The 2022 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 49, Tennessee State 6. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Winning Chapter
Middle Tennessee's 2022 season (8-5) 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
- Chase CunninghamQB3,156 passing yards
- Frank PeasantRB774 rushing yards
- Darius BracyRB264 rushing yards
- Jaylin LaneWR940 receiving yards
- Izaiah GathingsWR559 receiving yards
- Yusuf AliWR385 receiving yards
- Tra FluellenS98 tackles
- Teldrick RossCB73 tackles
- Decorian PattersonDB63 tackles
- Jordan FergusonDE8.5 sacks
- Marley CookDL6 sacks
- Zaylin WoodDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 7, James Madison 44. A 37-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Middle Tennessee beat San Diego State 25-23 in the postseason.
"Raider Up"
2022 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.