The 2017 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 41, Old Dominion 10. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The 2017 Season
Middle Tennessee's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brent StockstillQB1,672 passing yards
- John UrzuaQB1,522 passing yards
- Tavares ThomasRB507 rushing yards
- Brad AndersonRB491 rushing yards
- Terelle WestRB308 rushing yards
- Ty LeeWR955 receiving yards
- Shane TuckerWR381 receiving yards
- CJ WindhamWR351 receiving yards
- Jovante MoffattS101 tackles
- D.J. SandersLB88 tackles
- Khalil BrooksLB76 tackles
- Darius HarrisLB4.5 sacks
- Walter BradyDE3.5 sacks
- D.Q. ThomasLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 3, Minnesota 34. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Middle Tennessee beat Arkansas State 35-30 in the postseason.
"Raider Up"
2017 is a middle chapter for Middle Tennessee — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.