Raiders face streaking Herd on Saturday

MURFREESBORO – Middle Tennessee looks to remain strong at home as streaking Marshall comes to town Saturday for another key Conference USA battle. The Blue Raiders are 3-1 at Floyd Stadium this season while the Herd comes to town having won seven straight.

Kickoff is set for 2:35 PM central time from Floyd Stadium and will be shown nationally on the Fox Sports Regional Network (Comcast: 1676; DirecTV: 649; Dish: 5415, 5416, 5417; AT&T U-Verse: 1720).

Middle Tennessee and Marshall have met four times on the football field with the Herd holding a 3-1 advantage.

GAME INFORMATION
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Game Captains: OL Jaylen Hunter, DL Jimal McBride, LB Trey Wafford

Date: Saturday, Nov. 7
Time: 2:35 PM
Teams: Middle Tennessee (3-5) vs Marshall (8-1)
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Stadium: Floyd Stadium (30,788)
Weather Forecast: AM Showers, 58°
TV: Fox Sports Regional Network
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: Wes Hofacker
Raider Walk: 12:15 PM
Gates Open: 1:00 PM

Live Audio/Live Streaming | Live Stats

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Marshall leads 3-1
At Middle Tennessee: 1-0
At Marshall: 0-3
At Neutral Site: 0-0
Rick Stockstill vs Marshall: 1-1
Doc Holliday vs MT: 1-1
Last MT Win: 2013 (51-49)
Last MU Win: 2014 (49-24)

Ticket Notes
The Blue Raider ticket office is located at Gate 1 and will open at 8:00 a.m. to facilitate fans wishing to purchase tickets the day of the game, as well as will call pick up and season ticket reprints. Blue Raider fans can also purchase tickets online 24 hours a day by visiting www.GoBlueRaiders.com/tickets.

Parking Notes
If your permit indicates Reese Smith, you should enter campus via Middle Tennessee Blvd. or from Rutherford Blvd. Due to construction, access the interior lots by continuing straight through the roundabout on Middle Tennessee Blvd. and turning right onto Founders Lane. Midgett and Tower permit holders are encouraged to enter campus on Old Main Circle via East Main Street to avoid Greenland Drive congestion. You must access the Greenland Drive Lot via Middle Tennessee Boulevard or Old Lascassas Highway. Fans not destined for Greenland should avoid Greenland Drive.

Paid parking will be available in the back half (closest to Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium) of the Greenland lot, as well as in the Holmes lot. Free parking will be available in the Livestock lot located off Greenland Drive.

QUICK HITTERS

The Marshall game will be Middle Tennessee's 200th FBS game since joining the FBS ranks in 1999.
MT is averaging 49.5 points a game at home and 19.8 on the road.
WR Ed Batties has 43 receptions in his last five games combined.
WR Richie James is averaging 8.1 receptions a game this season as a freshman to rank 6th nationally and ranks 1st among freshmen.
Cody Clark's consecutive made PAT streak of 128 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 28 conference games, MT has a mark of 19-9.
Kevin Byard is 4th among NCAA's active players in interceptions per game at 0.38. He also ranks 2nd in total interceptions with 17.
Over the last 38 games, the Blue Raider defense has come up with 48 interceptions. The team had 15 picks in 2013 by eight different players, 13 in 2014 and 11 so far in 2015 .
Kevin Byard has 352 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 36.
Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders have been involved in 17 games that were decided in the final minute of regulation or overtime. The team is 10-7 in those games and have won six of the last seven.
Head Coach Rick Stockstill is third on the school's all-time wins list with 60 victories.
In 120 games under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders are +24 in turnover margin.
Middle Tennessee has scored 30 or more points 49 times under Rick Stockstill. The most 30-point games in a season under Stockstill is nine (2009).

RAIDERS AT FLOYD STADIUM

Since Floyd Stadium opened in 1933, the Blue Raiders have compiled an overall mark of 282-117-13 (.700), including a record 31-game win streak from 1987-94.
Under Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders are 34-19 overall at Floyd Stadium and 22-12 in conference games (7-1 vs C-USA).
Since 2007, MT has had home games against Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi State, Minnesota, Georgia Tech and BYU. MT will host Vandy in 2015, 2017, Duke in 2019 and Missouri in 2022.

JAMES MOVES UP LIST; TIES FRESHMAN MARK
With 10 catches at LA Tech, redshirt freshman Richie James ran his season total to 65. That total currently ranks tied for 7th on Middle Tennessee's single-season list and is well within reach of Kerry Wright's all-time record of 76. His 65 receptions also ties Tyrone Calico's freshman mark that was set in 1999.

BATTIES TIES RECORD
With two touchdown receptions against LA Tech, senior Ed Batties tied the single-season school record of 11 set by Kerry Wright in 2004. With his next scoring grab, Batties will own the record outright. For his career, Batties now has 14 touchdown catches which ranks tied for 8th with Malcolm Beyah (2008-11).

STOCKSTILL SETS SINGLE-SEASON RECORD
QB Brent Stockstill, who already owns nearly ever freshman passing record, established a new single-season mark at MT for 300-yard passing games with his 381-yard effort at LA Tech. Stockstill now has four 300-yard games on the season to break the previous mark of three. He also stands tied for second on the career list with Logan Kilgore and is chasing all-time leader Wes Counts who had seven for his career.

STOCKSTILL SETS CAREER HIGH, ATTEMPTS RECORD
Freshman Brent Stockstill, who leads all first year players nationally in passing, is having a stellar rookie campaign. Against LA Tech, Stockstill completed 36 of 56 passes for 381 yards and all three were career highs. The 36 completions went down as a new school record as was the 56 attempts. The 381 yards passing ranked as the 5th most for a single-game at MT. For the year, Stockstill is averaging 26 completions per game which equals out to 316 for the season and that would be a new MT record.

BYARD TIES CAREER RECORD, NEEDS ONE MORE
Senior Kevin Byard tied a 33-year old Middle Tennessee record when he hauled in his 17th career interception against Vanderbilt. Byard currently shares the school record with James Griffin (1979-82) and needs one more to own the mark outright. Byard's 17 picks is currently tied for second nationally among active players.

3RD 60-60
The receiving tandem of Ed Batties and Richie James became just the third duo to collect at least 60 receptions each in a season at MT. The other two were Kerry Wright (74) and Chris Henry (60) in 2004 and Kendall Newson (69) and Tyrone Calico (65) in 1999. James now has 65 receptions on the season while Batties has added 60.

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Players Mentioned

T.T. Barber

Ed Batties

Kevin Byard

Cody Clark

Jaylen Hunter

Richie James

Jimal McBride

Brent Stockstill

Trey Wafford

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