The 2018 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 51, Old Dominion 17. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Middle Tennessee's 2018 season (8-6) 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 StockstillQB3,522 passing yards
- Chaton MobleyRB624 rushing yards
- Terelle WestRB298 rushing yards
- Tavares ThomasRB239 rushing yards
- Ty LeeWR883 receiving yards
- Patrick SmithWR565 receiving yards
- Gatlin CaseyWR463 receiving yards
- Reed BlankenshipS101 tackles
- Darius HarrisLB97 tackles
- DQ ThomasLB70 tackles
- Khalil BrooksLB6.5 sacks
- Trae PhilpotsDE4 sacks
- Jahmal JonesDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 7, Georgia 49. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Middle Tennessee fell to App State 13-45 in the postseason.
"Raider Up"
2018 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.