College Football
BOXSCORE
Liberty 42, Middle Tennessee 35
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 7:00 PM
Location - Williams Stadium
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
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Vattiato 24/37 332 4 2
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
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
Liberty (7 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Salter 12/20 140 2 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
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