WR Richie James has 38 receptions in his last four games combined.
WR Richie James is averaging 8.5 receptions a game this season as a freshman to rank 3rd nationally and ranks 1st among freshmen.
Cody Clark's consecutive made PAT streak of 138 ranks as the third longest nationally.
MT's 73 points scored in the conference opener against Charlotte went down as the second most scored in school history and came on the heels of a 70-point outing in game one.
MT had 42 points in the first quarter in win over Charlotte which was a school record for points in a quarter.
When Brent Stockstill started against JSU, he became just the second head coach's son in C-USA history to start at quarterback. In 1997-98, Tyson Helton started at Houston when his dad, Kim Helton, was the head coach.
In their last 31 conference games, MT has a mark of 22-9.
Kevin Byard is 3rd among NCAA's active players in interceptions per game at 0.38. He also ranks 2nd in total interceptions with 18.
Over the last 41 games, the Blue Raider defense has come up with 51 interceptions. The team had 15 picks in 2013 by eight different players, 13 in 2014 and 14 so far in 2015 .
Kevin Byard has 379 career interception return yards to own the MT record and rank first on the NCAA active list. The NCAA all-time record is 501 by FSU's Terrell Buckley.
Consecutive Starts Leader: T.T. Barber at 39.
Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have been involved in 18 games that were decided in the final minute of regulation or overtime. The team is 11-7 in those games and have won seven of the last eight.
Head Coach Rick Stockstill is third on the school's all-time wins list with 63 victories.
In 123 games under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders are +22 in turnover margin.
Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more points 50 times under Rick Stockstill. The most 30-point games in a season under Stockstill is nine (2009).

GOOD IN NOVEMBER
Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have enjoyed success down the final stretch of the season in November. Over its last 29 games in the month of November, the Blue Raiders are 20-9 and have won 11 of its last 14. Overall under Stockstill MT carries a 23-13 mark in November.

TOTAL OFFENSE RECORD SET TO FALL
For just the sixth time in school history, Middle Tennessee has surpassed the 5,000-yard mark in total offense for a season (four of those under Stockstill) and the third year in a row. The Blue Raiders need just 435 more yards to break the single-season record of 5,482 set by the 2009 team.

STOCKSTILL SETS C-USA FRESHMAN PASSING MARK
With 322 passing yards against North Texas, quarterback Brent Stockstill set a new Conference USA freshman record. Stockstill, who now has 3,421 yards on the season, broke the previous mark of 3,128 yards set by former Southern Miss and current Cleveland Browns QB Austin Davis in 2008.

JAMES ADDS TO RECEPTIONS MARK
Wide receiver Richie James set a new single-season receptions record when he hauled in nine passes at FAU to give him 82 on the season. James broke the previous mark of 76 set by Kerry Wright in 2004. With one more catch he can tie JaJuan Dawson (Tulane) for 10th place on the C-USA all-time single-season list. His 93 grabs are also the most ever by a freshman in C-USA history.

1,000-YARD MAN
With 198 yard receiving yards (3rd most in school history) at FAU, WR Richie James became just the second player in MT history to record 1,000 receiving yards in a season. James now has 1,135 yards this year after posting 98 against UNT and is now chasing the single-season mark of 1,280 established by Kerry Wright in 2003. Wright also had 1,048 yards in 2004. James currently ranks third nationally in receptions and 11th in receiving yards.

TOP DUO IN SCHOOL HISTORY
The receiving tandem of Ed Batties and Richie James officially became the top duo for a single-season in school history following the win over Marshall. James and Batties have now combined for 164 receptions this season to break the previous mark of 134 set by Kerry Wright (74) and Chris Henry (60) in 2004. James now has 93 receptions on the season while Batties has added 71.

BATTIES ADDS TO TD RECORD
With a touchdown grab in overtime against Marshall, senior Ed Batties broke the single-season record of 11 set by Kerry Wright in 2004. Batties now has 13 on the season to rank sixth nationally and needs one more to tie for fifth on the all-time C-USA list. For his career, Batties now has 16 touchdown catches to rank tied for sixth all-time.

STOCKSTILL TIES CAREER RECORD
QB Brent Stockstill, who already owns nearly ever freshman passing record, tied the career mark for 300-yard passing games with his 322-yard effort against North Texas. Stockstill is tied with Wes Counts who had seven from 1998 to 2001. Stockstill enters the UTSA game with a school record four straight 300-yard passing games.

LETHAL FRESHMAN COMBINATION
Freshmen Brent Stockstill and Richie James have turned into a lethal combination for the Blue Raider offense this season. The duo is the first 3,000 yard passing and 1,000-yard receiving combo in school history and the pair could still have as many as two games to add to their totals.

BYARD SETS CAREER RECORD
Senior Kevin Byard broke a 33-year old Middle Tennessee record when he hauled in his 18th career interception against North Texas on Senior Day. Byard broke the school record set by James Griffin (1979-82). Byard's 18 picks is currently second nationally among active players.