Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Marshall Thundering Herd — Sep 12, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 September 12, 2026
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee St. MTSU 0-1, 0-1 Away
26
Final
28
Thundering Herd Marshall MRSH 1-1, 1-0 Home
1 2 3 4 T
MTSU 7 6 7 6 26
MRSH 7 7 0 14 28
Top Performers
Passing Yards
R.
R. Gagliano MTSU
243 PASS
C.
C. D. Rio-Wilson QB MRSH
92 PASS
Rushing Yards
R.
R. Gagliano MTSU
58 RUSH
J.
J. Barbie RB MRSH
43 RUSH
Receiving Yards
C.
C. Lacy WR MTSU
72 REC
X.
X. Turner-Bradshaw WR MRSH
79 REC
Passing
Middle Tennessee St.
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
R. Gagliano 25/47 243 2 1 1 73.3
Marshall
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
C. D. Rio-Wilson 7/8 92 1 0 0 154.2
K. Wilkins 3/6 23 0 0 0 59.7
Z. Turner 5/9 66 0 0 0 78.9
Rushing
Middle Tennessee St.
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
A. Martin 9 32 3.6 0 8
C. Lacy 1 9 9.0 0 9
R. Gagliano 8 58 7.3 0 26
T. Brown Jr. 2 2 1.0 0 1
D. Taylor 2 8 4.0 0 6
Marshall
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
J. Barbie 11 43 3.9 0 10
X. Turner-Bradshaw 2 5 2.5 1 4
C. D. Rio-Wilson 10 43 4.3 1 17
T. Lester 4 6 1.5 1 3
K. Wilkins 5 20 4.0 0 8
Z. Turner 3 15 5.0 0 15
Receiving
Middle Tennessee St.
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
A. Martin 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
C. Lacy 9 16 72 8.0 1 14 0
H. Wasson 1 5 13 13.0 0 13 0
T. Brown Jr. 1 2 11 11.0 0 11 0
A. Jones 6 8 61 10.2 1 15 0
K. Perdue 1 3 14 14.0 0 14 0
D. Taylor 1 2 11 11.0 0 11 0
N. Clifton 2 4 20 10.0 0 10 0
M. Allen 3 4 34 11.3 0 14 0
T. Galloway 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
Marshall
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
C. Culliver 2 4 13 6.5 0 8 0
J. Barbie 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 0
A. Norton 7 8 43 6.1 0 15 0
X. Turner-Bradshaw 2 5 79 39.5 1 69 0
T. Payne 1 2 6 6.0 0 6 0
O. Sweeney 2 2 34 17.0 0 18 0
Defense
Middle Tennessee St.
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
A. Butts 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Z. Simpson 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
F. Hixon 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Call 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Taylor 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
K. Smith 12 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Williams 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Woods 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Lowe 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Hardy 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Johnson 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Carlisle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Thompson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Roseman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q. Gaskins 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Bodford 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Marshall
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
K. Hardge 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Lewis 14 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Pierre-Louis 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Ward 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
B. Hall 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Clark-Glover 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Pleasant 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Chmura 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Funderburk 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
T. Hinton 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Smith 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Clayton 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. McCartherens 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Blanc 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
J. Gilmore 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Warren 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Middle Tennessee St.
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
D. Bourgeois 2/3 2/2 8 0
Marshall
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
J. D. Nicholas 0/0 4/4 4 0
Returns
Middle Tennessee St.
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Marshall
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
C. Culliver 2 47 23.5 0 27 1
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Middle Tennessee St.
Marshall
352 Total Yards 310
22 First Downs 19
17 Passing 5
5 Rushing 10
4 Penalty 0
3/12 3rd Down Eff. 4/12
243 Passing Yards 181
109 Rushing Yards 129
1 Turnovers 1
7-34 Penalties 5-35
32:46 Possession 27:14
3/3 Red Zone 3/3
Play-by-Play
Q4 6 - 14 26 - 28
TD A. Jones
26 - 28 0:50
20 - 28 4:18
J. D. Nicholas XP
20 - 27 4:18
T. Lester TD
20 - 21 12:06
J. D. Nicholas XP
20 - 20 12:06
X. Turner-Bradshaw TD
Q3 7 - 0 20 - 14
XP D. Bourgeois
20 - 14 5:36
TD C. Lacy
19 - 14 5:36
Q2 6 - 7 13 - 14
FG D. Bourgeois
13 - 14 3:50
10 - 14 8:31
J. D. Nicholas XP
10 - 13 8:31
C. D. Rio-Wilson TD
FG D. Bourgeois
10 - 7 14:54
Q1 7 - 7 7 - 7
XP D. Bourgeois
7 - 7 9:08
TD K. Woods
6 - 7 9:08
0 - 7 10:36
J. D. Nicholas XP
0 - 6 10:36
X. Turner-Bradshaw TD
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: MRSH +8 Times Tied: 2
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
September 12, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m