Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders @ Sam Houston State Bearkats — Nov 21, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 21, 2026
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Middle Tennessee St. MTSU 3-3, 1-3 Away
November 21, 2026 7:00 pm
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Bearkats Sam Houston State SHS 0-6, 0-3 Home
Key Players
Middle Tennessee St.
RG
R. Gagliano
1204 PASS
107 RUSH
0 REC
AM
A. Martin RB
0 PASS
377 RUSH
11 REC
TB
T. Brown Jr.
0 PASS
246 RUSH
102 REC
Sam Houston State
LL
L. Locke QB
1331 PASS
-63 RUSH
0 REC
TB
T. Burns WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
264 REC
CR
C. Reed WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
234 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Home vs Away
League Percentile Ranking
Middle Tennessee St.
Sam Houston State
Scoring 2–1
20.8 104th
Points
133rd 13.7
29.8 98th
Opp Points
97th 29.5
-9.0 108th
Point Diff
122nd -15.8
Offense 4–2
330.2 109th
Total Yds
130th 279.8
200.7 95th
Pass Yds
67th 221.8
129.5 93rd
Rush Yds
138th 58.0
18.3 96th
1st Downs
135th 14.3
23.9 136th
3rd Down%
123rd 30.1
84.6 71st
Red Zone%
135th 60.0
Kicking & Discipline 4–0
90.0 20th
FG%
99th 66.7
0.7 16th
Turnovers
70th 1.3
6.8 77th
Penalties
126th 8.5
48.3 36th
Penalty Yds
130th 76.5
Recent Form
Middle Tennessee St.
W @ FIU 26-23
W vs DEL 33-30
L @ KU 0-55
L @ JVST 13-23
W vs NEV 27-20
Sam Houston State
L vs NMST 24-30
L vs WKU 3-16
L @ LIB 3-35
L @ TTU 14-49
W vs NIC 59-0
Form Comparison
Middle Tennessee St. vs Sam Houston State
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 21, 2026
Time
7:00 pm