Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Edge Out Florida International Panthers at Riccardo Silva Stadium in Football Showdown
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, with a record of 8-5, secured a hard-fought victory over the Florida International Panthers, who now stand at 4-8. The final scoreline read 33-28 in favor of the visiting team.
At Riccardo Silva Stadium, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders displayed an impressive offensive performance against the Florida International Panthers. The Blue Raiders accumulated a total of 447 yards with an average gain of 5.4 yards per play. Their rushing attack was particularly effective, contributing three touchdowns and achieving an average of over four yards per carry across their 41 attempts.
The passing game for Middle Tennessee was efficient as well; completing nearly 70 percent of passes for a total of 279 yards through the air. Despite being sacked three times, they managed to maintain positive yardage without throwing any interceptions and achieved fifteen first downs via pass completions.
Special teams also played a pivotal role in this game. Although one field goal attempt was blocked by the Panthers' defense, two were successfully made from within forty yards out. The punting unit performed admirably too; five attempts resulted in three punts landing inside the twenty-yard line and only one touchback.
Defensively, Middle Tennessee shone by intercepting four passes from their opponents—one returned for a touchdown—and recording two sacks on opposing quarterbacks for lost yardage totaling fifteen yards. They held strong on third down conversions allowing less than fifty percent success rate to FIU and were perfect on fourth down defensive stands.
The Red Zone efficiency stood out as well; converting over eighty percent into scores when within striking distance and being flawless during goal-to-go situations—capitalizing on both opportunities presented to them.
As for penalties, both teams maintained discipline throughout most of the contest with Middle Tennessee committing seven infractions resulting in seventy penalty yards which did not significantly hamper their progress throughout sixty minutes of playtime.
Looking ahead after this victory on November twenty-sixth before fourteen thousand seven hundred sixty-eight spectators at Riccardo Silva Stadium—the next challenge awaits the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders as they prepare to face off against San Diego State Aztecs at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex located in Honolulu on December twenty-fifth at eight PM Eastern Time (1:00 AM UTC). Fans eager to follow their team's fortunes can tune into ESPN satellite channel two hundred six to catch all live action from this upcoming encounter.